What are the best beginner game engines for making a top-down JRPG?

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RPG Boss

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Discontinued, but can still be downloaded from GitHub. Platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux

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Built-in battle system

RPG Boss includes a side-view battle system that's arguably the most common battle system for JRPGs.

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Discontinued

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No way to export games directly from the software

Games have to be manually compiled from the game data.

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