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Ren'Py vs Usagi Engine

Ren'Py

renpy.org

Usagi Engine

usagiengine.com

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FigureRen'PyUsagi Engine
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open sourceYes—
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
APIYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Game Engine Software9.0 (#6)8.1 (#58)
Free planYesYes
Mobile exportYesNo
PurposeRen'Py is a visual novel engine for creating interactive stories and life simulation games using words, images, and sounds.Usagi is a 2D game engine for making pixel art games in Lua 5.5.
Scripting languagesRen'Py script language; PythonLua 5.5
Source code modelopen_sourceopen_source
Target platformsWindows 10+,macOS 10.10+,Linux x86_64/Arm,Android 5.0+,iOS 11+,HTML5/WebAssembly (beta)Linux,macOS,Windows,web

Plans

Ren'Py

  • Ren'PyFree

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Usagi Engine

  • Usagi EngineFree

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In their own words

Ren'Py

Ren'Py is a free visual novel engine for making interactive stories and life simulation games with words, images, and sounds. Its script language handles visual-novel writing, while Python can be used for more complex game logic. Default games include menus, automatic saves, rollback, predictive image loading, and mouse, keyboard, or gamepad controls. Creators can customize screens and styles using the screen language and Python. The launcher builds Windows, Mac, and Linux games from any of those desktop systems. Ren'Py also supports Android export and can package games for WebAssembly browsers, though web support is beta and lacks networking and multithreading. It targets Windows 10 or later, macOS 10.10 or later, Linux x86_64 or Arm, Android 5.0 or later, and iOS 11 or later. Building for iOS requires a Mac and Xcode, and that support remains a work in progress. The engine is free for commercial and non-commercial use; most is MIT-licensed, with some LGPL components whose terms distributors must meet.

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Usagi Engine

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