Visual Novel Maker AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Game Development Tools

The best Game Development alternative to Visual Novel Maker is Ren'Py, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Visual Novel Maker and 11 are Game Development Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Game Development Tool alternatives to Visual Novel Maker are Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle, Tuesday JS and QuestJS.

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Visual Novel Maker alternatives page was last updated Mar 19, 2024
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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.

    41 Ren'Py alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ren'Py Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Support for scripting
    3.  Single player
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Visual Novel
    6.  Python-based

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  2. Inky by Inkle icon
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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.

    47 Inky by Inkle alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Inky by Inkle Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  Interactive storytelling
    6.  Visual Novel
    7. Unity icon  Unity Integration

    Inky by Inkle VS Visual Novel Maker

     
  3. Ink by Inkle icon
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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.

    48 Ink by Inkle alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Ink by Inkle Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Support for scripting
    4.  Works Offline
    5. Unity icon  Unity Integration
    6.  Visual Novel

    Ink by Inkle VS Visual Novel Maker

     
  4. 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...

    25 Tuesday JS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • RU flagRussia

    Platforms

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

    Tuesday JS Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Visual Novel

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    • Tuesday JS is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Visual Novel Maker.

    • Tuesday JS is Free and Open SourceVisual Novel Maker is Paid and Proprietary
  5. 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.

    46 QuestJS alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    QuestJS Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  No registration required

    QuestJS VS Visual Novel Maker

     
  6. Yarn Spinner icon
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    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.

    44 Yarn Spinner alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  7. TyranoBuilder icon
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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...

    30 TyranoBuilder alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Steam

    TyranoBuilder Features

    1.  Support for Android Things
    2.  Graphical component
    3.  Visual Novel

    TyranoBuilder VS Visual Novel Maker

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

    • TyranoBuilder is Paid and ProprietaryVisual Novel Maker is also Paid and Proprietary
  8. 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...

    16 Reebyte alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam

    Reebyte Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    Reebyte VS Visual Novel Maker

     
  9. 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.

    13 Kocho alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Kocho Features

    1.  Visual Novel

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  10. 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.

    19 LVNAuth alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub

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  11. 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.

    12 SEEVN alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    SEEVN Features

    1.  Visual Novel

    SEEVN VS Visual Novel Maker

     
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