A visual novel engine refers 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 |
Platforms |
Access
|
| BASS |
|
| Belle |
2017 |
Web |
Open Source
|
| CatSystem2 |
2016 |
Windows |
Free/Commercial
|
| CloudNovel |
|
Web |
Gated
|
| Dorian |
2023 |
iOS, Android |
Gated
|
| jStory |
|
|
Gated
|
| KiriKiri Z |
2017 |
Windows, Android (Kirikiroid2) |
Open Source
|
| Kocho |
2021 |
iOS, Android |
Free
|
| libnpengine |
2019 |
|
|
| LiveMaker |
2018 |
Windows |
Free
|
| March22-Unity |
2019 |
Unity |
Open Source
|
| Monogatari |
2022 |
Web |
Open Source
|
| Novelty |
2010 |
Windows |
Free
|
| nScripter |
2018 |
Windows
|
| NVList |
2022 |
Multiple |
Open Source
|
| Om3ga Visual Novel Engine |
2018 |
|
Free
|
| RenJS |
2022 |
Web |
Free
|
| RichCast |
2023 |
Windows, Mac |
|
| SEEVN 2 |
2021 |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
Free
|
| Suika2 |
2023 |
Windows, Mac, iOS, Android |
Open Source
|
| Talefab.com |
2021 |
Web |
Free
|
| Tuesday JS visual novel engine |
2023 |
Multiple |
Open Source
|
| Twine |
2023 |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
Open Source
|
| VNgen |
2020 |
|
Commercial
|
| WebStory Engine |
2017 |
Web |
Open Source
|
Defunct engines
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