StoryNexus Alternatives

StoryNexus is described as ': 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' and is an game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to StoryNexus for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best StoryNexus alternative is Dream Novel, which is free. Other StoryNexus like games are Twine, Ren'Py, IFDB.org and Inky by Inkle.

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  1. Dream Novel icon

    Dream Novel

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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
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    Emily Derk
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    I like how Dream Novel focuses on creative freedom. You can shape the story however you want, and the AI helps keep it engaging without needing a complex setup. It’s simple, runs in the browser, and feels really nice for anyone who enjoys interactive storytelling.

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    • Dream Novel is the most popular Web-based alternative to StoryNexus.

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

    • Dream Novel is Free and ProprietaryStoryNexus is also Free and Proprietary
    • Dream Novel is Lightweight and Privacy focusedStoryNexus is not according to our users
  2. Twine icon

    Twine

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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
    The interface when a new story is made.
     

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

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

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceStoryNexus is Free and Proprietary
    • Twine is LightweightStoryNexus is not according to our users
  4. Ren'Py icon

    Ren'Py

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    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.

    46 Ren'Py alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    v8.1 & v7.6 release
     
  5. IFDB.org icon

    IFDB.org

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    IFDB is a Wiki-style community project: members can add new game listings, write reviews, exchange game recommendations, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. Inky by Inkle icon

    Inky by Inkle

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Tuesday JS icon

    Tuesday JS

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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Visualization script
     

    • Tuesday JS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to StoryNexus.

    • Tuesday JS is Free and Open SourceStoryNexus is Free and Proprietary
  9. Ink by Inkle icon

    Ink by Inkle

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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
    Ink by Inkle screenshot 1
     
  10. QuestJS icon

    QuestJS

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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
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  11. Dedalus icon

    Dedalus

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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
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  12. Visual Novel Maker icon

    Visual Novel Maker

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    A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.

    22 Visual Novel Maker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Visual Novel Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to StoryNexus.

    • Visual Novel Maker is Paid and ProprietaryStoryNexus is Free and Proprietary
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    Chronicler

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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
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  14. ifSpace icon

    ifSpace

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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
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