Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
United States
Ren'Py AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Ren'Py
Apps similar to Ren'Py include Twine, which is free and open source. Other options are LÖVE, Dream Novel, StoryFlow Editor and Ink by Inkle. There's no shortage of Game Development Tools like Ren'Py, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.
Alternatives list
107 LÖVE alternativesHi 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- FreeBSD
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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
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4 StoryFlow Editor alternativesStoryFlow Editor is a visual node-based tool for designing branching narratives and dialogue systems. If you're building a narrative-heavy game and tired of juggling spreadsheets, docs and text files, this is built for you.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Steam
- itch.io
Norway
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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)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
United Kingdom
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
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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...
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Steam
Japan
Drafft is a multi-platform, offline-first editor for interactive narrative systems and game design data. Design and structure dialogue trees, scripts, variables, quests, items, game design documents, and more.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Argentina
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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
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RenJS V2 is finally here! Coded from scratch in Typescript (thanks to RockDaFox!), RenJS V2 has better performance and a multitude of new features to make the Visual Novel of your dreams. There's also a new site where you can find the latest version of the library, as well...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Self-Hosted
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- 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
- United States
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