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
A Yume Nikki Fangame about a boy who hides something in his dream world.
The disturbing adventure of Dooms continues after Mia confronted Jack the Clown. But other old characters like Steve will be back. This time the game includes some action shooting parts. Warning: gore and violence
Cranberry Dream is an English Yume Nikki fangame created by Gumitsu. It was made for Dream Diary Jam 2 in RPG Maker 2003.
Have you ever felt like, in a single step, the world around you changed, and you didn't notice until it was too late? Explore a collection of alternate realities in an attempt to get Marcel back to the reality he belongs in.
Amillusion is a Yume Nikki fangame by the Team Compote. You play Danaë, who tries to stay awake reading a photo album. Explore her crazy and surrealistic dreams to find the "Keys". Sometimes, eccentricity can hide darker things...
Dream Records is a game where you explore Hizashi's dreams and you can collect hairstyles. A YNFG for DDJ6.
You play as a boy named Enil. Enil always fantasized about being able to lucid dream, unfortunately, he has no experience on it, so you will have to make him improve. Play in a half accurate simulation of lucid dreaming, released for the Yume Nikki Dream Diary Jam 5.
The Other Line is a game that started as a Yume Nikki fangame. It involves a boy named Nathan in his apartment haunted by nightmares who, by use of his phone, dials into the alternate world (the "other line"). Rather than totally free roaming exploration, there are more linear paths that focus on puzzles or events.
Answered Prayers is a Yume Nikki fangame made by Klaufir in RPG Maker 2003. One of the more well-known English fangames, Answered Prayers is also one of the 'lighter' Yume Nikki fangames. This game has plenty of areas to explore, with little gore/blood compared to many other Yume Nikki derivatives. The game was on hiatus between 2013 and 2022 to version 0.03 according to the official website, but the site was updated the 5th of July 2022, with new screenshots showing the future version 0.04 and is now noted as a version in development.
Brain Rot Excellence is a Yume Nikki fan game mainly inspired by Broken Bottles and Space Funeral. You follow Brianna Ruth as she explores her mind while in a drug induced coma, inside her she meet Nocebo, a strangely self aware creature who latches unto her and aids her in combat. To be able to wake up from your coma you have to figure out what happened to you and hopefully regain control. The game is exploration based with a little bit of combat thrown in.
You play as Vanilla, an ice-cream boy who lives with his best pals Chocolate and Strawberry. Wander around a colorful and fun town while running errands for the big surprise!
Regina awakens after having a disturbing nightmare. She is alone and finds herself on the farmstead of an arcane religious community. How did she got here? She really needs to get her stuff together. Anyway. She can´t remember. Her husband Erik is missing. Did those strange people kidnap him? Was he deported while the siege of her home town took place? Does the cult of the Swan have anything to do with it? Regina needs answers. Quickly. Otherwise Erik might be lost forever.
Drim is a short 2D top-down horror exploration RPG rooted in horror that lingers and dark drama, offering half an hour to an hour of gameplay.
A Yume Nikki-inspired fangame. You play as Lizzie and explore their dream world.