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.
Crashocalypse is a video game made in RPG Maker 2000 that was released in May 12th, 2018 and was made by one person named "Default" Reese. The game was created as a fangame dedicated to the Let's Player, Mikennemonic and his community, featuring references and in-jokes dedicated to the community in a turn-based RPG format. The game was released within the MikeNnemonic forums for download, free of charge.
The year is 2132. The resources on Earth have become depleted, and mankind sought out new settlements and advanced on to other planets. At that time, a meteorite from space has been detected carrying unicellular organisms with similar DNA structures as those found on Earth. This discovery is thought to contain the key to unlocking the mystery behind the origin of life on Earth, so an investigation has been launched. As a result, an unknown planet has been discovered in our Solar System: Harmonia. An American research team from Mars Base is set out to embark for Harmonia in order to survey it. Soon the truths behind mankind, life, and the universe will be revealed.
De I Cide is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. This game features mostly dark and disturbing themes and has a rather unusual soundtrack, consisting of metal and trance tracks in contrast to calm piano music. It stars a girl with messy hair named Inahoozuki and a silver haired child named Ginmokusei. Like most traditional fangames, the objective is to explore dream worlds and collect effects. There are six endings to find, three for each character.
Flame of Rebellion is a freeware RPG-Maker 2000 game by the creator Lil_Lucy. The leading global powers are threatened by an unknown force, that calls themselves by the name of "The Empire". No one knows how, but they possess technology that is way beyond what should be capable by modern human standards and seem to be unstoppable. Even though these scary events happen all around the globe, some are yet mentally unaffected by all of this and live their lives like every other day, which includes the protagonist Roland. His day starts off as a normal school day, but since a lot of bus drivers called in sick, out of fear of a possible war, he is about to arrive late. When he arrived at the school, even his town is falling under attack by this mysterious force. Being one of the few survivors of the attack, he and the others form a local rebellion group, in their attempt to stop the enemy.
A Blurred Line is a role-playing game made with RPG Maker 2000.
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.
An independent RPG made by Crestfallen Studios that was broken up into 6 chapters. It gained a small cult following among the RPG Maker community. The story begins with a first glance at the "protagonist," Rhue. He has been searching all along "The Way" which is the name given to the world of this game by his childhood friend, whom was separated from him many years earlier. His travels take him to many settlements, he meets a very wide and varied cast of characters, and has adventures ranging from dungeon crawling, to stopping sieges, to tournaments and even some acting! Meanwhile, a mysterious killer wreaks bloody havoc, and dark things stir in the Reaches. As the Way's mysteries are slowly revealed, Rhue follows the trail through mountain and forest and fire—and learns more about himself and the world he lives in than he's ever wanted to know...
This adventure-RPG features a bleak world full of secrets within secrets, hectic real-time combat and a custom inventory system of curious items and combinations. It is about the hermit living with girl. Exist at home or traverse dangerous realms, seeking Truths and age...
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.
Towelket: One More Time 4 - Ocean is a freeware story-heavy adventure/RPG made in RPG Maker 2000. Towelket 4 is somewhat of an ironic Peter Pan + Little Mermaid while also being full of references to the previous games. For the first time in the series you have an overworld resembling older RPGs like Dragon Quest. It also has the biggest number of party members to choose from.
Battle Monsters is an early German RPG-Maker Pokémon clone by Pascal Cattarius.
Legion Saga III is a fantasy game set in a medieval world on the brink of war. It is regarded as one of the classic games of the early 2k era, like it's prequels, Legion Saga and Legion Saga II.
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.