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.
Die Bücher Luzifers is the second game of German RPG Maker developer Kelven and is yet another horror game. While influcenes of Silent Hill and Resident Evil do exist in this one, they're more subtile and the plotline and world do feel a lot more unique, then in the first game.
Battle Monsters is an early German RPG-Maker Pokémon clone by Pascal Cattarius.
Home Game is about the hermit at home. Explore town, find ways into buildings, die horribly, fail utterly, cash cans for change, regret your decisions in life. The game features magic spells, a cat, rude people, demons and death. You can pass through solid objects. You can help end this world. You may grow flowers in your garden, as well as feed birds. It has rain SFX.
A story about Shintarou, an average student, and his best friend Akino.
ShamaL is a Japanese Yume Nikki fangame. You play as a girl named Modori who doesn't want to leave her room. The main task in the game is to collect all the effects.
Nothing Bad Ever Happens to me, is a short, 5 ~ 10min. story about a few girls who don't really get along. Katrina, our heroine, is a popular girl who has had great luck in her life thus far. She's at the top of her class, her family is happy... she probably couldn't ask for a more perfect life! One day, a few of her classmates suggest they walk home together. Might not be a bad idea to humor the lower-class. What could go wrong?
Unknown Exist is a traditional Japanese Yume Nikki fangame. It stars a girl named Kaede, who refuses to leave her room. The objective is exploration and collecting effects in order to achieve an ending.
Witoru / Neta Dream is a Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Yon Goh and seems to be a parody of other Yume Nikki fangames. It is one of the the first fangames to have a male protagonist, as well as one of the first to feature dialogue. It is slightly different than most fangames but it still heavily focuses on exploration and collecting Effects, as well as containing puzzles and battles. In addition, there is an option to buy items, with some being consumables that increase stats and others which are essential for progressing the game.
Akashi is a Japanese Yume Nikki Fangame. It follows Yugano, a girl who explores her dreams to collect Stoicheios (effects).
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.
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...
Kirby Warrior’s RPG II was the much-anticipated sequel to the original, released on KRR to much fanfare in the early aughts, featuring over 12 playable characters. It was made in RPG Maker 2000.
Fantasy of Master is a RPG-Maker 2000 game that is considered the prime example of a "trash game" due to it's low quality. It became somewhat more known due to a Let's Play from TrueMG, which than inspired and spawned a fanmade parody sequel. The official sequel that was announced never released.
Maiden Bomb Invaders is a free JRPG made by Kanao (Kanashimi Hocchikisu). This game serves as a retelling of Towelket 5, with a primary focus on the Bomb Maidens from the earlier entries. The narrative takes a slight twist to introduce new plots and characters. As a spin-off of the main series Towelket One More Time, it references elements and features characters from the previous entries. It is suggested to play at least Towelket 1 and Towelket 5 to fully understand it.