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RPG Paper Maker
RPG Paper Maker is a game making engine, free for non commercial use, allowing you to create a 3D universe with many 2D sprites and even 3D objects using a simple interface for all available platforms: Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Amazing for a beginner game developer to get started with making games. Very straightforward to use, the help menu does not work though.”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“So I've come back after awhile to see there is a new update, bare in mind I'm not a developer and I've started learning this again from scratch. I still struggle with this software, I love the UI look, I just can't figure out where characters are, how to create a dialogue with…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Was great until the update. Now the engine crashes constantly.”
— a player, Steam review · 102 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 22:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
RPG Paper Maker 3.0 release is now OUT!
A new major version is now available! The UI was revisited, the software is compatible with browser, new small extra features... and of course compatible with 2.0.11 projects!
[NEWS] 2.0.10 patch release available!
New features: Improve ingame performances Add Inputs touch event Remove F12 shortcut to quit game (use alt+F4 instead) On level up, don't display statistics that doesn't apply to the hero Level up win
[NEWS] 2.0.8 patch release available!
New features: Add DLC button on toolbar Temporarly disabling protect datas in export standalone Reseting time events when changing a state of an object Update default cameras Y offset for being 8px he
[NEWS] 2.0.7 patch release available!
New features: Equip menu: green and red color for increasing/decreasing stats Change default project isometric camera horizontal angle Fixes: Semi transparent textures not correctly displayed Shaders
[NEWS] 2.0.6 patch release available!
New features: Improve mountains performances in game Sun light (in game only) Default project page 5 only temp variables Fixes: Default project roots items making game crash Can use skill on all even
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Game Development |
| Player tags | Game Development · Software · Free to Play · RPG · RPGMaker (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Ukrainian, German, Korean, Russian, Italian |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://rpg-paper-maker.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 7 / 8 / 10 Memory: 512 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 600 MB available space