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
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.
Dry is a Yume Nikki fangame. The dream gameplay involves exploration and collecting effects, called "Tracks" in this game. The main part of the game also has some dialogue, but is not the main focus. Dry is drawn in mostly grey shades, making it look somewhat depressing. Dry is about an alcoholic deer named Dry, who had recently graduated from college and is about to enter university. The game begins with him sitting in a pub and asking the bartender for another drink, but he talks him out of it and tells him to go home. The problem is Dry is far away from home right now, as his father gave him a CD that should help him to overcome his addiction. His father said that Dry should be far away from home for it to work, so he took a tent and traveled to the place where the game starts.
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
Set in a world 3,000 years in the future, a small-time thief named Lu Weipi finds his life upended when his village takes in Feng Lingling, a girl who crossed over from the modern world, and Angel Cake, a high-tech robot prototype left behind by the ancient Blue Moon civilization. To help Lingling get home, Weipi sets out on a journey — one that keeps intertwining with the fate of his long-lost sister, and slowly unravels the mysteries of a forgotten empire. A charming freeware RPG Maker 2003 classic from Taiwan, considered a childhood staple by a whole generation of players.
"Congratulations, if you're reading this, you're oficially nominated, present yourself in the City of spirits's three houses to keep up" Third and last entry in the "Time traveler" trilogy, created by Commodorette. Mediums, the ones born with a psychic skill superior to those of the ordinary population, they're few, hidden among ordinary people, why? Only they know that. It's common knowledge that these people are the target of this world's protective deities, who search and choose them as helpers, if they're chosen, they'll live in servitude and with the honors of the deity who called them. Homever, from the summoning to being oficially a "Medium", there's an inmense gap, so the term "Nominated" is also used for them. Mizuno Mai, 16, receives a letter informing her that she's been nominated to become a medium, despite not being interested in the offer, she decides to go to the adress anyways.
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.
Usagi is an English Yume Nikki fangame. In this game, the player takes control over a girl named Umiko as she explores her dreams. Once in the dream world, Umiko can visit numerous surreal worlds, find effects that change her appearance (and give her new abilities) and collect Mementos, which are needed in order to complete the game. While exploring the dream world, the player is encouraged to interpret the different events, locations and NPCs he/she encounters to uncover Umikos backstory.
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.
A Yume Nikki-inspired fangame. You play as Lizzie and explore their dream world.
Emo Neccky is a short Yume Nikki joke fangame created by an anonymous Uboachan member. It stars Kanashimito.
A game about a girl named Sora and her aimless dream wandering. Your main goal is to explore the dream world and collect Gimmicks. You can also collect menu skins, which are hidden in various places inside the dream world.
"Well Seymour, I made it, despite your directions"
jourNEY REcord is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame, starring Reney. The main goal is to explore her dream world and find all the effects.
Mimi is a Yume Nikki fangame. This game focuses around Mimi, a young girl who has out-of-body experiences. The game's graphics, uniquely, are drawn purely in black and white. Mimi lacks music, and uses sound effects entirely from the RPG Maker RTP.
An original RPG Maker game with multiple routes through the story, including a secret path tying together the other three options. Notably, Alter A.I.L.A. became popular enough for the author to return to the project with a full remake some years later.