Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Branch
Explore and write collaborative branched stories
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Branch launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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It's a web app that uses AI to turn any book into a playable text adventure. Your favorite book, but your choices, hence your story. You can even "remix" the genre like playing Dune as a noir detective story. Note: Work in progress. Suggestions are welcome.
2025 · kathaaverse.com · its alternatives →
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YC for writers: experiment in a new media format
2016 · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ideas for local adventures for busy folk. 5 to 9 Adventures.
2015 · its alternatives →
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Where movies never end
2025 · branching-story-verse.lovable.app · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone! Want to share something I'm working on. Here is the brief description: From a single text prompt, craft dynamic worlds (both fictional and real-life, of any kind) filled with interacting NPCs pursuing goals, and control (human-in-the-loop) their behaviour and world state in real-time. Text-to-image to visualise every single step of change in the world's and NPC's state. My main goal was to check if it's possible to use LLMs (GPT-4 currently) to make characters interact with each other but in the end, it ended up with a neat little app where users can interfere with NPC's (and…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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internetbookproject.com - Continue or fork a story
May 2026 · internetbookproject.com · its alternatives →
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Write together. AI visualizes. Stories branch infinitely.
Feb 2026 · imagineif.app · its alternatives →
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2016 · storybranch.site · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I'd love your feedback for this AI storytelling game. Remember when you used to read choose-your-own adventure books as a kid? We're trying to re-create that. The site lets you create adventures by seeding them with parameters that end up feeding LLMs: title, genre, writing style, etc. Once you've done that, you can play your book like a game: with custom chapters, illustrations, voice narration, choices, and dice rolls. We’re really into the idea of merging the open-ended generative AI with goal-directed story arcs that the game author can control. Everything is open source (links…
2023 · ai-adventure.steamship.com · its alternatives →
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This is our entry in the "spontaneous event creation" ring. I'd love to hear what HN readers think!
2011 · shoutfast.com · its alternatives →
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