Registration Has Begun! RPG Maker Festival Returns in 2026!

The RPG Maker Festival is returning in 2026!

▼What is RPG Maker Festival?

February 15th is “Maker Day”, the day for all things RPG Maker.

We celebrate by holding the RPG Maker Festival!

RPG Maker Festival is a celebration of all games made with all versions of RPG Maker and Pixel Game Maker! We want to showcase creators and introduce people to the wonderful games that have been made with RPG Maker,! By connecting as many creators and players together as possible, the more fun there is to be had by all!

・Event Schedule

February 9 (Mon) – February 23 (Mon), 2026 (PST)

▼RPG Maker Festival 2026: Participants Wanted!

We’re currently looking for developers and publishers who’d like to participant in RPG Maker Festival 2026!

If you have a game made with RPG Maker or Pixel Game Maker, we hope you’ll decide to submit your game! If it’s on Steam, this is a chance to spread awareness of your game to a big audience. So please consider participating!

【Submission Method】

To submit a game for participation in RPG Maker Festival 2026, just fill out the form linked here:

https://script.google.com/a/macros/gotchagotcha.jp/s/AKfycbyiBJ2t2qlg-QcyXIAiANtH5nF4pb0129bfkDpRn6RpMa-Qqid5snOOMrAPXoKuNwnsjA/exec?external=true

【Deadline】

・Pacific Time:December 14, 2025 at 06:59 AM

▼Announcing The “RPG Maker Award”

We are planning to the first ever RPG Maker Award.

The award will be given to a recently released game title, created with a RPG Maker series tool and decided by a combination of community voting and Gotcha Gotcha Games staff, that is an outstanding experience worthy of special notice.

Eligible titles must have been released with the past 2 years, and community voting will be held via a special website.
Gotcha Gotcha Games will ensure that voting is fair and after verifying the results will announced the winner of the Award.

To nominate a title for the Award, submission of the RPG Maker Festival 2026 participation form is required.

Please see the Festival participation form for additional details.

・Announcement Schedule for Award-Winning Titles

The award-winning titles are scheduled to be announced during the RPG Maker Festival 2026 event period.

We hope that everyone with an eligible title will nominate themselves!