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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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Naninovel Alternatives
Apps similar to Naninovel include Ren'Py, which is free and open source. Other options are Twine, Dream Novel, Inky by Inkle and Tuesday JS. You can choose from more than 10 Game Development Tools like Naninovel for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
- 52 Ren'Py alternatives
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
United States
40 Dream Novel alternativesDream Novel is an AI-powered visual novel platform where every story adapts to your choices. Create dynamic, branching narratives with evolving characters and immersive worlds - no two playthroughs are the same.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
France
EU
+1
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
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United Kingdom
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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Russia
+4
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)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United Kingdom
Capsule VN Engine is a modern, web-based tool. Capsule handles the technical complexity so you can focus on creating.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Online
A free visual novel creation tool — perfect for commercial use. Easily publish your game across all platforms, including PC, web browsers, smartphones (iPhone & Android), and tablets.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
Japan
TilBuci is a free, open source tool to create interactive content. From a visual web interface, you can gather your media, texts, and all content in the form of interactive "movies" that can be exported as websites, embedded via iframes, made available as PWA apps or...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
Brazil
+5
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)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- United Kingdom
A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United Kingdom
+3
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
