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
Short RPG Maker 2003 game made in a week-end for the Ludum Dare 23 (2012). By eXaHeVa and Mortis Ghost, music and sound by Alias Conrad Coldwood.
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.
Xania, a mysterious woman, washes up on the beach with her memory blank. She meets Sky Ninja, who also has memory issues, but he recognizes her. The two embark on a journey to recover their memories, while also avoiding people who are trying to kill Xania for betrayal! Enjoy an array of serious and silly characters and quests. Discover streamer and game developer cameos! Discover the deep lore of the world, as well as the punny humor. Dozens of unique healing items, character abilities, and more!
Today is a delightful day for dragon. What adventures await her?
Dahiana (G) is the first entry in the Dahiana saga. The story begins on a fateful night when the evil Dahiana has already conquered the world, imprisoning people in dungeons scattered across the globe. Among the captives is Claudia, who is eventually rescued by a brave young man named Enrique. After failing to contact her family, Claudia sets out on a journey to find out what happened and rescue those in need. Despite her scattered and clumsy nature, Claudia's strong and determined personality leads her into a massive adventure. Alongside new friends like Neison, Meilin, and Mimi, she will fight to save not only the world but perhaps the entire universe, the heavens, and every known dimension. From distant planets to the depths of hell, players will experience a wild journey through the eyes of the saga's most iconic characters. Developed by Tatis Sama Games, Dahiana (G) represents an alternative dimension to Dahiana (V) (created by VidaVirix). This unique project features two siblings who developed two different games based on the same premise and characters, allowing for multiple crossovers and interactions between both titles. The game was built using the RPG Maker 2003 engine and is available for Windows and Linux via itch.io, featuring a full experience in Spanish.
There is a killer on the loose! In Ghost Party, you play as a lonely ghost who wanders the halls of a haunted mansion to collect random items and help save its various inhabitants from an unknown murderer.
The Looking Glass is a Yume Nikki fangame that features spoken dialogue and flavortext when interacting with objects and characters. The game also features light adventure elements, such as simple puzzles and increased interactivity in the normal world. Unlike most fangames the player character is capable of leaving her room, and begins the game in her classroom at her school. You play as Irene, who discovers a hidden world after falling through her mirror. The game follows her as she explores this new world after coming home from school.
Broken Bottles is a Yume Nikki fangame where you explore a girl's subconscious by falling into an induced sleep and you find what troubles lie in her mind. You start out in Dokutsuki's room. Once you have fallen asleep, you can choose from many doors in a corridor to start exploring her subconscious. The effects change what the character looks like and sometimes her abilities. Just wander around and enjoy.
Lenora Calamint lives with her mother in a small village called Pokeweed Hollow on the outskirts of a forest. She often delivers food to her stubborn grandmother, who prefers to live alone in the woods. While the forest is a dangerous place full of wolves, the village and her grandmother's house were peaceful. However, once a travelling, charismatic hunter decided to settle near the village and offered to protect it, the local wolves became mysteriously violent and began to attack the village in erratic bursts of activity. Due to these events, some villagers praise the hunter for his help in keeping the wolves out of their homes. The others can't help but think there's something suspicious about the matter. Despite it all, Lenora still has a grandmother to take care of, and so she wakes up to begin her routine of visiting her grandmother anew.
With just 1 year left to live, the terminally ill Wind I's seemingly incurable illness has endlessly vexed Heal III, the greatest doctor in the land. But one fateful day, Heal III hatches a plan to even the odds against Windi's sickness, and to cure her once and for all. 9999 Wind Is are better than 1... right? But cures for such ails don't come cheap. Raise a legion of mighty Wind I clones, expand your clinic, and send Wind I to work and on adventures to secure funding as you research and develop the cure to end all cures! Part raising sim, part board game-esque RPG, and 100% classic VIPRPG fun in Kiito's signature style.
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.
Mirtilo is a very troubled guy. One morning, they left home nearly without a trace, looking for their missing parents. Coincidentally, Mirtilo's cousin, Garoa, would pay her beloved relatives a visit moments later! Nobody was home, though. Come along this whimsical, colorful adventure with the two cousins seeking answers at each's own pace.
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.
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.
Whiskers is a Yume Nikki fangame created in under 2 days for the Dream Diary Jam. It is complete, and there will likely be no future updates beyond bug fixes if any are found. Play as Raymond from Animal Crossing and explore his shitpost dreams.