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

It's a late night at the _____ Museum. The island representative has come in to donate today's haul of insects. Explore a museum warped by the perspective of its humble curator, burdened with the task of homing his worst nightmare. A short Animal Crossing horror game about insect donations.

Sister's Dream, also known by its original name Art de Reve, is an English Yume Nikki fangame where you explore the deep dreams of a girl named Guretsuki. Guretsuki is a typical 19 year-old hikikomori girl who doesn't want to leave her room. Throughout the dream world are various effects that'll allow you to trigger certain events, or make exploring your dreams a lot easier. Be careful while exploring, however, for the deeper you go, the darker your dreams get...

In a world ravaged by disease, join a feeble, old man in his attempt to escape the plague, traversing dimensions. Black Astral is an English Yume Nikki fangame, made for Dream Diary Jam 2.

A curse has fallen on Magi Burger! Three employees decide to head into the store on a day they're not scheduled to save their coworkers from the evil that has struck them.

A Yume Nikki fan game in which one must explore the dreams of a mouse named Nicolas.

Flux: Spectrum (panta rhei/tempora mutantur) is a surreal psychological horror game created in RPG Maker 2003, about a psychologist who uses a device that allows therapists to enter the mind of their clients. It is the first entry in the -UX Series. Nima Chuutou is a police officer forced to take temporary leave because of her worsening performance following the death of her partner. An ailing alcoholic plagued by nightmares and flashbacks, she seeks psychiatric help and meets Dr. Maria Evangeline de la Cruz-Algundy, a psychologist who specializes in using a "mentally invasive" device called Panacea. Panacea allows the therapist to enter the mind of their patient and reach a diagnosis by surveying the mind of their patient through a reconstruction of their subconscious and memories. However, therapy using mentally invasive devices is a ripe subject of controversy in the 2030s and seems to have more risks than benefits.

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.

Expiate follows the dreams of Corbin, who accesses his subconscious by dozing off to the static sound and visuals of his television screen. It gets predictably surreal from there. You can choose to lead him to the darkest pits of his mind... or just break a bunch of stuff with a metal baseball bat. Either way, something or someone's gonna get beaten up. Expiate is a mostly traditional Yume Nikki fangame, with some slight alterations to the formula. Effects are a part of the game, but collecting them is not your main focus. Instead, use effects and explore to look for strange objects located around the dreamworld. Gather these items in order to progress.

.ExE is an English Yume Nikki fangame. It stars Carrie, a girl who refused to leave her apartment. .ExE involves entering a dream world through the protagonist's computer, with Carrie clicking on an application. Carrie takes on a different form in the dream world. The main objective is exploration and collecting 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.

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.

Count to three, walk into your deepest dreams. The visions await. Made for DDJ8, explore a dark dreamscape and perhaps you'll start to uncover what exactly went wrong.

"THERE SWINGS A SKULL" is a short story made in RPG Maker 2003 by Conor Walsh and Quinn K., with music by Leaf Let.

A non-traditional Yume Nikki fangame made by an anonymous developer. The main protagonist is Limbo.