Ren'Py includes the ability to create branching stories, save file systems, rollback to previous points in the story, a variety of scene transitions, DLC, and so on.

Ren'Py scripts have a screenplay-like syntax, and can also include blocks of Python code to allow advanced users to add new features of their own.

In addition, tools are included in the engine distribution to obfuscate scripts and archive game assets to mitigate copyright infringement.

Ren'Py can build games for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android,[4] OpenBSD,[9] iOS,[10][4] and HTML5 with WebAssembly.

[11][12][13][14] It has been used in classes at Carnegie Mellon School of Art,[15] Faculty of Art at University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia, and as a tool for information literacy.