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You want to create an RPG, but every game making tool you have found was either too complex or too limited? RPG Maker MZ empowers you with simple tools to create your RPG right out of the box, yet is customizable enough to make the exact RPG you want!

RPG Maker MZ is a rpg, game development and rpgmaker game developed by Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA and Yoji Ojima and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games.
Released on August 27th 2020 is available on Windows and MacOS in 12 languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Polish.

It has received 1,882 reviews of which 1,600 were positive and 282 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified RPG Maker MZ into these genres:

RPG Game Development RPGMaker Anime JRPG 2D Singleplayer Party-Based RPG Top-Down Design & Illustration Web Publishing Software Education Pixel Graphics Fantasy Story Rich Magic MMORPG

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft Windows® 8.1/10/11 (64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Compatible OpenGL / VRAM 1GB or better
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS 10.13 or better
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 or better
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Compatible OpenGL / VRAM 1GB or better
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1280x768 or better Display

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
RPG Maker MZ is a wonderful RPG creating engine that is (mostly) easy to use and has many upsides. However, I would also like to note the downsides for anybody wishing to buy it. It certainly isn't cheap at $79.99, and has a terrible interface with no visible dark mode. The tutorial is laggy and requires you to make a new project whenever you want to learn a feature, and there are WAY too many expensive DLCs with features that should already be in the software. Also, there are plenty of bugs that can ruin entire projects. Don't get me wrong, I love having the ability to boot up an RPG creator whenever I'm feeling creative, and sink pure HOURS into making a fantasy RPG, but I think, in the midst of all the good reviews, I want to be seen as informative and actually give people a chance to see the true side of the game. I'm marking this review as positive, but I would certainly choose a "meh" option if I could.
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Feb. 2025
RPG Maker Engine is not ideal for making games. It is very limited without plugins and the use of script calls. However, you will go from 0 - 60 with your game instantly because of all the assets that come with the engine. The immediate dopamine hit of getting to create your world, characters, and interactables may just push you down the game dev rabbit hole to bigger and better engines. This is a great place to start for learning game design, what works and doesn't work and even some basic logic like "if else" statements without getting bogged down in asset creation and coding before reaching a playable point. Only once you taste the sweat nectar of a playable game will you be willing to put in the hard work to make something truly unique. At least, this was how it was for me. I took a month making an action RPG with this that my family played and enjoyed. It was a blast, but I quickly hit the wall of RPG maker's limitations. Some battle with the engine for years, really pushing it to its limits and creating work arounds, but this was enough for me to know the hardwork of learning a more open ended engine was worth it. I still recommend RPG maker as I never would of discovered the joy of game development without it and would have quit long before discovering the joy of having others play and enjoy something you created. For its low point of entry to the game dev world, it is worth it to buy and play around with to discover if this is something you truly want to do.
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Feb. 2025
I got this because I am creating a video game for my daughter and this allows me to fulfill that dream. This all started because I made a small piece of music while my wife was pregnant that expressed how I felt about become a father. One song quickly became two and I found myself drafting a story to go along with the music that I was creating. I continued to add to it with the hopes of one day hiring something to actually build the game, and that's when I found this. With this game I am able to create a playground for my daughter to live in and for that alone I must give this a 10/10.
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Feb. 2025
Most of the DLC packs you see are made by other third party artists, which is a good thing for the buyer anyways since you can use most of it with other game engines, excluding assets made by rpg maker team / kadokawa etc of course. This engine may not be a fully fledged game engine, missing things like a proper UI editor is a failing to meet the current standard for game building engines, and it has its limitations. I do however enjoy using this engine and havnt fully escaped the rpg maker engines, even after trying out multiple free game building/creation softwares. Its really very easy to plug whatever you want in and just get making, with little to no coding required unless your going for something niche or commercialized. Most people will never need to code a thing since many different options exist for pre-created plug-ins. I will also add that I took more enjoyment out of MZ compared to older iterations.
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Jan. 2025
Lots to learn, but there's plenty of tutorials, including one that comes with. Time consuming, but it gets faster as you learn more and more. I plan on becoming a millionaire with this program.
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Frequently Asked Questions

RPG Maker MZ is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam.

RPG Maker MZ is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 38.99€ on Steam.

RPG Maker MZ received 1,600 positive votes out of a total of 1,882 achieving a rating of 8.14.
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RPG Maker MZ was developed by Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA and Yoji Ojima and published by Gotcha Gotcha Games.

RPG Maker MZ is playable and fully supported on Windows.

RPG Maker MZ is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

RPG Maker MZ is not playable on Linux.

There are 806 DLCs available for RPG Maker MZ. Explore additional content available for RPG Maker MZ on Steam.

RPG Maker MZ is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

RPG Maker MZ does not support Steam Remote Play.

RPG Maker MZ does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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RPG Maker MZ
-50% 77.99€ 38.99€ -49% 77.99€ 40.15€
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810
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Gotcha Gotcha Games, KADOKAWA, Yoji Ojima
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Gotcha Gotcha Games
Release 27 Aug 2020
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