Playfic Alternatives

Playfic is described as 'Platform for writing and playing interactive fiction. Interactive fiction (aka "text adventures") is a genre of game that uses no graphics or sound, but instead, uses text to tell a story in an interactive world' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Playfic, not only websites but also apps for Windows, Linux, Mac and Electron. The best Playfic alternative is Dream Novel, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Playfic are Twine, Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle and QuestJS.

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  1. Dream Novel icon
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    Dream 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
     
    • Dream Novel is the most popular Web-based alternative to Playfic.

    • Dream Novel is the most popular free alternative to Playfic.

    • Dream Novel is Free and ProprietaryPlayfic is also Free and Proprietary
    • Dream Novel is Lightweight and Privacy focusedPlayfic is not according to our users
  2. Twine icon
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    Twine is an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.

    52 Twine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Twine is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Playfic.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source alternative to Playfic.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourcePlayfic is Free and Proprietary
    • Twine is LightweightPlayfic is not according to our users
  3. 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)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    The contents of the IF Archive -- including thousands of text adventures, text adventure development tools, articles, essays, hint files, walkthroughs, jokes, and sly references to Greek politics -- are contributed by the interactive fiction community, past and present.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    WrittenRealms lets you build and play narrative adventure games. Features a rich combat system with four playable classes, each with distinct skills and character customizations.

    16 WrittenRealms alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Yarn Spinner icon
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    Yarn Spinner is a tool for creating interactive dialogue for games. Write your conversations in Yarn, a simple programming language that's designed to be easy for writers to learn, while also powerful enough to handle whatever you need.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. StoryNexus icon
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    StoryNexus: The choice is yours. StoryNexus gives you free access to hundreds of interactive worlds, from science fiction to romance, from gothic fantasy to historical adventure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    textadventures.co.uk is a community of interactive fiction game makers and players.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Lectrote icon
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    A portable Interactive Fiction games interpreter application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Electron / Atom Shell
     
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