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
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.
Deep Fried Nikki is an English Yume Nikki fangame. It was made as a late April Fool's joke, satirizing fangames that are essential re-skins of Yume Nikki. It plays just like Yume Nikki, but with different graphics and music, and with an additional ending located in the White Desert.
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.
"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.
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.
A college student named Spencer must explore a digital world in You-Realm, a Yume Nikki fan game made for Dream Diary Jam 3.
Remedy is an English fangame made by Isasapiens. You play as Hareta, a girl stuck in her bedroom. In the protagonist's bedroom there are two medicine bottles, one of which she must use before sleeping. You will be taken to one of the two main dream worlds based on which medicine you took before sleeping. Remedy is a traditional fangame, with the goal being to explore and find effects.
Neftelia is a freeware game of uncertain origin.
Amillusion is a Yume Nikki fangame by the Team Compote. You play Danaë, who tries to stay awake reading a photo album. Explore her crazy and surrealistic dreams to find the "Keys". Sometimes, eccentricity can hide darker things...
Phobia is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Yǐng Zi (影子), a girl who refuses to leave her room and prefers to explore her dreams instead of reality.
Light Magic 2 is an RPG made in RPG Maker 2003.
The young Mizuno Mai is the result of a relationship between a spirit and a human being. From the beginning of her life, she has been trapped in some mysterious and curious worlds defended by some living beings called "Guardians." Her birth broke god's rules and her grandfather will be chasing her to erase her existence and everything around her as part of a personal revenge. Because of that, and with a bit of help, she will be able to travel to the past, present and future, and grow in a lot of ways to face her fears. Meanwhile, you will discover more than a simple reason like that. She will fight monsters, demons and a lot of other souls... and a mysterious God is behind all of that. Mai will try to uncover the truth of his strange world.
Yume Fumi is a Spanish Yume Nikki fangame. The game stars Lilit and Insomnia. In Yume Fumi the player follows the traditional exploration concept as Yume Nikki. You always start as Lilit, and you can switch to Insomnia and back using a book. Your main goal is to collect all effects for both characters.
Scary Nikki is a parody Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Sanpurutsuki and explore her strange, terrible and have lots of MEMEs dream world.
Vagrant Shifter is a morbid indie JRPG about life, death, and what we leave behind. Inspired by the likes of OFF and LISA:The painful, it blends unique turn-based combat with puzzles, exploration, and a wide bredth of weird and intriguing side content.