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
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.
A submission to Ludum Dare 54, Cold and Unforgiving follows four young adults as they venture through the wilds of northern Michigan in search of a rumored ghost town. However, when it starts to get dark, they're left to make a decision that will change their lives forever.
Xania, a mysterious woman, washes up on the beach with her memory blank. She meets Sky Ninja, who also has memory issues, but he recognizes her. The two embark on a journey to recover their memories, while also avoiding people who are trying to kill Xania for betrayal! Enjoy an array of serious and silly characters and quests. Discover streamer and game developer cameos! Discover the deep lore of the world, as well as the punny humor. Dozens of unique healing items, character abilities, and more!
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!
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
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.
June Exhibit is an English Yume Nikki fangame. The goal is to explore the various worlds in the Nexus and collect effects (known as Crystals in this game). Some effects can be combined with one another.
Magpie Dreams is an English Yume Nikki fangame developed by PixelKated in RPG Maker 2003.
Neftelia is a freeware game of uncertain origin.
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.
Light Magic 2 is an RPG made in RPG Maker 2003.
Scary Nikki is a parody Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Sanpurutsuki and explore her strange, terrible and have lots of MEMEs dream world.
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.
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…
Muma Rope is an English Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Muma, a lucid dreamer unable to escape her unconscious mind.