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 25 alternatives to Twine for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, 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 Tuesday JS, Ink by Inkle, Chronicler and articy:draft.

Twine alternatives are mainly Game Development Tools but may also be Adventure Games or IDEs. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Twine.

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

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Ren'Py
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
37 Ren'Py alternatives
Ren'Py is a free and cross-platform visual novel engine that helps you use words, pictures, and sounds to tell stories with the computer. Its easy and efficient script language makes it possible for non-programmers to make visual novels, while its Python support allows for...
- - Ren'Py is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Twine.
- - Ren'Py is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Twine.
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Ren'Py Features
1. PortableRen'Py can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Support for scriptingRen'Py supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
3. Single playerRen'Py has one or more single player game modes.
4. Works OfflineRen'Py can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Visual Novel
Python-based
Opinions about Ren'Py as a Alternative to Twine
Almost everyone thinks Ren'Py is a great Twine alternative.
Tuesday JS
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Adventure Game
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
20 Tuesday JS alternatives
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...
- - Tuesday JS is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Twine.
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Tuesday JS Features
1. Works OfflineTuesday JS can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. No Coding RequiredTuesday JS can be used without an coding or programming skills.
Visual Novel
Ink by Inkle
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
45 Ink by Inkle alternatives
ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.
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Ink by Inkle Features
1. Ad-freeInk by Inkle doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Ink by Inkle without registration.
3. Support for scriptingInk by Inkle supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
4. Works OfflineInk by Inkle can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Unity Integration
Visual Novel
Chronicler
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Windows
Linux
Wine
16 Chronicler alternatives
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).
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Chronicler Features
Tree view
Visual-thinking
Planner
articy:draft
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Paid • Proprietary
Game Development Tool
Windows
19 articy:draft alternatives
The first professional tool for story and game design

Create, organize and communicate your game vision. Compose every aspect of your game design in just one highly visual and versatile solution.

Develop interactive stories, deep and meaningful characters and item bibles coveri.
- - articy:draft is the most popular commercial alternative to Twine.
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articy:draft Features
Visual planning
Idea management
Non linear editor
Comments about articy:draft as a Alternative to Twine
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Easy to use and very powerful.
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Yarn Spinner
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Windows
43 Yarn Spinner alternatives
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.
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TalkerMaker Deluxe
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Windows
13 TalkerMaker Deluxe alternatives
A FOSS Non-Linear Game Dialogue Editor.
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Monogatari
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
10 Monogatari alternatives
Monogatari is a simple web visual novel engine, created to bring Visual Novels to the web.
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Monogatari Features
Visual Novel
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ADRIFT
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Free • Proprietary
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
18 ADRIFT alternatives
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...
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Amulet
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
78 Amulet alternatives
Amulet is a Lua-based toolkit for experimenting with interactive graphics and audio. It provides a cross-platform API for drawing graphics, playing audio and responding to user input, and a command-line interpreter for running Amulet scripts.
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Add a screenshot
Visual Novel Maker
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Paid • Proprietary
Game Development Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
15 Visual Novel Maker alternatives
A revolutionary new tool for Visual Novel Creation aimed towards aspiring artists and writers to bring their stories to life.
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Visual Novel Maker Features
Visual Novel
Undum
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Free • Open Source
Game Development Tool
Self-Hosted
24 Undum alternatives
Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure, or Fighting Fantasy books? Where you got to choose what your character does next? Well if you think of that in a web-page you have hypertext interactive fiction, or HIF.
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Undum Features
1. Works OfflineUndum can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Single playerUndum has one or more single player game modes.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Undum without registration.
4. Ad-freeUndum doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Client-side
Customizable
Support for HTML5