Steam killed its 'RPGMaker' user tag yesterday, and impacted devs are unexpectedly happy about it

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PC Gamer · 6 min read · tech

Valve removed the 'RPGMaker' user tag from Steam, improving discoverability for games built with the engine by allowing them to be categorized by genre instead. Affected developers responded positively to the change.

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Appeared in 2026-05-20.