Ren'Py Alternatives

Ren'Py is described as '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' and is a popular game development tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ren'Py for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Ren'Py alternative is Twine, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ren'Py are LÖVE, Dream Novel, Inky by Inkle and Ink by Inkle.

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  1. nCine icon
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    nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine in C++ for fast and performant game development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Emscripten
     
  2. TilBuci icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Arcade is an easy-to-learn Python library for creating 2D video games. It is ideal for beginning programmers, or programmers who want to create 2D games without learning a complex framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. iFable.Ai icon
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    iFable is a gaming universe where you can immerse yourself in the ultimate AI-powered visual novel adventures. Enter iFable universe, where CG art and story come alive. Create lasting bonds with compelling characters through dynamic group conversations and personalized...

    11 iFable.Ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Alice icon
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    Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Kocho icon
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    Kocho is a free offline visual novel maker & player which allows you to play, create and share your own visual novel games in an easy way.

    15 Kocho alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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