RPG Maker Alternatives

Godot Engine

Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to PC, Mobile and Web...

Features:

• GdScript
• 2D Game Creation
• 2D Game Engine
• Efficiency
• Intuitive Nodes
• Lightweight
• Portable
• Scene Management
• Visual Programming
• 2D Game
• 3D Game Engine
• 3d renderer
• Asset Pipeline
• Export to HTML
• Modular System
• Multiplayer
• Scene System
• Scripting
• Support for Windows Hello

Construct 2

Scirra Construct is a 2D game development engine with a focus on building games visually. No programming is required though the software uses a visual method for event...

Features:

• Drag n drop
• 2D Game
• No coding required
• Portable
• Visual Programming
• Web-Based

GDevelop

GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone. Any kind of 2D games can be created with it and no programming skills are required to...

Features:

• No coding required
• Visual Programming
• Material design
• Event management
• Multiple languages
• Multiplatform
• Multiplatform Export
• 2D and 3D physics
• Clean design
• HTML5 Support
• IDE
• Support for Javascript
• No coding required
• Particle Engine

Construct 3

Construct 3 is a powerful 2D game development engine which uses Scirra's intuitive event system to allow its users to build all kinds of games and apps.

Features:

• Browser based
• Multiplayer
• Animations
• Visual Programming
• 2D Game
• Support for Android Things
• Cloud sync
• Drag n drop
• Sync with Dropbox
• Export to HTML
• Frame by frame animation
• Full text search
• Sync with Google Drive
• HTML5 Support
• Integrated Web Browser
• Intuitive Nodes
• Keyframe animation
• Support for Layers
• Live Preview
• No coding required
• Online Multiplayer Plugin
• Photo effects
• Portable
• Realtime filter effects
• Upload directly to Google Drive
• User behavior simulation
• Visual Editing
• Webcam Effects

Stencyl

Stencyl isn't your average game creation software; it's a gorgeous, intuitive toolset that accelerates your workflow and then gets out of the way. We take care...

Features:

• Drag n drop
• Drag n drop editor
• No coding required
• Visual Programming

Cocos2d-x

cocos2d-x is a cross platform open source free 2D game engine for mobile gamedev, that is fast and stable, easy to learn and use.

Features:

• Lightweight
• OPENGL

Urho3D

Urho3D is a lightweight, cross-platform rendering and game engine implemented in C++ and released under the MIT license. Greatly inspired by OGRE and Horde3D.

Features:

• Developer Tools
• Lightweight

Adventure Game Studio

Adventure Game Studio provides the tools to make your own adventure, for free! Bring your story and artwork and slot it in, and let AGS do the rest. AGS provides...

GB Studio

A free and easy to use retro adventure game creator for your favourite handheld video game system.

Features:

• No coding required
• ROM Export
• RPG-like
• 2D Game Creation
• Gaming

Open RPG Maker

Open RPG Maker is a free and open source clone of features from the RPG Maker series (i.e. rpgmaker200, rpgmaker2003, rpgmakerxp), as well as many other features. All of...