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Game development on the Ren'Py free software cross-platform game engine, developed by Tom "PyTom" Rothamel on Python, is supported for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, and HTML5 with WebAssembly. [1] There is also an OpenBSD port of Ren'Py that allows most Ren'Py games for Linux to work on OpenBSD. [2] Because Ren'Py is specifically geared towards making visual novels, a majority of Ren'Py games are visual novels.[ clarification needed ] [3] [4] [5] [6]
| Title | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Release date [lower-alpha 1] | Platform [lower-alpha 2] | Ref | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | HTM | iOS | LX | Mac | Win | ||||||
| Analogue: A Hate Story | Visual novel | Love Conquers All Games | Christine Love | February 1, 2012 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Acting Lessons | Visual novel, Dating sim, Eroge | Dr PinkCake | Dr PinkCake | December 10, 2018 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Being a DIK | Visual novel, Dating sim, Eroge | Dr PinkCake | Dr PinkCake | February 14, 2020 | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Black Closet | Visual novel, Strategy RPG, Life simulation | Hanako Games | Hanako Games | September 16, 2015 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Butterfly Soup | Visual novel, Romantic comedy | Brianna Lei | Brianna Lei | September 16, 2017 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Café 0: The Drowned Mermaid | Visual novel, Mystery | ROSEVERTE | ROSEVERTE | October 4, 2011 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Camp Buddy | Visual novel, Yaoi | BLits Games | Mikkoukun | November 11, 2018 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Camp Buddy, Scoutmasters' Season | Visual novel, Yaoi | BLits Games | Mikkoukun | April 1, 2022 | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Coming Out on Top | Visual novel, Dating sim | Obscurasoft | Obscurasoft | December 10, 2014 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Date Warp | Visual novel, Science fiction | Spiky Caterpillar, Hanako Games | Hanako Games | May 22, 2010 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Digital: A Love Story | Visual novel | Love Conquers All Games | Christine Love | February 28, 2010 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Doki Doki Literature Club! | Visual novel, Dating sim, Horror | Team Salvato | Team Salvato | September 22, 2017 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story | Visual novel | Love Conquers All Games | Christine Love | April 4, 2011 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Dysfunctional Systems series | Visual novel | Dischan Media | Dischan Media | April 4, 2013 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Everlasting Summer | Visual novel, Dating sim, Eroge | Soviet Games | Soviet Games | December 21, 2013 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Exogenesis ~Perils of Rebirth~ (demo) | Adventure game, Visual novel, Sci-fi | Kwan | Sekai Project | April 19, 2019 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Fatal Hearts | Visual novel, Adventure game, Otome | Hanako Games | Hanako Games | October 23, 2007 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Fault Milestone One | Visual novel | Alice in Dissonance | Sekai Project | August 12, 2013 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Fault Milestone Two | Visual novel | Alice in Dissonance | Sekai Project | August 16, 2015 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| The Flower Shop series | Visual novel | Winter Wolves | Winter Wolves | February 1, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Heileen series | Visual novel | Tycoon Games | Tycoon Games | October 21, 2008 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Jisei series | Visual novel, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural | sakevisual | sakevisual | June 6, 2010 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Juniper's Knot | Visual novel | Dischan Media | Dischan Media | April 4, 2013 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Katawa Shoujo | Visual novel, Nakige | Four Leaf Studios | Four Leaf Studios | January 4, 2012 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ladykiller in a Bind | Visual novel, Eroge, Romantic comedy | Love Conquers All Games | Christine Love | October 10, 2016 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Long Live the Queen | Visual novel, RPG, Political simulation | Spiky Caterpillar, Hanako Games | Hanako Games | June 2, 2012 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Loren the Amazon Princess | RPG, Visual novel, Fantasy | Winter Wolves | Winter Wolves | April 30, 2012 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Magical Diary | Visual novel, Fantasy, Otome | Spiky Caterpillar, Hanako Games | Hanako Games | June 19, 2011 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| One Night Stand | Visual novel | Kinmoku | Kinmoku | October 20, 2016 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| PANIC at Multiverse High! | Visual novel, Otome, Parody | DoubleBear Productions | DoubleBear Productions | August 16, 2016 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Pizza game | Visual novel, Otome | plasterbrain | Scrubabdubdubs | September 8, 2019 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Planet Stronghold | Visual novel, RPG, Sci-fi | Winter Wolves | Winter Wolves | February 28, 2011 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Princess Battles | Visual novel, Raising sim, Card game | Nekomura Games | Nekomura Games | June 5, 2012 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| RE: Alistair | Visual novel | sakevisual | sakevisual | February 28, 2010 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| The Royal Trap | Visual novel | Hanako Games | Hanako Games | February 23, 2013 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Summer Session | Dating sim | Hanako Games, Tycoon Games | Hanako Games, Tycoon Games | July 2, 2008 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Summertime Saga | Visual novel, Dating sim | DarkCookie | Kompas Productions | August 18 2016 | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Tales of Aravorn: Seasons of the Wolf | Visual novel, RPG, Fantasy | Winter Wolves | Winter Wolves | November 15, 2014 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| The Grim Reaper who reaped my Heart! | Visual novel, Eroge | Kamuo | Kamuo | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vera Blanc series | Visual novel, Mystery | Winter Wolves | Winter Wolves | June 30, 2010 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
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