Gotcha Gotcha Games has revealed the winners of the 2025 and first annual iteration of the RPG Maker Awards. The awards highlight three major categories: Grand Award, Excellence Awards, and Special Award.
The winners, according to Gotcha Gotcha Games, are as follows:
Grand Award Winner: Artis Impact by Mas
Excellence Awards:
- Best RPG Award: Beloved Rapture from developer Rapturous Studio and publisher 2 Left Thumbs
- Best Adventure Award: Flower in Us from developers Chalkseagull and Team Gypsophila, as well as publisher PsychoFlux Entertainment
- Best Action Award: Creepy Creepy Love from developer BYYONI Entertainment
- Best Simulation Award: DRAPLINE from developer KANAWO and publisher Vaka Game Magazine
- Best Free Game Award: Buy a Croquette! from developer 越青 and publisher Eternal Dream
- Best Free Game Award: Saihate Station from developer びぶ/viv
- Best Comment Award: Heroines of Swords & Spells 2 from developer Kirillkrm
- Best Comment Award: 7 Days from developer Daver The Dave and publisher IC Industries
Special Award Winner: Seed of Nostalgia from developers James Sloan and Primitive
All of the games mentioned above are available on Steam, alongside RPG Maker M, RPG Maker MV, GAME MAKER, RPG Maker MZ × ACTION GAME MAKER, and ACTION GAME MAKER × Vampire Survivors. The aforementioned titles are also on sale now for a limited time. Lastly, the Steam page describes Artis Impact as follows:
A fun turn-based RPG set in a future world of humans and AI. Play as Akane to explore vibrant locations, battle with simple yet fluid combat, and enjoy side quests full of charming surprises. With a playful, humorous style and clever details, this adventure is light, easy, and full of smiles.
