Popular games built on game engine RPG Maker 2000
Yume 2kki is the fanmade "sequel" to the popular RPG maker game, Yume Nikki. In this game, you play as a young girl named Urotsuki and explore your dreams, much like Yume Nikki. The goal of the game is to collect the Effects scattered throughout the dream worlds, which is also similar to its predecessor. However, Yume 2kki is far larger than its prequel and is still growing, as it is currently under development (it's fully functional despite this fact).
While playing up in the mountains, Claire Elford finds herself taking shelter from the rain in a mansion. Soon, she finds four other people, some bizarre monsters - and no way back out. In the company of demons, the five must figure out how to escape... and solve the mystery of the legendary wish-granting treasure, the Witch's Heart.
Danganronpa Another ~Another Despair Academy~ , more simply known as Danganronpa Another and DRA, is a completely released fan game created by the Korean game developer LINUJ. The first complete chapter was released on January 6th, 2013 and the full game was completed and released on June 11th, 2015. LINUJ later released a sequel titled Super Danganronpa Another 2.
Ib is a freeware adventure video game with elements of psychological horror released in 2012 for Microsoft Windows by the Japanese artist kouri, running on RPG Maker 2000. Players control the titular character from a top-down perspective with the goal of escaping an eldritch art museum. The game has been credited with helping popularize its engine's use in developing games without role-playing elements.
.Flow is one of the most well-known fangames of the original Yume Nikki, made by lol. It's one of the darker spin-offs infamous for its eerie atmosphere and copious amounts of body horror and hospital imagery, centering around a girl named Sabitsuki (さびつき) as she enters her PC dreamworld to explore her mind and collect effects. .Flow is one of the more traditional fangames that stays true to the gameplay elements of the original. Effects are collected in a gloomy, sublime dreamscape and the user is left to interpret the events and lack of explicit storyline. The only differences that seem to set this game apart from Yume Nikki is the more concrete subject matter (the deeper aspects of the landscape seem to have a more pristine resemblance to human body parts, where as Nikki's environment requires more interpretive thinking to analyze) and the inclusion of three endings instead of one. The main plot of the game is similar to the original Yume Nikki's, in that it's a sandbox game with very few exploration restrictions. You must collect the twenty-five effects to unlock two of the three endings and three boxes to achieve the third.
END ROLL is a regretful adventure RPG by Segawa made in RPG Maker 2000. It has turn-based battles, three endings, and quite a lot of optional content. A boy named Russell is made to take part in an experiment. His room contains nothing but a bed, a pre-recorded video, and a syringe. It seems now he has no other choice. ... A boy named Russell moves into a new town to lead a happy new life.
Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea is an adventure RPG made in late 2013. It follows the young witch Wadanohara and her familiars. After a journey from the witch world she had been visiting, she returns to her deep sea home to find it had been attacked by an unknown enemy. Wadanohara is tasked with repairing the magical barriers protecting the kingdom destroyed by this enemy, but fixing them shall not be the last of her worries...
Told in a bedstime story by an old man to his young nephew, the protagonist Valnar must face his new existence as a vampire when the experienced Asgar bites and transforms him. As Valnar struggles with his creator and soon meets Alaine who once loved Asgar, and after she was executed Asgar also transformed her into a vampire. Operating from Asgar's castle, the unusual trio confronts the past of the vampires and a man who nearly whiped them all out in a crusade, Vincent Weynard. Was he the man history portrayed him to be and what truth lies in a book the group finds?
The Gray Garden is a pseudo-RPG with a heavy story focus, made by Deep-Sea Prisoner in RPG Maker 2000.
Yatarou, the main character, is a handsome hikikomori. One day, he has a reunion with his former best friends Honoka and Hinata. However, a warped love triangle lurks behind the happy days the three of them spend together.
A highly customizable, exploration-focused game with countless secrets to uncover, bosses to defeat, and allies to recruit. ENCHANT FARM is one of the earliest and best JRPG adaptations of the "Souls-like" formula with a pure gameplay focus and surprising mechanical depth.
Kaiketsu! Nekoashi Otome-chan is a Towelket spin-off. Has arguably the silliest plot in the series and a "manzai" stand-up comedy subsection with 15 skits. However, it's still a game by the Towelket dev, so it finds a way to gut punch the player.
