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'''Role-playing game creation software''' is a [[game creation system]] ([[software]] program) intended to make it easy for non-programmers to create a [[role-playing video game]]. The target audience for most of these products is artists and creative types who have the imaginative abilities to assemble the elements of a game (artwork, plotline, [[Video game music|music]], etc.) but lack the technical skill to program it themselves.

==RPG Maker==
{{main|RPG Maker}}
The most famous RPG maker is the commercial [[Japan]]ese ''[[RPG Maker]]'' series that has been released since 1988 for many systems ranging from the [[PC-8801]], [[MSX]], [[PC-98|PC-9801]], and [[Microsoft Windows]], to the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Famicom]], [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Game Boy Color]], [[PlayStation 2]], and [[cellphone]]s.

==Other role-playing game creation software==
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!scope="col"| Name
!scope="col"| License
!scope="col"| Publisher
!scope="col"| Initial release
!scope="col"| Linux
!scope="col"| Mac
!scope="col"| Windows
!scope="col"| Mobile
!scope="col"| Description
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|{{rh}}| ''[[Adventure Construction Set]]'' || {{dunno}} || [[Electronic Arts]] || 1984 || {{dunno}} || {{partial|[[Apple II]]}} || {{partial|[[MS-DOS]]}} || {{dunno}} ||An early RPG maker for creating top-down view tile-based role-playing and adventure games. Published for the [[Commodore 64]] and later ported to other 8-bit and early 16-bit microcomputers.
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|{{rh}}| Adventure Creator || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} ||An early RPG maker for [[Apple II]] computers that allowed users to build very simple games. Not to be confused with [[Graphic Adventure Creator]], a simplified version of which was also released as ''Adventure Creator''.
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|{{rh}}| ''[[Bard's Tale Construction Set]]'' || {{dunno}} || Electronic Arts || 1991{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{partial|MS-DOS}} || {{dunno}} || A (relatively) early RPG maker by [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]], based on the basic design (first-person view and tile set) of the ''[[The Bard's Tale|Bard's Tale]]'' games, using a version of the ''[[The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate|Thief of Fate]]'' game engine.<ref name=Barton_part2>{{cite web |last=Barton |first=Matt |date=23 February 2007 |title=The History of Computer Role-Playing Games Part 2: The Golden Age (1985-1993) |website=Gamasutra |url=http://gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_pfv.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205011033/http://gamasutra.com/features/20070223b/barton_pfv.htm}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| Mire Engine|| {{proprietary}} || Making Italia || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || A 2D cross platform game engine using WebGL, DirectX and HTML5.
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|{{rh}}| BYOND || {{dunno}} || BYOND Software || 1996 || {{partial|Server only}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Used for ''[[NEStalgia]]'', and others. 
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|{{rh}}| DCGAMES || {{proprietary}} || DC Software || 1990 || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{partial|MS-DOS}} || {{no}} || An Ultima-style RPG game creation system.<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Games Graphics Adventure Game Builder game at DOSGames.com |url=https://dosgames.com/game/dc-games-graphics-adventure-game-builder/ |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{rh}}| EasyRPG
| {{free}}
| EasyRPG community
| 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Release 0.1 · EasyRPG/Player |website=GitHub |date=17 March 2013 |url=https://github.com/EasyRPG/Player/releases/tag/0.1}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref name=EasyRPG_edit>{{cite web |title=Download EasyRPG Editor |website=EasyRPG |url=https://easyrpg.org/editor/downloads/ |access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref name=EasyRPG_play>{{cite web |title=Download EasyRPG Player |website=EasyRPG |url=https://easyrpg.org/player/downloads/ |access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref>
| {{partial|Player}}<ref name=EasyRPG_play/>
| {{yes}}<ref name=EasyRPG_edit/><ref name=EasyRPG_play/>
| {{partial|Player}}<ref name=EasyRPG_play/>
| A cross-platform, open source RPG development tool and client, compatible with RPG Maker.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schaff|first=Tobias|date=July 2016|title=EasyRPG - An RPG Maker 2000 and 2003 engine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e-mqDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA18|magazine=[[ODROID]] Magazine|access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| 001 Game Creator || {{proprietary}} || SoftWeir Inc. || 2006 || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || A commercial action/RPG maker, it uses a subscription model.
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|{{rh}}| ''[[Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures|Unlimited Adventures]]'' || {{proprietary}} || [[Strategic Simulations, Inc.]] || 1993 || {{dunno}} || {{yes|[[Mac OS]]}} || {{partial|MS-DOS}} || {{dunno}} || A commercial game builder by MicroMagic using SSI's "Gold Box" engine.<ref name=Barton_part2/>
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|{{rh}}| RPG Creator || {{proprietary}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || A commercial game development toolkit which runs through [[HTML5]].
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|{{rh}}| RPG Playground|| {{proprietary}} || {{dunno}} 
|2012|| {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} 
|A free, web based RPG maker to make, share and play RPG's.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/iEcWTk7tG7c Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190527020118/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcWTk7tG7c Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=RPG Playground -- A (Free!) RPG Making Game Engine|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEcWTk7tG7c|language=en|access-date=2021-06-13}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| KAGE || {{free}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || A free software game development [[toolkit]] able to make RPGs utilizing KonsolScript.<ref>{{cite web |title=KonsolScript and Game Engine |website=SourceForge |date=8 December 2016 |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/konsolscript/}}</ref>
|-
|{{rh}}| [[OHRRPGCE]]
| {{GPL-lic}}<ref>{{cite web |title=GPL license |website=OHRRPGCE-Wiki |date=27 September 2016 |url=http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/GPL_license}}</ref>
| OHRRPGCE community
| 1997–1998<ref>{{cite web |title=Timeline |website=OHRRPGCE-Wiki |date=6 April 2016 |url=http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Timeline}}</ref>
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Mac OS X|OS X]]}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]}}
| An open source RPG maker.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |website=OHRRPGCE-Wiki |date=9 April 2016 |url=http://rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/About}}</ref>
|-
|{{rh}}| RpgBoss || {{free}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || A cross-platform open source editor and engine based on JavaScript and Scala.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linuxfr.org/news/rpgboss-0-6-x|title=RPGBoss 0.6.x|date=2015-01-17|author=caranille|website=LinuxFr.org|access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| Solarus || {{free}} || {{dunno}} || 2002 || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Open source RPG engine with a custom quest editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/zeldas-most-dedicated-fan-game-developers-built-an-engine-anyone-can-use/|website=[[PC Gamer]]|title=Zelda's most dedicated fan game developers built an engine anyone can use|first=Jessica|last=Famularo|date=2020-04-14|access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| Sphere RPG Engine || {{free}} || {{dunno}} || 2000 || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || A set of open source RPG makers utilizing [[JavaScript]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navioo.com/javascript/Sphere_RPG_Engine_818.html|title=Sphere RPG Engine|website=Navioo}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| Verge || [[BSD licenses|BSD]] || || 1997 || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || [[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] || An open source 2D game engine with an emphasis on role playing games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGraw |first1=Ben |title=About - VERGE, Free 2d Game Engine |url=https://archive.verge-rpg.com/about/ |website=archive.verge-rpg.com}}</ref>
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|{{rh}}| Maker3D || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{dunno}} || A 3D RPG creator in manga style.
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|{{rh}}| Lugdunon || {{proprietary}} || Cinera LLC<ref>{{cite web |title=Lugdunon |url=https://lugdunon.net/ |access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> || {{dunno}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || A 2D online RPG creator platform.
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While not an RPG maker per se, the [[Worldforge]] game engine is intended for creating MMORPGs.

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