Kocho AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Kocho

Kocho is described as 'Free offline visual novel maker & player which allows you to play, create and share your own visual novel games in an easy way' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Kocho for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and Web-based apps. The best Kocho alternative is Ren'Py, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kocho are Tuesday JS, Novelty, Visual Novel Engine and Sottaceto.

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  1. Ren'Py icon
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    a visual novel engine that helps you use words, images, and sounds to tell interactive stories that run on computers, mobile devices, and the web.

    41 Ren'Py alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ren'Py Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Single player
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Visual Novel
    6.  Python-based

    Ren'Py VS Kocho

     
    • Ren'Py is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Kocho.

    • Ren'Py is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Kocho.

    • Ren'Py is Free and Open SourceKocho is Free and Proprietary
  2. Tuesday JS icon
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    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...

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Tuesday JS Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Visual Novel

    Tuesday JS VS Kocho

     
    • Tuesday JS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Kocho.

    • Tuesday JS is Free and Open SourceKocho is Free and Proprietary
  3. Novelty icon
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    Novelty is a free game maker tailored for making visual novels.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Latest Version was released on Dec 14th, 2010. See http://www.visualnovelty.com/download.html

    Novelty Features

    1.  Visual Novel
    2.  Visual Programming

    Novelty VS Kocho

     
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    Visual Novel Engine is a cross-platform tool that lets you create visual novels through a simple, flexible and powerful tagging system, no programming skills required.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Steam

    Visual Novel Engine Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    Visual Novel Engine VS Kocho

     
    • Visual Novel Engine is the most popular Android alternative to Kocho.

    • Visual Novel Engine is the most popular commercial alternative to Kocho.

    • Visual Novel Engine is Paid and ProprietaryKocho is Free and Proprietary
  5. Sottaceto icon
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    Game engine to make in a simple way Visual Novels for Android just writing the script in a XML file.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    Sottaceto Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    Sottaceto VS Kocho

     
    • Sottaceto is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Kocho.

    • Sottaceto is Free and Open SourceKocho is Free and Proprietary
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    A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.

    15 Visual Novel Maker alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Visual Novel Maker Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    Visual Novel Maker VS Kocho

     
  7. Sottolio icon
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    sottolio is a game engine to make in a simple way visual novels for your internet browser. The games written with sottolio can run everywhere. You need only internet browsers which support javascript, HTML5 and the canvas object.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2015. Example game link doesn't work anymore.

    Sottolio VS Kocho

     
  8. TyranoBuilder icon
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    Start making your own multi-platform video games right NOW, even if you know nothing about game programming or scripting! TyranoBuilder’s suite of intuitive drag-and-drop tools allows you to create high quality visual novels with speed and ease, and bring your creativity visions...

    30 TyranoBuilder alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Steam

    TyranoBuilder Features

    1.  Support for Android Things
    2.  Graphical component
    3.  Visual Novel

    TyranoBuilder VS Kocho

     
  9. Reebyte icon
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    Reebyte is a multi-platform standalone editor tool for visual novel creator and other creative interactive projects. Powerful and easy to use, where we are focused on people who doesn't have programming experience and want to create their own professional visual novel or...

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam

    Reebyte Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    Reebyte VS Kocho

     
  10. LVNAuth icon
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    LVNAuth is a desktop application that lets you create and view visual novels. Manage your visual novel, from beginning to end, using LVNAuth's GUI editor. A command system: You can start or stop actions in your visual novel by using some simple commands.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

    LVNAuth VS Kocho

     
  11. SEEVN icon
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    SEEVN is a visual novel engine (VNE) that allows artists and writers to bring dynamic stories with multiple paths to life, using an easy to understand scene node editor. Let players make their own choices, enter information and arrive at different endings.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    SEEVN Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    SEEVN VS Kocho

     
  12. WebGAL icon
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    A visually appealing, feature-rich, and easy-to-develop new web-based visual novel engine.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    WebGAL Features

    1.  React
    2.  Visual Novel

    WebGAL VS Kocho

     
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