Quest AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like Quest

Quest is described as 'Build text adventure games, role-playing games, training materials, simulations, and interactive fiction without having to program' and is a game development tool in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Quest for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best Quest alternative is Dream Novel, which is free. Other Quest like games are Twine, Inky by Inkle, Ink by Inkle and QuestJS.

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  1. 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.

    34 Dream Novel alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    • Dream Novel is the most popular free alternative to Quest.

    • Dream Novel is Free and ProprietaryQuest is Free and Open Source
    • Dream Novel is Lightweight and Privacy focusedQuest is not according to our users
  2. Twine icon
     89 likes

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

    52 Twine alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Twine is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Quest.

    • Twine is the most popular Open Source alternative to Quest.

    • Twine is Free and Open SourceQuest is also Free and Open Source
    • Twine is LightweightQuest is not according to our users
  3. Ink by Inkle icon
     9 likes

    ink is a scripting language built around the idea of marking up pure-text with flow in order to produce interactive scripts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. QuestJS icon
     2 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. Dedalus icon
     2 likes

    Dedalus is an authoring system for generating Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) narrative. It is similar to other creation tools like Twine, Undum or Varytale.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Dedalus is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Quest.

    • Dedalus is Free and Open SourceQuest is also Free and Open Source
  6. RPGGO icon
     3 likes

    RPGGO.AI is an Gen-AI powered Text-to-Game platform, where players can play AI-Native RPG through game lobby, and interact by chatting with AI NPCs, in the genre of text adventure, mystery, dungeons, love games and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Chronicler icon
     12 likes

    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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
     
  8. ifSpace icon
     2 likes

    An interactive Fiction Space Engine and application for creating and playing Interactive Fiction games (e.g.: Colossal Cave, Zork, Choose your path books) with no coding required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Moiki icon
     1 like

    Moiki is a web-based platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and exporting of interactive stories. The stories can be played on a range of devices including computers, mobiles, and tablets. Moiki provides a dynamic and immersive format for an engaging user experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Online
     
    • Moiki is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Quest.

    • Moiki is Free and ProprietaryQuest is Free and Open Source
  10. Inform icon
     14 likes

    Inform is a free app for creating works of interactive fiction, available for MacOS, Windows, Linux and Android. Inside it is a powerful programming language based on English language text. This redesigned website is part of the preparations for open-sourcing the software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Yarn Spinner icon
     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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