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

Your Creator has disappeared from your world with no explanation. As the youngest among her creations, you have been tasked by the Dreamcaster with finding her and restoring balance to your little corner of the Universe. You might just be a Little Guy, but everyone is counting on you to overcome the forces of darkness and despair!

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.

A 40-50 hour epic, featuring an extensive original musical score, and a dynamic skill tree progression system.

Collective Unconscious is a collaborative, multiplayer game that draws inspiration from Yume Nikki and its fangames. You control Minnatsuki, a mysterious character wandering around a dream-like world full of spirits and otherworldly beings. The game is exclusively made for an online multiplayer experience, and hosted under the Yume Nikki Online Project server. Discover new worlds, gather collectibles, and share a unique experience with your friends across the spirit world!

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.

Friendly is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Huán Xíng Zǐ and the goal is to explore her dream world.

Magic Unfolding is an absurd yet simple game made on RPG Maker 2003 about a cat-like creature, Guz, who finds an indescribable object of infinite power with the same name as the game title. Guz must save his parents from a hostile universe of pure suffering, evil, and confusion. The game may take from 3 to 7 hours to complete. It is inspired by the strange games the developer has found in the corners of the internet, and tries to embody their absurdist essence. Much of the writing is stream-of-consciousness, with poetry, gibberish, and enlightening riddles of wisdom all chaotically intermixed.

Sewage is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame. You play a girl named Xuán Wō Zǐ. Like other fangames, the objective of the game is to explore the dream world and collect Items. Goods don't change the protagonist's form or do anything at all. Rather, they seem to be memories from the protagonist's past.

Play as Higurashiki, an insect-like girl who lives in a strange facility. There's one room she's not allowed to go into until she collects all the effects. When she finally enters, the truth will be revealed. A Yume Nikki fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 4.

jourNEY REcord is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame, starring Reney. The main goal is to explore her dream world and find all the effects.

Permafrost is a game starring Morana, a young girl who can't leave her room yet. The main objective being collecting effects in her dream world.

June Exhibit is an English Yume Nikki fangame. The goal is to explore the various worlds in the Nexus and collect effects (known as Crystals in this game). Some effects can be combined with one another.

Everlong Swansong is an English Yume Nikki fangame made for Dream Diary Jam 7. You play as Ana and explore her dreams. What will you discover?

A Breaking Good inspired parody Yume Nikki fangame thats actually about Walt losing his steam account.

Jasei no In: The Serpent's Lust is a short, linear game with a strong narrative. It tells a story adapted from a Japanese classic collection of supernatural and paranormal stories called Ugetsu Monogatari. This particular story is a very popular one in Japan, and has gone through many adaptations since its initial creation around 1776.