Twine Alternatives

Twine is described as 'Open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories' and is a popular app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Twine for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Twine alternative is Ren'Py, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Twine are Dream Novel, Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle and Tuesday JS.

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  1. Ren'Py icon
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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

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Most users think Ren'Py is a great Twine alternative.

    • Ren'Py is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Twine.

    • Ren'Py is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Twine.

    • Ren'Py is Free and Open SourceTwine is also Free and Open Source
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Dream Novel is Free and ProprietaryTwine is Free and Open Source
    • Dream Novel is Privacy focusedTwine is not according to our users
  3. Tuesday JS icon
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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...

    28 Tuesday JS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Tuesday JS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Twine.

    • Tuesday JS is Free and Open SourceTwine is also Free and Open Source
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. ChoiceScript icon
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    ChoiceScript is a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice games (MCGs) like Choice of the Dragon. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    With use of Chronicler, you can have the best of both worlds - the visual side of Twine, but with the CYOA style of Choicescript.

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    • Almost everyone thinks ChoiceScript is a great Twine alternative.

    • ChoiceScript is Free and Open SourceTwine is also Free and Open Source
  6. Squiffy icon
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    Squiffy is a tool for creating multiple choice interactive fiction. It's written entirely in JavaScript - the compiler uses Node.js and the games it generates run in a web browser so it can run on any system with a modern browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. Pixi’VN icon
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    Pixi’VN is a very versatile and powerful visual novel/2D game engine. It is based on JavaScript/TypeScript and uses the PixiJS library for rendering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
    • Node.JS
     
  8. 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

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    • Windows
    • Mac
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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

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    • Mac
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    • Visual Novel Maker is the most popular commercial alternative to Twine.

    • Visual Novel Maker is Paid and ProprietaryTwine is Free and Open Source
  10. Quest icon
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    Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program.

    26 Quest alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Online
     
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