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RPG Maker VX Ace (PC Digital Download)

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  • RPG Maker VX Ace improves on every aspect of creating your very own epic adventure. An extremely powerful editor, Ace supports multiple tilesets, offers full control over autoshadow and has a very flexible features system.

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    • Free to keep when you get it during this limited-time promotion.
    • Rated 94% 'Very Positive' at Steam based on over 4.5k customer reviews.
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Steam has RPG Maker VX Ace (PC Digital Download) for Free.
  • Note: A Steam account is required to activate/purchase and play (free to join).
Thanks to Deal Editor slickdewmaster for finding this deal

About this Game:
  • RPG Maker VX Ace improves on every aspect of creating your very own epic adventure. An extremely powerful editor, Ace supports multiple tilesets, offers full control over autoshadow and has a very flexible features system.

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • Steam is the world's largest digital distribution platform for computer games and is owned/operated by Valve Corporation (the developers behind several classic video games including Half-Life, Portal, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead, Dota 2 & more).
  • Additional Information:
    • Free to keep when you get it during this limited-time promotion.
    • Rated 94% 'Very Positive' at Steam based on over 4.5k customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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lol yes I remember playing RPG Maker 95 - I had to download it from Kazaa or Limewire, can't remember which one, because there was no official translation or port. It was hacked, translated, and released by some Russian guy named "Don Miguel". the Internet was so wild back in the day
I don't recall it being 30 years old but I was more speaking to how simple this version appears to make things. Basically the difference between pounding out HTML code by hand (your '30 year old' version) vs dragging / dropping things into a doc to make a website in 5 minutes without any specialized skills (VX Ace).

But hey, even if I was that old...what would be the problem?
Wow talk about blast to the past. Messed with rpgmaker2000 20+ years ago and had completely forgotten about. Made a town and initital storyline, then realized it would take way too long to make a game so I quit. 20 years later with a family and job?? Click install.

It's not the most current version, also about 13 years old. But we'll see, maybe I'll whip up a town for my kids to walk around in, put their friends in the game just for funsies

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BlueRaccoon1085
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Whoa, always wanted an RPG Maker. Thanks!
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Glad this didn't exist when I was a young teen....I would have have had even less of a social life.
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Quote from jedinat :
RPG Maker has been around for like 30 years. Are you that old?
lol yes I remember playing RPG Maker 95 - I had to download it from Kazaa or Limewire, can't remember which one, because there was no official translation or port. It was hacked, translated, and released by some Russian guy named "Don Miguel". the Internet was so wild back in the day
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Quote from TenaciousJP :
lol yes I remember playing RPG Maker 95 - I had to download it from Kazaa or Limewire, can't remember which one, because there was no official translation or port. It was hacked, translated, and released by some Russian guy named "Don Miguel". the Internet was so wild back in the day
Kazaa for me, I bet it was on both.
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Quote from jedinat :
RPG Maker has been around for like 30 years. Are you that old?
I don't recall it being 30 years old but I was more speaking to how simple this version appears to make things. Basically the difference between pounding out HTML code by hand (your '30 year old' version) vs dragging / dropping things into a doc to make a website in 5 minutes without any specialized skills (VX Ace).

But hey, even if I was that old...what would be the problem?
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Wow talk about blast to the past. Messed with rpgmaker2000 20+ years ago and had completely forgotten about. Made a town and initital storyline, then realized it would take way too long to make a game so I quit. 20 years later with a family and job?? Click install.

It's not the most current version, also about 13 years old. But we'll see, maybe I'll whip up a town for my kids to walk around in, put their friends in the game just for funsies
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HappyDome8591
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Already own this one through past bundles. Though didn't really do much with it. Wish it was the MV version with JavaScript support.
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Never had one. Thanks!
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Get the MZ bundle for $3 because it's much newer than VX. I bought MZ only a couple years ago for close to $30. 😔

Edit: Oops. I missed that it is pricing it this way because I already have MZ in my library.
Last edited by schlack February 4, 2025 at 07:10 AM.
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Quote from schlack :
Get the MZ bundle for $3 because it's much newer than VX. I bought MZ only a couple years ago for close to $30. 😔
got a link for this? only seeing MZ bundles for $30+
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got a link for this? only seeing MZ bundles for $30+
Oh snap. Never mind. I missed that it is pricing it this way because I already have MZ in my library. Sorry!
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I remember fooling around with RM2k back in the day. The measure of how 1337 your game was centered on whether you were willing to effectively disregard the game's built-in battle system (which used the Dragon Quest interface with no visible party members) in favor of building a "custom", side-view battle system from scratch resembling your Final Fantasy's.

Based on a cursory read of the Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] page, it looks like DQ-style battles are still the norm in RM VX, and it looks llike side-view battles don't come built-in until RPG Maker MV.

So, there ya go. I'm not gonna argue with free, but if you actually intend to try to make games with this rather than just fooling around with the GUI, you may wanna plop down the five bucks for RPG Maker MV instead and get side-view battles without having to do 30 hours of custom programming work.
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Quote from ChronoJJ :
Wow talk about blast to the past. Messed with rpgmaker2000 20+ years ago and had completely forgotten about. Made a town and initital storyline, then realized it would take way too long to make a game so I quit. 20 years later with a family and job?? Click install.

It's not the most current version, also about 13 years old. But we'll see, maybe I'll whip up a town for my kids to walk around in, put their friends in the game just for funsies
Same here. Can't believe it's been 22 years

I made a action game call Sonic Blast Kenny.
Kenny from South park

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Quote from TenaciousJP :
lol yes I remember playing RPG Maker 95 - I had to download it from Kazaa or Limewire, can't remember which one, because there was no official translation or port. It was hacked, translated, and released by some Russian guy named "Don Miguel". the Internet was so wild back in the day
You could download it directly from his website in 1996, at least I did as a 10 year old kid using AOL.

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