Quest AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Quest

Quest is described as 'Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program' and is a game development tool in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Quest for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Quest alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other Quest like games are Dream Novel, Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle and QuestJS.

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

    52 Twine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Twine is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Quest.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Quest.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceQuest is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightQuest is not according to our users
  2. 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.

    33 Dream Novel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6. Dedalus icon
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    Dedalus is an authoring system for generating Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) narrative. It is similar to other creation tools like Twine, Undum or Varytale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Dedalus is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Quest.

    • Dedalus is Free and Open SourceQuest is also Free and Open Source
  7. Chronicler icon
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    Chronicler is an open source desktop application which allows users to create CYOA/MCG (choose your own adventure/multiple choice games) interactive fiction using a GUI not dissimilar to Twine (i.e. in the style of a flow chart).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. RPGGO icon
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    RPGGO.AI is an Gen-AI powered Text-to-Game platform, where players can play AI-Native RPG through game lobby, and interact by chatting with AI NPCs, in the genre of text adventure, mystery, dungeons, love games and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. ifSpace icon
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    An interactive Fiction Space Engine and application for creating and playing Interactive Fiction games (e.g.: Colossal Cave, Zork, Choose your path books) with no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. 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.

    44 Yarn Spinner alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Moiki icon
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    Moiki is a web-based platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and exporting of interactive stories. The stories can be played on a range of devices including computers, mobiles, and tablets. Moiki provides a dynamic and immersive format for an engaging user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Online
     
    • Moiki is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Quest.

    • Moiki is Free and ProprietaryQuest is Free and Open Source
  12. ADRIFT icon
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    ADRIFT Developer is a Windows application that allows you to create complex interactive fiction games quickly and easily. It allows you to concentrate on the story by making everything else easy, such as having all options available in dropdown lists, rather than you having to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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