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.
Carist is a dark modern-day side-scrolling RPG by LuciferBrand (later ImCyan). The player follows Carist, a deeply disturbed man possessed by a warped sense of justice. He wields a sacred firearm left by a wartime hero and embarks on a violent crusade against perceived evildoers. The game features 2D side-view exploration and combat, and its narrative explores themes of fanaticism and the consequences of violence.
Yume wa Maeyono is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. You play a boy named Yoruzuki who stays in his room and refuses to go out.. The goal in the dream world is to explore and collect effects. Interacting with the music pod allows you to listen to music from the game.
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.
A foreboding tower haunts the village. An evil witch resides there and she seems to have come out of nightmares in fairy tales. It is said she was searching for immortality, but she has not stepped out of the tower since eons ago. People have been disappearing and nobody knows exactly why. All they know is the witch did it. Kahoro learns of this tale from their grandparents and believes the witch may have a cure for their peculiar illness. They run away from their home and enter the tower with the hope their nightmare will finally end. But instead, a new dream begins. Kahoro meets Tetra, a doll and the ex-servant of the witch of the tower.
LostMaria: Nameless Flower is a horror role-playing game set in a world rebuilding after the collapse of civilization. When reports of ghosts emerge from the isolated Beolb Mansion, several characters enter the estate for different reasons. Players switch between protagonists, fight supernatural creatures, explore the mansion and nearby town, and uncover the mysteries surrounding Noah and the region’s paranormal activity. The game features character-switching mechanics, cooperative support during battles, multiple endings and a progression system in which organs obtained from defeated enemies can be consumed to improve character statistics.
Towelket: One More Time 6 Devils&Devils&Nightmares&Devils is a story-heavy adventure game made in RPG Maker 2000. The game is virtually identical to a previous Towelket release known as Towelket Reverse (Ura); the main differences between those two games are a handful of bugfixes and a different ending scene.
Witch’s Heart -Bonus Stage- is the continuation of Witch’s Heart. It’s an adventure game by IZ (BLUE STAR Entertainment) made in RPG Maker 2000, story-focused, with some light action elements.
Calm Falls is the first released game from Kelven and might be the first german Silent Hill inspired RPG-Maker game.
Japanese Yume Nikki fangame, known for its medical and skeletal motifs. In Ubok, the player needs to collect effects and scattered pages in the dreams of Eric, the main character.
Nijuu Yuumu is a Yume Nikki fangame. The game has a total of 15 effects to collect and no ending. Generally, the game's imagery sticks to a naive and simple style, which usually portrays the world seen by a child. The game features a young girl known as Kizutsuki and her other personality, Kitsutsuki. Some effects can only be used by a certain personality or differ depending on which personality you use. The money system in this game is different from most fangames, as you can receive money only by finding it. Nijuu Yumuu also doesn't have any vending machines, instead, you can spend your money by buying plant pots in a flower shop.
Alone - Cold Winter is reimagination of Alone - Eternal Nightmare, which is a RPG-Maker action-horror game, that was heavily inspired by cult classics like Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Project Zero.
You play as Arnika, a gloomy teenage girl. Perpetually tired, you live off excessive sleep, lime juice, and instant soup. You look into the vortex forming in your cup of said soup, this time mushroom flavour. Next thing you know, you are in an entirely different world where everything, from buildings to people, is being devoured by fungi. It seems like you have no choice but to walk on... and face whatever lies ahead. A retro-style RPG Maker psychological horror adventure featuring exploration, visual novel-like story, puzzles and turn-based battles.
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.