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
Yume Nyaki is a Yume Nikki fangame created for the 2017 Dream Diary Jam. Nyasuki has a dream about being asked by a mysterious person known as Cheru to aid an "Administrator" in some way, and to not harm the tree that Cheru is standing in front of. Then Nyasuki wakes up, and his adventure begins. Nyasuki's main goal is finding effects in the dream world.
Mirtilo is a very troubled guy. One morning, they left home nearly without a trace, looking for their missing parents. Coincidentally, Mirtilo's cousin, Garoa, would pay her beloved relatives a visit moments later! Nobody was home, though. Come along this whimsical, colorful adventure with the two cousins seeking answers at each's own pace.
Emo Neccky is a short Yume Nikki joke fangame created by an anonymous Uboachan member. It stars Kanashimito.
A Yume Nikki-inspired fangame. You play as Lizzie and explore their dream world.
A 40-50 hour epic, featuring an extensive original musical score, and a dynamic skill tree progression system.
Moonlit Lobby is a Yume Nikki fangame created for the 2017 Dream Diary Jam. You play as a cat named Harley who's fleeing from the rain and maybe more. Tell stories to earn your stay for the night!
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!
The Door of thoughts is a Yume Nikki fangame. You play as a child named Michi, who is stuck in their room as they cannot find a door to leave through. The game features bits of dialogue when you interact with specific objects, for example, the effect-giving NPCs/objects.
Asleep is a traditional English Yume Nikki fangame. The player explores Ametsuki's dreams, which contain hints on the consequences of her horrendous actions in the past, and collect effects to unlock the multiple endings.
Usagi is an English Yume Nikki fangame. In this game, the player takes control over a girl named Umiko as she explores her dreams. Once in the dream world, Umiko can visit numerous surreal worlds, find effects that change her appearance (and give her new abilities) and collect Mementos, which are needed in order to complete the game. While exploring the dream world, the player is encouraged to interpret the different events, locations and NPCs he/she encounters to uncover Umikos backstory.
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?
Dream Journey is a Yume Nikki fangame created for the 2017 Dream Diary Jam. It stars MC, a nonbinary character with no real name. It's a traditional fangame, based around exploring MC's dream world and collecting effects. As opposed to a bedroom, Dream Journey takes place on a moving train.
Nepheshel is an influential indie Japanese RPG developed by the doujin circle Studio Til with the RPG Maker 2000 software. The game was initially released on June 2rd, 2002. It received an English fantranslation by RPGMaker.net user Vittone on October 15th, 2022, more than twenty years later. Set on the isolated Confined Isle, the protagonist awakes without memories after washing ashore from the ocean. The island is said to be cursed so that everyone who sets foot on it loses all their memories. The game has the player exploring a series of interconnected dungeons in order to uncover the mysteries of the isle. Dungeons are intricate, full of traps and difficult battles. There are no random encounters, and every enemy icon on the map is colored according to the expected difficulty of the battle, so players can choose to try to sneak past dangerous enemies. The exploration is open-ended, with the player being free from the beginning to explore the island without hardly any obstacles except the perils of the dungeons themselves.
Yume Nikki Online Project is a project that aims to make the original Yume Nikki, and several of its fangames have an ability to play in multiplayer. It is achieved via EasyRPG engine.
Yume Nikki: Solitude is an English Yume Nikki fangame produced by Uboachan. You play as Kazenori in what seems like a hospital. When he falls asleep, you are taken to his dream world. All of the effects are available for you to use and there are only a handful of rooms to explore.