diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/renpy/package.nix
similarity index 57%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/re/renpy/package.nix
index 45a3630f7c57..d31ad9ced864 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/renpy/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python3, pkg-config, SDL2
-, libpng, ffmpeg, freetype, glew, libGL, libGLU, fribidi, zlib
-, makeWrapper
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  python3,
+  pkg-config,
+  SDL2,
+  libpng,
+  ffmpeg,
+  freetype,
+  glew,
+  libGL,
+  libGLU,
+  fribidi,
+  zlib,
+  harfbuzz,
+  makeWrapper,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -8,42 +22,71 @@ let
   # base_version is of the form major.minor.patch
   # vc_version is of the form YYMMDDCC
   # version corresponds to the tag on GitHub
-  base_version = "8.1.3";
-  vc_version = "23091805";
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "renpy";
-
+  base_version = "8.2.1";
+  vc_version = "24030407";
   version = "${base_version}.${vc_version}";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "renpy";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "renpy";
     repo = "renpy";
     rev = version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-bYqnKSWY8EEGr1+12cWeT9/ZSv5OrKLsRqCnnIruDQw=";
+    hash = "sha256-07Hj8mJGR0+Pn1DQ+sK5YQ3x3CTMsZ5h5yEoz44b2TM=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     makeWrapper
-    python3.pkgs.cython
+    # Ren'Py currently does not compile on Cython 3.x.
+    # See https://github.com/renpy/renpy/issues/5359
+    python3.pkgs.cython_0
     python3.pkgs.setuptools
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
-    SDL2 libpng ffmpeg freetype glew libGLU libGL fribidi zlib
-  ] ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
-    python pygame-sdl2 tkinter future six pefile requests ecdsa
-  ]);
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      SDL2
+      libpng
+      ffmpeg
+      freetype
+      glew
+      libGLU
+      libGL
+      fribidi
+      zlib
+      harfbuzz
+    ]
+    ++ (with python3.pkgs; [
+      python
+      pygame-sdl2
+      tkinter
+      future
+      six
+      pefile
+      requests
+      ecdsa
+    ]);
 
-  RENPY_DEPS_INSTALL = lib.concatStringsSep "::" (map (path: path) [
-    SDL2 SDL2.dev libpng ffmpeg.lib freetype glew.dev libGLU libGL fribidi zlib
-  ]);
+  RENPY_DEPS_INSTALL = lib.concatStringsSep "::" [
+    SDL2
+    SDL2.dev
+    libpng
+    ffmpeg.lib
+    freetype
+    glew.dev
+    libGLU
+    libGL
+    fribidi
+    zlib
+    harfbuzz.dev
+  ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  patches = [
-    ./shutup-erofs-errors.patch
-  ];
+  patches = [ ./shutup-erofs-errors.patch ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     cp tutorial/game/tutorial_director.rpy{m,}
@@ -53,7 +96,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     official = False
     nightly = False
     # Look at https://renpy.org/latest.html for what to put.
-    version_name = 'Where No One Has Gone Before'
+    version_name = '64bit Sensation'
     EOF
   '';
 
@@ -79,15 +122,17 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = with python3.pkgs; "-I${pygame-sdl2}/include/${python.libPrefix}";
 
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "Visual Novel Engine";
     mainProgram = "renpy";
     homepage = "https://renpy.org/";
     changelog = "https://renpy.org/doc/html/changelog.html";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ shadowrz ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ shadowrz ];
   };
 
-  passthru = { inherit base_version vc_version; };
+  passthru = {
+    inherit base_version vc_version;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/shutup-erofs-errors.patch b/pkgs/by-name/re/renpy/shutup-erofs-errors.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/interpreters/renpy/shutup-erofs-errors.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/re/renpy/shutup-erofs-errors.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-sdl2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-sdl2/default.nix
index 0201c9cb4a8a..8d8c5dee83a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-sdl2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pygame-sdl2/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,32 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchurl, isPy27, renpy
-, cython_0, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, SDL2_mixer, libjpeg, libpng }:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchurl,
+  isPy27,
+  renpy,
+  cython_0,
+  SDL2,
+  SDL2_image,
+  SDL2_ttf,
+  SDL2_mixer,
+  libjpeg,
+  libpng,
+  setuptools,
+}:
+let
   pname = "pygame-sdl2";
   version = "2.1.0";
-  format = "setuptools";
   renpy_version = renpy.base_version;
+in
+
+buildPythonPackage {
+  inherit pname version;
   name = "${pname}-${version}-${renpy_version}";
+  pyproject = true;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.renpy.org/dl/${renpy_version}/pygame_sdl2-${version}+renpy${renpy_version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-mrfrsRAVEqw7fwtYdeATp/8AtMn74x9pJEXwYZPOl2I=";
+    hash = "sha256-Zib39NyQ1pGVCWPrK5/Tl3dAylUlmKZKxU8pf+OpAdY=";
   };
 
   # force rebuild of headers needed for install
@@ -24,27 +40,26 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    SDL2.dev cython_0
+    SDL2.dev
+    cython_0
+    setuptools
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer
-    libjpeg libpng
+    SDL2
+    SDL2_image
+    SDL2_ttf
+    SDL2_mixer
+    libjpeg
+    libpng
   ];
 
-
   doCheck = isPy27; # python3 tests are non-functional
 
-  postInstall = ''
-    ( cd "$out"/include/python*/ ;
-      ln -s pygame-sdl2 pygame_sdl2 || true ; )
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
+  meta = {
     description = "A reimplementation of parts of pygame API using SDL2";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/renpy/pygame_sdl2";
-    # Some parts are also available under Zlib License
-    license     = licenses.lgpl2;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ raskin ];
+    homepage = "https://github.com/renpy/pygame_sdl2";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ lgpl2 zlib ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ raskin ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5356f1ed4730..606645f9bf85 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12387,8 +12387,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   redsocks = callPackage ../tools/networking/redsocks { };
 
-  renpy = callPackage ../development/interpreters/renpy { };
-
   rep = callPackage ../development/tools/rep { };
 
   repseek = callPackage ../applications/science/biology/repseek { };