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
Aim for the deep sea while replenishing your air
The Looking Glass is a Yume Nikki fangame that features spoken dialogue and flavortext when interacting with objects and characters. The game also features light adventure elements, such as simple puzzles and increased interactivity in the normal world. Unlike most fangames the player character is capable of leaving her room, and begins the game in her classroom at her school. You play as Irene, who discovers a hidden world after falling through her mirror. The game follows her as she explores this new world after coming home from school.
Hecate's bag of Halloween candy was taken by Saetn! Help Hecate get the bag back by safely navigating her through the lair of Saetn! Collect keys to open doors and wands to smack ghosts!
Play as a little ram named Faraday and help find her pet rabbit who ran away from home...
You start off as Doro, who goes to explore a cave with his girlfriend Femme. A bit later you switch to a nameless girl commonly referred to as "Minotaur", possibly because she has horns. Minotaur is trapped in a cave and obtains an axe at the beginning of her journey, just like Doro. Your goal is to escape the cave you're stuck in.
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?
A Metal Gear Solid fangame made using RPG Maker 2003 that mixes it with The Legend of Zelda
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?
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.
Leviathan is a Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Kurotsuki, a girl who is stranded in her room. The goal is explore and collect Mods.
Re:Vessel is an English Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Resa and explore a strange dream world. The goal is to explore and collect effects.
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.
A Yume Nikki fangame made by Gali. "8 comas. 8 of them within the span of a month?" A quiet Canadian town is faced with a comatose epidemic... one with no clear cause. Doctors scramble to find a cure as quarantine torments the lives of multiple families. You are a prodigy. A dream witch. Equipped with the means to remove nightmares and sleep paralysis demons, your career picks up when a new gig knocks at your door. You open it, and without knowing it, you have just taken your first step into a world of wonder, bizarreness, and dread, even for dreams. Will you find and stop the cause of this horrible comatose outbreak in time, or will unseen forces assure you, your friends, and your family never wake up again?
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.
A RPG Maker Game. Mortis Ghost said of it " it’s maybe the best game I ever worked on".