Ren'Py - A House in the Rift [v0.7.14b1] [Zanith]

Excellent game with a solid story, perfect fluent animations and really good character development . We just hope for more content and more development though the dev shared sometime on this journey that he is gonna create a new game/project, which makes me sad to say the truth, cause of the potential on this 1!

Damn good game. Especially relations and progression of some characters are really spot on. Characters are different and sexy/cute. The only problem I have is with some models but each has their own preference and this game satisfy most of them. BDSM? Kinks? Vanilla? With each update we get to enjoy more action and "plot". Personally I love all girls but one. Which one it is I will let you decide. I can safely say that I enjoyed each and every update of this game. I will support its creation when I have enough capital.

A very beautiful game. The animations are awesome, dialogues always on point. One or two easter eggs, no need to rush everything...it's really good. I always wait for the next update. My favourite game so far. That house in the rift feels really like home.

So far one of my favorites, the story is very basic, but the characters have a lot of personnality and make the entire thing very enjoyable. Not too much grind as well, and the events are nice. Can't wait for the rest, it's just the type of harem I can't wait next updates. Thank you OP, very cool.

This game is easily in the top 5 best games on this site. No question. Personally, it’s my number 2 favorite game just behind WVM, but that’s just my personal taste. In terms of sheer quality, this game is tops.

Before I gush too much about the game, I do want to go over some of the flaws. No game is perfect after all. The main flaw I had was the reused scenes. I’m not talking about obvious repeatable scenes, I mean scenes that happen during story events that are just copy and pasted. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it really stands out and feels lazy (which can’t be said about any other aspect of the game.)


Another issue I have is that it feels like the older girls start to fall by the wayside as newer characters are introduced. It’s kinda wild that Niomi was not only around for quite awhile longer than Caitlin, but is also far more sexually open, and still has far fewer scenes. Rae on the other hand has the most scenes of all the girls, but they all felt very frontloaded. I feel like I did 90% of her scenes before Caitlin or Lyriel ever joined the house, then she basically stopped having new content. I get that the dev probably feels Rae has sufficient content and wants to focus on giving the other girls good stuff too, but it feels like she’s been sort of forgotten — which is a crime because Rae is objectively best girl and if you disagree, you are a monosyllabic ape and I refuse to hear your reasons for disagreeing because they would certainly destroy my brain cells due to how moronic and objectively incorrect they are. Rae best girl.

But that’s basically it. This game is so good.

• The writing is genuinely solid, the plot and world building are interesting and believable, at least believable enough for a porn game. And the dialogue is clever, witty, and basically error-free. Different characters even have different mannerism that are clearly defined enough that you could probably show me a few lines of dialogue and I could tell who said them without any context or help.
• The models are all very hot, with a decent variety of body types despite there only being a small number of main girls. Rae is obviously the hottest but Lyriel and Caitlin are also incredible. Niomi and Yona are also very hot, but I have a type.
• There is quite a lot of content in the game between all the girls. Rae and Caitlyn in particular have quite a bit of content, but Lyriel and Niomi also have a lot as well. You won't find the quantity or quality of scenes to be lacking here. Speaking of quality...

The best part has to be the animation. The animation in this game is stellar. It’s fluid, it’s dynamic, and most of all, it’s unique! The dev doesn’t just use the same 4 sex positions and camera angles that you see in every single Honey Select game in existence. The dev uses facial expressions and POV camera angles to really have creative and interesting animated sex scenes. It’s genuinely impressive and praiseworthy.

My personal favorite part of the game is something a lot of other reviewers touched on. It’s cozy, it’s wholesome, it’s sweet. This game just feels nice to play. Sure, there’s drama and all the usual shit, but there’s something so warm and comfortable about watching a movie with Rae or studying with Caitlin. There’s something so relaxing about entering Niomi’s dream and just chilling on a bed of pillows. There’s something so endearing about laying in bed with Rae and just talking about how — despite being “trapped” in this house — it doesn’t feel like a prison...

It feels like home.


Do yourself a favor and play this fucking game. 10/10, no question. I look forward to when this game completes, but at the same time, I think it's one of the only games on this site that I half wish would just go on forever.

A House in the Rift is that harem game where you feel like you're on cloud, but for some reason you feel like that cloud is actually a serious issue looming over the horizon.

Then again, that's almost literal.

This game is comfy af. It's like a snuggie, cup of hot chocolate, and sex. A pretty dope combo if you ask me. You didn't, but I'm telling you anyways.

