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List of VNEs in alphabetical order. mostly sourced from https://www.deviantart.com/visual-novelty and https://www.deviantart.com/visualnovel/journal/Visual-Novel-Development-Tools-228169938
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Visual novel engines refer to engines such as [[Ren'Py]], [[NaniNovel]], or [[VNMaker]], which are focused around the creation of visual novels or visual novel adjacent games, rather than general purpose game engines such as Unity or Godot.  
Visual novel engines refer to engines such as [[Ren'Py]], [[NaniNovel]], or [[VNMaker]], which are focused around the creation of visual novels or visual novel adjacent games, rather than general purpose game engines such as Unity or Godot.  


==Popular Visual Novel Engines==
==Popular engines==


* [[Ren'Py]]
* [[Ren'Py]]
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* [[VNMaker]]
* [[VNMaker]]


==Other Visual Novel Engines==
== Other engines ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Last Update
|-
| [https://fr33mind.github.io/Belle/about.html Belle] || 2017
|-
| [https://cs2.suki.jp/ CatSystem2] || 2016
|-
| [https://cloudnovel.net/ CloudNovel] ||
|-
| [https://intale.app/ Intale] || 2021
|-
| [https://ramifygames.com/jstory/ jStory] ||
|-
| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_visual_novel_engines#KiriKiri KiriKiri] || 2010
|-
| [https://www.kocho.io/ Kocho] || 2021
|-
| [https://www.livemaker.net/ LiveMaker] ||
|-
| [https://www.deviantart.com/matag/posts/journals MATAG.Tokyo] || 2016
|-
| [http://www.visualnovelty.com/ Novelty] || 2010
|-
| [https://www.nscripter.com/ nScripter] ||
|-
| [https://github.com/anonl/nvlist NVList] || 2022
|-
| [http://www.vnengine.com/ Om3ga Visual Novel Engine] || 2018
|-
| [https://wcu.itch.io/seevn SEEVN 2] || 2020
|-
| [https://github.com/ktabata/suika2 Suika2] || 2022
|-
| [https://talefab.com/ Talefab.com] || 2021
|-
| [https://kirilllive.github.io/tuesday-js/ Tuesday JS visual novel engine] || 2022
|-
| [https://twinery.org/ Twine] || 2022
|-
| [https://www.nyu-media.com/tyranobuilder-visual-novel-studio TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio] || 2022
|-
| [https://docs.xgasoft.com/vngen/index/ VNgen] || 2020
|}


* [https://fr33mind.github.io/Belle/about.html Belle]
== Defunct engines ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060806230137/http://www.bladeengine.com/ Blade Visual Novel Engine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060806230137/http://www.bladeengine.com/ Blade Visual Novel Engine]
* [https://cs2.suki.jp/ CatSystem2]
* [https://cloudnovel.net/ CloudNovel]
* [https://docs.xgasoft.com/legacy/ Edge Visual Novel Engine]
* [https://docs.xgasoft.com/legacy/ Edge Visual Novel Engine]
* [https://intale.app/ Intale]
* [https://ramifygames.com/jstory/ jStory]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_visual_novel_engines#KiriKiri KiriKiri]
* [https://www.kocho.io/ Kocho]
* [https://www.livemaker.net/ LiveMaker]
* [https://www.deviantart.com/matag/posts/journals MATAG.Tokyo]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080726190843/http://www.mazenove.com/ MazeNovel]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080726190843/http://www.mazenove.com/ MazeNovel]
* [https://github.com/anonl/nvlist NVList]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160106011926/https://www.tonypottier.info/ngengine/index.html Narrative Game Engine]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160106011926/https://www.tonypottier.info/ngengine/index.html Narrative Game Engine]
* [http://www.visualnovelty.com/ Novelty]
* [http://renai.sourceforge.net/ Ren'ai/Dating Simulation Engine] (2008)
* [https://www.nscripter.com/ nScripter]
* [http://www.vnengine.com/ Om3ga Visual Novel Engine]
* [http://renai.sourceforge.net/ Ren'ai/Dating Simulation Engine]
* [https://wcu.itch.io/seevn SEEVN 2]
* [https://github.com/ktabata/suika2 Suika2]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717055922/http://www.studiomab.co.uk:80/Content.aspx/Sylph Sylph]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717055922/http://www.studiomab.co.uk:80/Content.aspx/Sylph Sylph]
* [https://talefab.com/ Talefab.com]
* [https://kirilllive.github.io/tuesday-js/ Tuesday JS visual novel engine]
* [https://twinery.org/ Twine]
* [https://www.nyu-media.com/tyranobuilder-visual-novel-studio TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio]
* [https://docs.xgasoft.com/vngen/index/ VNgen]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081214191203/http://vasilriot.just4fun.co.kr/ Vasilriot]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081214191203/http://vasilriot.just4fun.co.kr/ Vasilriot]




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Revision as of 00:41, 24 June 2022

Visual novel engines refer to engines such as Ren'Py, NaniNovel, or VNMaker, which are focused around the creation of visual novels or visual novel adjacent games, rather than general purpose game engines such as Unity or Godot.

Popular engines

Other engines

Name Last Update
Belle 2017
CatSystem2 2016
CloudNovel
Intale 2021
jStory
KiriKiri 2010
Kocho 2021
LiveMaker
MATAG.Tokyo 2016
Novelty 2010
nScripter
NVList 2022
Om3ga Visual Novel Engine 2018
SEEVN 2 2020
Suika2 2022
Talefab.com 2021
Tuesday JS visual novel engine 2022
Twine 2022
TyranoBuilder Visual Novel Studio 2022
VNgen 2020

Defunct engines