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
Re:in is a Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Hanatsuki, a girl who refuses to leave her room, instead choosing to peek outside. Later, you can unlock another character, Tamashitsuki.
Light Magic 2 is an RPG made in RPG Maker 2003.
Dahiana (G) is the first entry in the Dahiana saga. The story begins on a fateful night when the evil Dahiana has already conquered the world, imprisoning people in dungeons scattered across the globe. Among the captives is Claudia, who is eventually rescued by a brave young man named Enrique. After failing to contact her family, Claudia sets out on a journey to find out what happened and rescue those in need. Despite her scattered and clumsy nature, Claudia's strong and determined personality leads her into a massive adventure. Alongside new friends like Neison, Meilin, and Mimi, she will fight to save not only the world but perhaps the entire universe, the heavens, and every known dimension. From distant planets to the depths of hell, players will experience a wild journey through the eyes of the saga's most iconic characters. Developed by Tatis Sama Games, Dahiana (G) represents an alternative dimension to Dahiana (V) (created by VidaVirix). This unique project features two siblings who developed two different games based on the same premise and characters, allowing for multiple crossovers and interactions between both titles. The game was built using the RPG Maker 2003 engine and is available for Windows and Linux via itch.io, featuring a full experience in Spanish.
This is not the beginning of a nightmare, but the end of a peaceful dream. Haruki Atou, an investigator who works for the Otowa Detective Agency, was entrusted with taking care of his junior, Shinano, who was found with amnesia. One day, Shinano suddenly disappeared. The last place where his whereabouts was confirmed, it was near the facility of the religious group "Supreme Heaven Research Institute", which Atou was planning to investigate next. Atou was involved in the terrifying reality of the Supreme Heaven Research Institute, but he soon realized. He didn't get caught up in it by chance. Will you enjoy "God's love"?
Whiskers is a Yume Nikki fangame created in under 2 days for the Dream Diary Jam. It is complete, and there will likely be no future updates beyond bug fixes if any are found. Play as Raymond from Animal Crossing and explore his shitpost dreams.
Deep Fried Nikki is an English Yume Nikki fangame. It was made as a late April Fool's joke, satirizing fangames that are essential re-skins of Yume Nikki. It plays just like Yume Nikki, but with different graphics and music, and with an additional ending located in the White Desert.
You follow Tilde, an average 20-year-old guy living a humdrum life on his own. When one day word spreads of a cluster of so-called "meteorites" that came from the sky in the middle of the night. With nothing better to do he decides to check it out. If only he knew what he would set in motion...
Amillusion is a Yume Nikki fangame by the Team Compote. You play Danaë, who tries to stay awake reading a photo album. Explore her crazy and surrealistic dreams to find the "Keys". Sometimes, eccentricity can hide darker things...
Unduhagge is a dream exploration game in the spirit of Yume Nikki. Join Mina Mori as she navigates a dreamscape full of absurdities, distressing personal memories and other experiences that push her beyond the veil and into the unknown.
Starbot is a light, melancholic RPG Maker game tribute to The Little Prince. You play as a work-in-progress robot who befriends a star, explores satellites, and fetches parts for his engineer and mechanic. His journey takes him through strange dream worlds, and he crosses paths with a cast of wistful NPCs and eccentric, slightly intimidating sloths.
Phobia is a Chinese Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Yǐng Zi (影子), a girl who refuses to leave her room and prefers to explore her dreams instead of reality.
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.
Yume Fumi is a Spanish Yume Nikki fangame. The game stars Lilit and Insomnia. In Yume Fumi the player follows the traditional exploration concept as Yume Nikki. You always start as Lilit, and you can switch to Insomnia and back using a book. Your main goal is to collect all effects for both characters.
The Apartment is a short RPG-Maker horror experience, about Joe Malcom, a resident of an apartment. After he receives books from his neighbour, after her husband commited suicide, strange things start to happen. Perhaps the same books offer an explaination on what is happening. A speciality of the game is, that everything happens in this one room apartment.
Scary Nikki is a parody Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Sanpurutsuki and explore her strange, terrible and have lots of MEMEs dream world.