Popular games built on game engine RPG Maker 2003

The player is tasked with controlling the Batter and guiding him on his quest to "purify" the world of spirits. The player must take the Batter through the various Zones, collect battle partners, solve puzzles and partake in turn-based Active Time Battles in order to get to the source of the impurity.

In this Puzzle/Adventure game you must guide Niko through a mysterious world, utilizing items, characters, and the environment to progress. The life of a lost child and the fate of a steadily decaying world hang in balance, and not everyone—or everything—is interested in preserving them either.

A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully rendered, classic-style RPG adventure.

Yume Nikki is a 32-Bit freeware game created by Kikiyama, a Japanese solo game designer. The game was made using RPGMaker 2003. The game is regarded as one of the most original applications of RPGMaker 2003, and the start of a possible new genre of games. "Yume Nikki" means "Dream Diary" in Japanese, and the game follows a young girl named Madotsuki as she dreams. The goal is to seek out and acquire all 24 'Effects'. The game otherwise has no plot, and nearly the entire game is left up to speculation.

A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

Take in the beauty of a magical world floating above the clouds, then take on a menacing race of vampires hidden in the dark. Ara Fell combines the best parts of Japanese-style roleplaying games with the best parts of western RPGs. The new Enhanced Edition features a slew of new features!

Space Funeral is an independently created role-playing video game and art game by Irish developer thecatamites. The short game was created using RPG Maker 2003, and centers around a boy named Philip, who leaves home to save his world from a mysterious corruption. Space Funeral is notable for its parodies of the horror and RPG genres, its crude art style, and frequent use of blood in dialogue, graphics, and thematics.

The city where everything is possible... But where it could also be fake.

Made on RPGMaker 2003 with the intention of being the happiest, least scary game ever made on that engine. Featuring: * 2 endings! * Over 20 dog breeds! * 100 billion lines of dialogue

3 days ago, 22 year old Henrietta was getting ready for work when she received a message from her mother: "Don't go out, the wind is changing people...". A mysterious wind appeared out of nowhere and if someone listens to it, they start to change: some get holes and pimples all over their body, some become grotesque abominations. Henrietta became deaf after a car accident 9 years ago, so she isn't affected by the wind... but she can't stay home forever. What's going on out there? What is that wind? Is Henrietta's mother okay?

Your cat has run away and is nowhere to be found, whatever will you do? A game about cats (which also contains many cats)

Sliding action puzzle game with 100 levels

An English Yume Nikki fangame created by MichaelaGlass. Keiji is a young boy stuck in his small, unkept room; unwilling to leave it for a reason he doesn't want to think about. The only way he can escape the room is by going to bed and exploring his dreams. Explore his unconscious to uncover effects and help him escape his reality...

A complete remake of the developer's previous Yume Nikki fan game, Ignite, in which a black cat named Feutsuki explores his dreams by gazing into a fireplace.

Mangetsu no Yume is an English fangame made by Sekiranun in RPG Maker 2003. You play as a girl named Aotsuki, who is unable to leave her room because her house is flooded.

A college student named Spencer must explore a digital world in You-Realm, a Yume Nikki fan game made for Dream Diary Jam 3.

A 40-50 hour epic, featuring an extensive original musical score, and a dynamic skill tree progression system.

Almari is a black comedy surreal horror JRPG inspired by Yume Nikki, OFF, Mother/EarthBound, Undertale, the Legend of Zelda series, and the Shin Megami Tensei series.

It's the third entry in the KWRPG series, and your evil doppelgänger is up to no good! He's built a whole army of doppelgängers out of all your friends, and schemes against you in a faraway land where wishes are granted.

The young Mizuno Mai is the result of a relationship between a spirit and a human being. From the beginning of her life, she has been trapped in some mysterious and curious worlds defended by some living beings called "Guardians." Her birth broke god's rules and her grandfather will be chasing her to erase her existence and everything around her as part of a personal revenge. Because of that, and with a bit of help, she will be able to travel to the past, present and future, and grow in a lot of ways to face her fears. Meanwhile, you will discover more than a simple reason like that. She will fight monsters, demons and a lot of other souls... and a mysterious God is behind all of that. Mai will try to uncover the truth of his strange world.

Exile’s Journey is a dark fantasy RPG. An exile by choice, Kniryk is now presumed dead in Landoria, his homeland. When a demon invasion threatens the Kingdom of Nysoroth, he finds himself in the midst of it. Can he redeem himself? This game is a love letter to role-playing games as a whole, especially those from the 16-bit era. Features: Highly engrossing storyline - You'll be hooked playing as these characters, learning about their diverse backgrounds, and watching as they develop and solve their own personal conflicts. Open ended gameplay - After an introductory section, you're allowed to complete the game's dungeons in any order you want! Zelda-style dungeons - Each dungeon in Exile's Journey is meticulously crafted and designed, taking inspiration from dungeons in the Legend of Zelda series. Numerous side quests - These side quests are optional, but without them you won't receive the game's best armor and equipment, or the game's only method of air travel! These side quests feature story lines of their own and offer a break from the game's main story. 20+ hours of gameplay - That sweet spot between too short and too long! Extremely detailed world - This game takes doesn't allow you to travel the whole world, only the large and extremely detailed Kingdom of Nysoroth. After playing and learning of the country's cultures and history you'll feel like a true Nysorothian! Weapon upgrade system - Some weapons will almost never become obsolete thanks to this! No random encounters - see enemies on the map before engaging them! Treasure tracking - The game keeps track of all the treasure you've found in the main dungeons! Find all treasure chests to obtain a special reward! Three act structure - The game is divided into three acts, each thematically and structurally different. For fans of Final Fantasy, Zelda and Dark Souls. Operating system supported: Windows

An interactable story starring articulate Dot Coppersimmons and the mysterious events that partake on her 21st birthday; including the accompaniment of the Birthday God himself.

The Apartment is a short RPG-Maker horror experience, about Joe Malcom, a resident of an apartment. After he receives books from his neighbour, after her husband commited suicide, strange things start to happen. Perhaps the same books offer an explaination on what is happening. A speciality of the game is, that everything happens in this one room apartment.