Similar games

Games like RPG Maker XP

2004PC93 % positive24.50 €

A toolkit for building your own classic 2D RPGs without programming knowledge, with a map editor, database and Ruby scripting for deep customization. It is more a creative workshop than a game.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Pixel art
  • Fantasy setting

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

In short: Games like RPG Maker XP

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RPG Maker XP special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

Similar in what way?

2 of 3

Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

Reset

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match · How is this calculated?

Best match

RPG Maker VX Ace

88 %Match

2011PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive67.99 €

Fits your focus: Together like RPG Maker XP and Systems like RPG Maker XP.

A toolkit for building your own classic 2D JRPGs, with a flexible editor, multiple tilesets and a customizable features system. What you actually play depends on what you create.

Where to buy

* Affiliate link. Prices are synced regularly and may have changed in the shop since.

Shapez

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

You build factories on an infinite map that automatically cut, rotate, paint and stack geometric shapes. It rewards clever layout design and optimization, with no combat or time pressure.

Planet Coaster

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

A lavishly detailed theme park sandbox where you craft roller coasters piece by piece and sculpt entire themed worlds. Creativity takes center stage over management, making it perfect for relaxed, pressure-free building.

Cities: Skylines

  • Together like RPG Maker XP

A deep, relaxing city-builder sandbox where you grow a town into a sprawling metropolis, with traffic management as the real brain-teaser. Huge mod support makes the creative possibilities almost endless.

RPG Maker VX

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

RPG Maker VX is a toolkit for building and playing your own classic 2D RPGs without any programming knowledge. The experience depends heavily on what you create, with default templates in the style of turn-based JRPGs.

Factory Town

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

A relaxed factory-building game where you automate and optimize a village on procedurally generated 3D terrain using conveyors, railways and marble-run chutes to keep your residents supplied with goods.

The Sims

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

The classic life sim: build homes, create Sims and steer their needs, careers and relationships in an open sandbox that regularly produces hilarious, chaotic moments.

The Sims 3

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

A life sim where you create Sims with distinct personality traits and guide their daily lives, careers and relationships across a seamless open neighborhood. Its charm lies in the quirky, often hilarious chaos that unfolds along the way.

Chrs 143

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

A 2D sandbox puzzle game built on a detailed physics simulation of fluids, heat and reactions, where you build machines, vehicles and automation. The goal is to pierce the fog and defeat Chrs.

Retro Gadgets

  • Together like RPG Maker XP
  • Systems like RPG Maker XP

A creative retro-styled sandbox where you design, wire and program your own gadgets using Lua, then share them with the community. Ideal for tinkerers who like to experiment at their own pace.

Feedback