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
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.
Nepheshel is an influential indie Japanese RPG developed by the doujin circle Studio Til with the RPG Maker 2000 software. The game was initially released on June 2rd, 2002. It received an English fantranslation by RPGMaker.net user Vittone on October 15th, 2022, more than twenty years later. Set on the isolated Confined Isle, the protagonist awakes without memories after washing ashore from the ocean. The island is said to be cursed so that everyone who sets foot on it loses all their memories. The game has the player exploring a series of interconnected dungeons in order to uncover the mysteries of the isle. Dungeons are intricate, full of traps and difficult battles. There are no random encounters, and every enemy icon on the map is colored according to the expected difficulty of the battle, so players can choose to try to sneak past dangerous enemies. The exploration is open-ended, with the player being free from the beginning to explore the island without hardly any obstacles except the perils of the dungeons themselves.
In a world ravaged by disease, join a feeble, old man in his attempt to escape the plague, traversing dimensions. Black Astral is an English Yume Nikki fangame, made for Dream Diary Jam 2.
Despite sharing the same name and developer, this is a distinct game.
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!
"Phoenix Wright - Hidden Traces" is a German fan game for the well-known Ace Attorney series for the NDS. This part takes place between the second (Justice for all) and the third (Trials and Tribulations) and tells a completely new story. The player once again takes on the role of Phoenix Wright, a criminal defense lawyer who has to deal with a wide variety of cases and people.
It's your birthday! You should go greet your guests. You're Pepper, the eponymous birthday kid. It's your 12th birthday today and you're having a party! The cake is nice, but you don't really like your guests that much... Also, there seems to be something important you're forgetting... and where the heck are your parents? Birthday Kid is a fairly short game about celebrating your birthday, human sacrifice, and discovering yourself. It's mostly story focused with a few puzzles. Playtime is about an hour or two. Warning: this game contains violence and disturbing content!
Returning Nightmares is an exploration adventure-horror game, inspired by Yume Nikki and it's multiple fan-made homages (but with dialogue & easier to navigate maps). You play as Akira, a young man locked up in his own bedroom, exploring his dreams to remember the events that lead him to where he is now. But some things are better left alone…
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.
This is an interactive experience. A new way of seeing and interacting with the ghouls.
The Year Is 1968. Trying to sleep amid academic pressure, pretending to be alright, and a raging thunderstorm outside of your dorm room, all you have to do is get in bed and get some rest. If only your dreams would cooperate... Rain And Red Roses is an English Yume Nikki fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 4. It primarily uses Alice in Wonderland as its theme mixed with 1960's aesthetic. The goal is to explore and collect effects, with the option to collect four counts of red paint as well, which unlocks a different ending.
Mizu is a Yume Nikki Fangame that's (quite loosely) based on ancient and almost biblical times. Play as a middle-aged man named Isaac as he finds effects (called Tides here) and explores the world hidden in the statue while trapped in a hut on a deserted island. Initially made for the 1st 1-week Yume Nikki Fangame Jam.
Espacio is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. You explore the dreams of the protagonist, Via lattea.
A submission to Ludum Dare 54, Cold and Unforgiving follows four young adults as they venture through the wilds of northern Michigan in search of a rumored ghost town. However, when it starts to get dark, they're left to make a decision that will change their lives forever.
This is a fan remake and English translation of the mobile game Before Crisis, released only in Japan in 2004. Before Crisis is set six years before the events of Final Fantasy VII. You get to see the daily life of the Turks, such as doing missions for the company and fighting against the first group of mercenaries known as AVALANCHE. Famous characters of the Final Fantasy VII universe are present, such as Reno, Rude, and Tseng. But you play as Shotgun, a rookie starting her first day working for the Turks. You'll see her journey in those six years of meeting the new members, looking for a reason to keep fighting, and witnessing events leading up to the main game.