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[Unsupported] GameMaker Studio 2 Desktop

[Unsupported] GameMaker Studio 2 Desktop

GameMaker has moved!This is a legacy version of GameMaker and does not receive any updates.To make sure you are on the latest version and able to get updates, search for "GameMaker" in the Steam Store.Any previous licence purchase is still valid for the new version.

Released Mar 8, 2017 Developer YoYo Games Ltd. Platforms Windows · Mac Game DevelopmentUtilitiesDesign & IllustrationEducationAnimation & Modeling
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

80.9%positive2,254 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I do recommend this!”

— a player, Steam review · 960 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Switched to a subscription service. Not worth the buy anymore, especially since there are a lot of pitfalls using this game engine. There are many constraints in every game engine but Gamemaker used to be a wonderful for prototyping and there have even been a few games released…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:44 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

26playing at last check
3224-hour peak
465all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 270 avg · Sep 2020

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 03, 2025
GameMaker has moved!

This is a legacy version of GameMaker and does not receive any updates.To make sure you are on the latest version and able to get updates, search for "GameMaker" in the Steam Store.Any previous licenc

Dec 15, 2023
2023.11.1 Update Release

A small-but-important release to fix many of the hotkeys issues found in the 11.0 release, plus an issue with in-game where you could not hold down both the left and right mouse buttons without "one r

Dec 07, 2023
2023.11 Release

2023.11 brings lots of behind-the-scenes performance improvements to both the IDE and Runtime; various new functions have been added to expand what you can do with buffers and rooms; following on from

Oct 11, 2023
2023.8.2 Update Release 2

A small-but-essential update to the IDE for stopping a start-up crash you may have seen in the release from last week whenever licensing had failed. Now, if there is an issue with incomplete/stale lic

Oct 06, 2023
2023.8.2 Update Release

IDE v2023.8.2.106 with Runtime v2023.8.2.152 Licensing Fixes, MQTT startup fixes, and iOS Fixes For Xcode 15 Support Fixed that the IDE login state could still be inconsistent even after fixes in 2023

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAnimation & Modeling, Design & Illustration, Education, Software Training, Utilities, Web Publishing, Game Development
Player tagsGame Development · Utilities · Design & Illustration · Education · Animation & Modeling · Web Publishing · GameMaker · Software Training · Software (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesIn-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.yoyogames.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Microsoft 64bit Windows 7 Processor: 64bit Intel compatible Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 4-compliant onboard graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space