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
Legion Saga R is a unfinished RPG game created by Kamau. It is a first remake of Legion Saga using RPG Maker 2003. Experience the original Legion Saga adventure with improved graphics, sound, music, storyline, characters and more. New Legionnaires to find and recruit including both playable and characters who will add to the castle. More mini-games to play including more duels and wars (both will have improved engines) and more games to play with Kinuba. Multiple endings as in the original, plus new endings and storyline routes. New Orbcraft system: Orbs come in two varieties, attack and defense. You will learn new skills depending on where you put the Orb, and also depending on your character's magic stats. RPG Maker 2003's new side-view battle system with the ATB gauge.
A life (work) simulation game made in RPG Maker 2003 (+ Maniac's Patch). Based on a game made for RaiPGMaker 2025 gamejam, and proudly made by surabayans(??) with a help from friends at Manusia Pagi.
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.
As the world's first half-human hybrid, you know that you're not something that's supposed to exist. Yet, here you are. An outcast in a world that's not your own. Stuck in a feud between yourself and your encroaching distorted view of the world. To you, things have always been black and white. You've accepted your worth on this planet, and have accepted whatever torment the next day may bring. You've accepted that you belong in captivity, locked away from the world, and have always been nothing more than some science project. However, one day, in a spur-of-the-moment impulse... ..your entire life will change.
The third adventure in the dark horrible world of Dooms. This time many things will be explained and new characters will be introduced but it's mandatory to play the first two games to understand the story. Adventure game with some combat. Warning: gore and violence!
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
Cats in Hell is an English fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 4. You play as a cat and explore Hell. The goal of the game is to explore and obtain new skills. Equipping skills doesn't erase the effect of the previous one. This means that all effects can be equipped at the same time.
Can I be happy?
Yume Dreamer is an English Yume Nikki fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 4. Play as a shy girl called HER who's in a strange world when she enters her dreams. Explore her dreams and experience them for yourself!
This world has been waiting some time for your arrival. The tables of balance has been turned, and the fate of the world trusted into a familiar face. The guardian of zone 0 himself, The Judge. Your job is to lead him on a new journey, masterful puppeteer.
During a 3-day workshop in Australia, a girl named Kana discovers a dark secret hidden beneath the manor she is staying at. Now she must work against time to save her friends from a fate worse than death. There are two objectives: Solve the mystery behind the existence of the wraith, and live to see the morning sun. Dawn is only a few hours away... Wraith is a freeware game made in 2005 by Neo Kuriyo, or Neok as he is known on the RPGmaker.net forums. It's a horror-based Adventure Game made with RPG Maker 2003, and was Neok's first game on the site.
Conexus is a short Yume Nikki fangame that follows a young adventurer who mysteriously awakes in a realm of interconnected worlds named the Conexus. Uncover the reason why you were brought to the Conexus, and learn about the realm's history along the way. Or if you don't feel like performing story errands, just treat it like a digital museum instead. This game features 17 unique areas to explore, with lots of weird things to see and people to meet everywhere you go. Unlike the typical Yume Nikki fangame, there aren't any "effects" to find here, instead all of the focus is placed on touring a fully open realm where every path leads to somewhere else.
Searching the Amazon for the elusive razorback dolphin, Nora discovers more than she bargained for. Created in one month for Thalassophobia game jam.