RPG Maker users race to save 14 years of forum resources

Gotcha Gotcha Games, the Kadokawa-owned subsidiary that holds the RPG Maker IP, has announced the 14-year-old RPG Maker Forum will close on December 11, 2026. A new site called RPG Maker Guild will replace it, but Gotcha Gotcha Games says it will not be archiving the original forum’s contents.

The FAQ on the forum states, "There are currently no plans to provide a public archive or backup of the current forum once it has been closed," and urges users to save any posts, guides, resources, or other content they wish to keep. The community reacted strongly, with multiple posts on X likening the shutdown to a burning of Alexandria and warning that thousands of plugins and scripts could be permanently lost.

One user warned the loss would make RPG Maker games "worse and less interesting," and leave the software "harder to use and less feature-rich." The scale at risk is substantial: Eurogamer found the Legacy Engine support topic alone contains roughly 45,600 threads and 280,000 messages.

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