Ren'Py Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Ren'Py for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Ren'Py and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Ren'Py are LÖVE, Inky by Inkle, Tuesday JS and Visual Novel Maker.

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  1. Twine icon
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    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    55 Twine alternatives

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  2. LÖVE icon
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    Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

    107 LÖVE alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. Inky by Inkle icon
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    editor that uses the Ink narrative scripting language and allows you to play and test your interactive (game) narrative stories on the fly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. Tuesday JS icon
     10 likes

    Tuesday is a free open source engine for creating visual novels, interactive stories and text-based adventure games. Written in JavaScript without using any third party libraries. There is support for the Apache Cordova framework for building native mobile and desktop...

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  5. A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  6. Ink by Inkle icon
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    ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  7. Naninovel icon
     6 likes

    Full-featured, writer-friendly and completely customizable visual novel engine.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • OSVR
    • HTC Vive
    • Self-Hosted
    • Apple TV
    • Playstation VR
    • Unity
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Gear VR
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Daydream
    • Xbox
    • Oculus Rift
     
  8. QuestJS icon
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    Quest 6 is a full re-write of Quest, an interactive fiction app, to pure JavaScript. It's a framework for creating parser-based text adventures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Mac
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  9. Cross-platform tool for creating visual novels and interactive stories.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
     
  10. ENIGMA, the Extensible Non-Interpreted Game Maker Augmentation, is an open source cross-platform game development environment derived from that of the popular software GameMaker Legacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. raylib icon
     6 likes

    raylib is a game development library highly inspired by Borland BGI graphics lib and by XNA framework. Made as a simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy game programming.

    28 raylib alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

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