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

The number 1 Anti-Wendy's RPG game in the world. Bebder was a robot who had always enjoyed eating at fast food restaurants. However, one day he decided to try Wendy's for the first time and he absolutely hated it. The food was gross and the service was terrible. Bebder was so angry that he killed the employee who served him. Now Bebder has a vendetta against Wendy's. He wants to kill the CEO of Wendy's in order to get revenge for the terrible experience he had at the restaurant. Bebder is a cold-blooded killer and he will stop at nothing until his mission is complete.

Uneven Dream is a collaborative Yume Nikki fangame founded by Factory and Nex. The game is similar to Yume 2kki (and, by extension, Yume Nikki: Solitude and Yume Shikki) by being made primarily of contributions submitted by a multitude of developers. In 2016, Uneven Dream underwent an extended hiatus until being revived in 2019.

Touhou A Live is a fangame of Live A Live featuring characters from Touhou Project.

Meikyuu Ryuuki is an roguelike game. This was first shown as a submission in VIPRPG 2023 Kouhaku. The original language of the game is Japanese, but volunteers have created an English patch that you can download and use on the official page. This is a Mysterious Dungeon type and includes homages to several works.

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

Deep Dreams is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Mariana, exploring her dream world and collecting Alters.

An obscene Disney fangame made in RPG Maker 2003

Manonnikki is a Yume Nikki fangame, featuring characters from a web series called loveweb. The game uses parts of late 2000's-early 2010's internet culture in its aesthetics. You play as Manontsuki and explore a strange dream world contained in their computer.

This is an interactive experience. A new way of seeing and interacting with the ghouls.

A short winter story about the Witch of the Isle, who protects a Orb that many seek to try to claim. Recently someone has broken into her Dungeon unbeknowst to her, and stolen a precious something!

A life (work) simulation game made in RPG Maker 2003 (+ Maniac's Patch). Based on a game made for RaiPGMaker 2025 gamejam, and proudly made by surabayans(??) with a help from friends at Manusia Pagi.

if Nil then is an English Yume Nikki fangame created for Dream Diary Jam 5. You begin the game as a spirit named Nil, stuck in a blood covered room with a disembodied head. Interacting with the head will allow to take control of Nozomi.

A game about dolls.

Legion Saga R is a unfinished RPG game created by Kamau. It is a first remake of Legion Saga using RPG Maker 2003. Experience the original Legion Saga adventure with improved graphics, sound, music, storyline, characters and more. New Legionnaires to find and recruit including both playable and characters who will add to the castle. More mini-games to play including more duels and wars (both will have improved engines) and more games to play with Kinuba. Multiple endings as in the original, plus new endings and storyline routes. New Orbcraft system: Orbs come in two varieties, attack and defense. You will learn new skills depending on where you put the Orb, and also depending on your character's magic stats. RPG Maker 2003's new side-view battle system with the ATB gauge.

The game follows a girl named Dust as she is sent on a quest to bring bread and pie to a nearby village by the name of Woodpine. On the way she meets a charismatic young traveler who offers to aid her on her journey. When they arrive to the village they quickly discover that the village is not as peaceful as it seems. Young children have gone missing in the village, one after the another, during the last few months and as a result the village is in disarray. Will Dust with the help of her newfound friend, solve the enigma surrounding the missing children or will the dark secret of the village of Woodpine be left forever shrouded in mystery?