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Ren'Py pricing
Ren'Py publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the software tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Ren'Py plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 6 | Entry tier |
Where Ren'Py stops being free
Free, Free
- Full engine
- Cross-platform support
- Rich scripting language
- Community support
- Open-source
- No royalties
No paid tier on record
Ren'Py lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Ren'Py feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Simple scripting language
- Text rendering
- Image display
- Animations
- Sound and music
- Choice system
- Save/load functionality
- Translation support
Integrations
- Python
- Git
- GitHub
Security
- Open-source
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Web deployment
- Mobile deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Web support
Localization
- Ren'Py Script language support
People bring Ren'Py in for writing visual novels with a text-based script language, building dating and management life simulation games, shipping the same story project to windows, macos, linux, android and ios. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Ren'Py are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Ren'Py
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Ren'Py runs on windows, macos, linux, ios, android, web, and is published by Ren'Py Team of Community-driven. The full record is on the Ren'Py review.
Ren'Py pricing questions
- How much does Ren'Py cost?
- Ren'Py publishes a single tier, Free, at Free.
- Does Ren'Py have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full engine, cross-platform support, rich scripting language.
- What am I actually paying for with Ren'Py?
- The record lists 22 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for writing visual novels with a text-based script language, building dating and management life simulation games, shipping the same story project to windows, macos, linux, android and ios.
- Does Ren'Py charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Ren'Py prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Ren'Py against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Ren'Py to make a useful price comparison.