Towelket: One More Time 5 ~Fury~ is a story-heavy adventure/role-playing game made in RPG Maker 2000 This game was meant to become the official game titled Towelket 5, but it contains game-breaking bugs due to a very rushed release, and (perhaps due to its extremely disturbing content) was removed from public download some time after its release. Later "Gaugau's Bride" was released as the "official" fifth installment later on and became a completely different game. By now it is allowed to show footage of Fury again.
Yoru no Umi de Otsukisama wo Tsuru is a freeware story-heavy adventure/RPG made in RPG Maker 2000. Starting with Yoru no Umi the games are even more heavily story based with virtually no combat. It has the highest amount of endings based on choices you made throughout the story and which girl you pick for your love interest. Just like in TK3 you can choose between a male or female protagonist - the game more or less becomes a yuri harem if you play as a girl.
Kusoge Girl Wattery is a unique and humorous collection-style exploration game that compiles about 30 mini "kusoge", roughly 20 previously released by the author and 10 new ones created specifically for this title. At the beginning, only a few games are accessible. By playing through them and earning trophies, more games and areas gradually unlock. The trophies vary in type and difficulty, adding a layer of progression and strategy to the otherwise chaotic and comedic presentation.
Towelket: One More Time 2 is a story-heavy adventure game made in RPG Maker 2000. The young boy who lives in the countryside and his childhood friend, a charming little girl. This is the story of star-crossed lovers, torn apart by a sudden invasion of aliens. Contrary to the fairy-tale-like appearance at the beginning, this RPG contains content that is bizarre, sexual, and shocking, so it is R-15. Note that some the content is not suitable for children and teenagers. This game has a few minor references to the prequel "Towelket: One more Time 3" (which was released before Towelket 2), and a couple characters from that game make another appearance, for example the Pon Groom.
Warau Warawau (Laughing Warawau) is a freeware story-heavy adventure/RPG made in RPG Maker 2000. Warau Warawau is a spin-off game in the Towelket series, mixing characters and stories from the mainline series with popular fiction, most noticeably Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. There is some turn-based combat like in the mainline series and the game takes you to many exotic, surreal and sometimes disturbing places. Warau Warawau became a cult hit and is still popular among Japanese fans. This is the first game to not use a mix of public domain music (classic, jazz, ragtime etc.), but instead it features the free music by Hirokazu Akiyama, whose music was also used in other RPG Maker games/series like Alicemare.
Ruina: Fairy Tale of the Forgotten Ruins is a free-to-play Japanese RPG made with the RPG Maker 2000 engine, originally released on December 24th, 2008 and made but just one person known as Shoukichi Karekusa (枯草章吉). The game won the Grand Prize in Freem!’s 4th Annual Game Contest and its generally considered as a cult classic. The game was fan translated into English in early 2021 by a user named Dink. The translation received the blessing of the original creator with the conditions that his name remain in or be added to any relevant documentation, signifying that he is the game’s creator and that the game always be available free of charge.
The Sequel to Nahen. Whereas the previous version was a direct panic horror where you escape from the mansion, this one has a psychological sense of fear as the strangeness of the surroundings gradually emerges. Its an RPG Maker 2000 game with cosmic horror and body horror elements.
Old Fynn tells of his life and remembers his past. He always wanted to go to the stars. And when the opportunity arose, he joined a space mission. But on this mission, the ship is shot down by unknown persons. However, Fynn can escape in a rescue pod - and crashes on an alien planet. There he is picked up by the girl Ki, who becomes his companion from now on. With her help, he sets out to find the so-called people of the moon, always pursued by terrible nightmares.
Yume Aruki is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. The main objective is exploring Twill's dreams and collecting effects. Notably absent from this game are aggressive NPCs, extensive events, and the horror overtones from both Yume Nikki and its many fangames. The game draws heavily on animal, tropical, and desert imagery.
A short RPG questioning the meaning of human life in a world crumbling to death. Dahlia, a girl with aphasia, whistles gloomily as she proceeds down a cold, dark path for a certain purpose.
Lolita-fashioned gay hitman Heart is betrayed by his ex-lover. In order to get revenge Heart and his trustful companion Pistol abandon the organization, but three of the best assassins follow in their footsteps. A colorful bittersweet story.