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RPG Maker vs Stencyl

RPG Maker

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Stencyl

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FigureRPG MakerStencyl
Price from$79.99/mo$8.25/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
Plans published13
Spec score · Game Engine Software7.5 (#79)8.9 (#9)
Spec score · Game Visual Scripting Software7.0 (#24)8.4 (#7)
Spec score · Game Development Software7.0 (#42)8.4 (#21)
Free planNoYes
Mobile exportNoYes
Scripting languagesJavaScriptHaxe
Source code modelsource_availableopen_source
Target platformsWindows,macOS,web browsersiOS,Android,Windows,Mac,Linux,HTML5
Visual scriptingNoYes

Plans

RPG Maker

  • RPG Maker MZ$79.99 a month

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Stencyl

  • Indie$99 a year
  • Studio$199 a year
  • StarterFree

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In their own words

RPG Maker

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Stencyl

Stencyl is game creation software for making mobile, web, and desktop games with visual logic or custom code. Its drag-and-drop designer uses snapping blocks and includes hundreds of ready-to-use blocks. Creators can also make and share blocks, import libraries, extend the engine with code, and write Haxe classes that work with block-based Behaviors. The Scene Designer provides selection, zooming, grid-snapping, and flood fill; the Actor Editor adjusts appearance, behaviors, and physical properties. Stencyl targets iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and HTML5. The free Starter edition publishes HTML5 games and lets users test games on paid target platforms, but cannot publish desktop, iOS, or Android games and displays Stencyl branding. Indie costs $99 a year and adds web and desktop publishing without watermarks. Studio costs $199 a year and includes publishing to iOS and Android, ads, leaderboards, in-app purchases, and third-party plugins. Publishing iOS games to the App Store requires an active Apple developer license and a Mac. Stencyl says it collects no royalties on games.

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