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
Unable is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Bility, a girl whose right eye is bandaged up. The objective of the game is to collect effects and explore the dream world.
Without a Clear Path is a collaborative English Yume Nikki parody fangame originally started and managed by Doc Saturn in 2018 and then later managed by Calci Soya and assisted by JPiggs. The protagonist was designed by Saibibi. The game's concept is that it is a fangame where every single world is a maze. It features contributions from many different developers, and a full list of credits can be found in the game's folder.
Tales From Toppletown is a short comedy RPG. As a reclusive critter living in the woods, filling your days playing games, your roommate suggests you take a step outside and head into the bustling village of Toppletown. Here you'll find plenty of people in need of help, but could there be a true friend in sight, too?
Explore the Tower of Mimi floor by floor and try to reach the top! Endure games forced on you by Mimi, resident strange funny animal. See if you can survive... ohoho~
Mind Reader is a Yume Nikki fangame. Mind Reader's protagonist is Appuru, a boy unable to leave his room, instead exploring a dream world through sleeping. Appuru's dreams are colorful and sometimes vague, despite the general lack of sound.
Flux: Spectrum (panta rhei/tempora mutantur) is a surreal psychological horror game created in RPG Maker 2003, about a psychologist who uses a device that allows therapists to enter the mind of their clients. It is the first entry in the -UX Series. Nima Chuutou is a police officer forced to take temporary leave because of her worsening performance following the death of her partner. An ailing alcoholic plagued by nightmares and flashbacks, she seeks psychiatric help and meets Dr. Maria Evangeline de la Cruz-Algundy, a psychologist who specializes in using a "mentally invasive" device called Panacea. Panacea allows the therapist to enter the mind of their patient and reach a diagnosis by surveying the mind of their patient through a reconstruction of their subconscious and memories. However, therapy using mentally invasive devices is a ripe subject of controversy in the 2030s and seems to have more risks than benefits.
Yume Petto is a Petscop fangame in the style of Yume Nikki. Explore familiar places as well as new worlds of all kinds, and collect all of the effects. Every world, characters etc must be at least a bit related to the Petscop universe.
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.
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.
Sunlit is an English Yume Nikki fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 3. Play as a young woman named Clover, explore her dream world, and find effects.
Passing By is an English Yume Nikki fangame created for the 2017 Dream Diary Jam. You play as Wren, who embarks on a train to see where it'll take her.
Play as a little ram named Faraday and help find her pet rabbit who ran away from home...
Yume Nikki ver. 1.00 is an English Yume Nikki mod developed by 369071 2458. This is an expansion mod that adds a number of new areas and events to the game, along with an alternate ending. The gameplay remains the same as the original. The player enters the dream world by sleeping in the bed. The main objective of the game also remains the same; the player must obtain all of the effects by exploring the dream world to unlock one of two endings.
Fifth Era: Fragments of the Holy Stone is an Italian RPG Maker game of the golden era from the same author of Theia: The Crimson Eclipse (set in the same universe of Theia after some centuries, it's linked to the hidden ending). This game has 12 playable characters (three of them are hidden/optional), two bonus quests, four unlock-able extra endings and one unlock-able mini-game.
When it's storming outside, and mom and dad are out at work, there's not a whole lot to do.