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 friend Marie needs you. Find Marie.
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!
Almari is a black comedy surreal horror JRPG inspired by Yume Nikki, OFF, Mother/EarthBound, Undertale, the Legend of Zelda series, and the Shin Megami Tensei series.
A branching-path narrative horror RPG set in Vienna, Austria. Guide the Unnamed through the worst night of their life: Harass your neighbours. Debate with birds. Smoke to survive.
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.
The Trident of Power is a Zelda fangame developed by Pizus, under RPG Maker 2003. It offers a very complete experience with both battles and puzzles and a complete storyline taking place in both Hyrule and the neighboring country of Tylistem. The game is available in both Spanish and English
Broken Bottles is a Yume Nikki fangame where you explore a girl's subconscious by falling into an induced sleep and you find what troubles lie in her mind. You start out in Dokutsuki's room. Once you have fallen asleep, you can choose from many doors in a corridor to start exploring her subconscious. The effects change what the character looks like and sometimes her abilities. Just wander around and enjoy.
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 fan-made Dragon Ball Z RPG Maker 2003 fan game that takes place from Saiyan-Buu Saga with some 'GT' and 'Super' content afterward.
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…
INSULTED is a Yume Nikki fangame. Play as Cathy and collect "Objects" that will help her find even more useful Objects. Avoid the stalker of Cathy's dreams that appears to hunt her down.
Umbra is a Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Scott, a boy who gets trapped inside his home due to a storm. The main focus of the game is exploring his dream world. Umbra is the first game to use talk sprites, as well as the first to make dialogue an important gameplay element. The gameplay is traditional where the player is collecting effects, but with more puzzles and having dialogue choices affect the game.
Yume Tsushin is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. The game stars Wormiko. You can explore the dream world to collect effects, or leave the room and explore the town instead.