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

Remnants is a top-down exploration game about descending underground into a mysterious abandoned facility.

Friend Hunt is a very short RPG Maker 2003 game. The game deals with a bunny name Cinnamon as the find themselves trying to befriend someone. Who is out to kill them.

Moon River is an atmospheric experience with very light narrative and gameplay elements. You'll explore different areas of Elapse Island, searching for ways to dispel dark shadows that block your path along the river. This is not intended to be thrilling or challenging, but rather to evoke emotions through the colors and sounds of this environment.

Deep Dreams is a traditional Yume Nikki fangame. You play as Mariana, exploring her dream world and collecting Alters.

Theia: The Crimson Eclipse is a freely distributed, non-commercial JRPG developed by a JRPG fan for JRPG fans. Experience an epic tech-fantasy story about about the world of Ariathale, including 40+ hours of gameplay, 19 playable characters, sidequests and mini-games, multiple endings, and a classic ATB Battle System inspired by the Final Fantasy franchise.

Yume Nikki ver. 1.00 is an English Yume Nikki mod developed by 369071 2458. This is an expansion mod that adds a number of new areas and events to the game, along with an alternate ending. The gameplay remains the same as the original. The player enters the dream world by sleeping in the bed. The main objective of the game also remains the same; the player must obtain all of the effects by exploring the dream world to unlock one of two endings.

Touhou A Live is a fangame of Live A Live featuring characters from Touhou Project.

Zuriumak, a small town in the Irrizzary District (Capital Zone), is right in the radius of the district's large laboratory, called Zaryeth. On any given day, an unfortunate mistake happens, causing an unidentified pathogen to spread in a considerable radius, but not so alarming as to put the whole district in isolation. Zuriumak is within that radius, so the authorities decide only to make a quarantine of 15 days, praying that people don't leave their homes. Unexpectedly, the opposite happened, and the quarantine, which was estimated to last only two weeks, was extended indefinitely. It has now been almost 2 years since the alert was sent out. And it is not known how many people from Zuriumak have survived... One family, still trying to survive as best they can, is slowly beginning to decay into despair without realizing it. Karey, the eldest son, is still in his right mind, though he assumes not so much. He wants to do something to save his mother and sister from the horrible situation they find themselves in. Karey doesn't know how to deal with the situation... The only people he could feel safe with have decided to break the quarantine, but since then nothing has been heard from them until today... Karey finds something on his computer, something he thought wasn't real... An old message from his best friend, Haruzi. What will Karey do next? Will he try to leave? But he can't unless he gets the keys to the cellar door, which his mother is so careful to hide. You have two ways, Karey... None of them are good. What do you plan to do?

Surfacing is a Game Boy-style RPG in terms of color depth and screen size. Just pretend the resolution never changes due to text boxes, menus, or combat.

Surprisia is a freeware Role-Playing Game made with RPG Maker. The game consists of 3 chapters; chapter 1 was released in 2004, chapter 2 in 2006, and united version containing chapter 3 came out in July, 2008.

This is a Final Fantasy fangame that is meant to emulate the first six entries of the series. Aside from just being a fangame, Blackmoon Prophecy is also a tribute to Final Fantasy in the sense that the developer tried to put together many of the things he loved about playing RPGs growing up into this game. It's a love letter to retro gaming and our childhoods.

Penpals is a game about finding your mom, accompanied by your abusive friend called Pal. Roaming the towns called Onion Town, and Understanding. There are some ghosts.

A action/adventure game revolving around Mina, and her friends, as she tries to escape her mysterious captivity.

This world has been waiting some time for your arrival. The tables of balance has been turned, and the fate of the world trusted into a familiar face. The guardian of zone 0 himself, The Judge. Your job is to lead him on a new journey, masterful puppeteer.

You play as Maria, a 23-year-old working at the local psychiatric hospital Cohibeo, tending to a delusional patient named Youshitsuki. You are able to explore her mind through her TV.