Then there's the matter of the lore, and the fact that there is an actually well made lore to justify everything. It's not super fleshed out, but it's such a nice skeleton, so things can easily fit into it. Which is exactly what one should do while making a game that gets content updates.

What really stands out for this game is its animations. It's truly something else at times. The H-scenes are fantastic as a result too. Got some nice frame rates, nice angles, camera pans... It's some high production. Those dreams ones? Masterpieces.

As for the girls, they're all unique, and there's probably one just for you. If not, there will probably eventually be one just for you.

But if you're like me, you're enjoying all of them. As they say, variety is the spice of life.

This is free roam game that's easy to navigate, and has an excellent in game guide that helps you out.

My only gripe is that there's not enough variety in the music. There's like... 2 or 3 songs? Definitely could use a bit more. Oh and maybe the UI and menu isn't really unique.

Other than that, I feel hecking chill while playing this game, and I want to know more, while enjoying some of the best animated h-scenes ever.

this game is very well-made, and has a great story to it too. the animations are very smooth, and the game does a good job, sucking you into the plot. satisfied. I remember the first time playing this, a decent amount of content, and enough immersion to keep you playing for more than a hour at a time. I hope to see this visual novel go further.

Very good game. There's A LOT OF content, rather high quality of art and most importantly, emotions. Character development is rarely seen in porn games. And yeah, it is still porn game, but compared to others there;re much more emotions and chemistry between MC and his harem.

A House In The Rift (AHITR) is a rather wholesome and comfy game with a big emphasis on quality animations.

The comfy nature comes from just roaming a seemingly heaven like house with a bunch of sexy women, and the wholesome aspect from being an MC that spends more time romancing them then abusing them.

This game feels unlike many others simply just because the animations are fantastic.

So far, the story of this game isn't clear in terms of overall plot and is more focused on exploring each girl's past and situation.

It's a universe that, while vague, still feels fleshed out and with its own set of logic.

As for the "fun plot" goes, this game offers quite a lot with the first girl. One can only expect it to flesh out the other girls as it continues. Like other top quality free roam games, there's a lot of sex you can repeatedly have outside of a gallery mode.

I guess I can only suggest having more comfy music variety during the free roam, and I hope to see how the house affects the characters overtime.

v0.5.9r1

Man what a cool premise for a game. You end up trapped in an extradimensional house that is pulling various women from fantasy worlds into it. Extremely well written, with neat open ended gameplay. Lots of content currently and I can't wait for more.

I lyke the spank in the fridge most games don't have that option
very good animations and the setting is just what I wanted but I don't lyke naomi just a preference I wish she have more sharp nose line her nose kinda remind me of myself lol

This is just a review of how much I love this game.... specially Rae!!!... so far she's my favorite character to all the nsfw game I played.

The story are pretty great, the girls and their story'ish are pretty good and the render are really good as well... just not a big fan of muscles tho so I'd pass to namoi and yuna, but aside from that I really like this game

I love this game Renders are perfect
I love the story No bugs
Lot of pretty woman to have fun with from elves to orc to succubus and pirate
The dream walking super power mc has is somthing rare in a game

One of my favorite games here. Beautifully made animations, the game is interesting and addictive. The characters are varied so everyone will find something for themselves here. We have an elf, sorceress, imp, orc, even a pirate. The only thing missing is the girls' voices but you can't complain.

I try to do my .7 review number thing for all these games, but this one has a more incremental version numbering. Anyway, this game is good. I mean, you're still mary-sue MC, but it sorta fits here, and you can kinda dictate the MC personality a bit. The story is the universe implodes around you and you suddenly endup floating in your house in a rift. Not much more than that. Over time you walk through your dreams and pull more girls into the house. Stockholm syndrome happens after two days and you have naughty fun times. The story actually moves a bit, its surprising! I know! The characters are animated more than built in poses and animations. The characters somewhat subvert expectations. The elf's verbal tick is annoying to me. The pirate is fun and the orc was surprising. SUBVERSION OF EXPECTATIONS IN A PORNGAME WHATTTT?! It's really hard to find much to gripe about the game other than maybe near the end of content you have to sleep through entire weeks to get to the next event and Naomi's nipples change color in the newer events. (which is only really a thing for me because I like when they're lighter than the skin color but that's a ME thing..) Honestly I can't bang on my desk in anger about the game with furrowed brow after scraping my grimy knuckles on the ground like my last few reviews. There is ACTUAL time and effort put into this and everyone should support this Dev. One last little thing I like is there's not space for 35 other girls. It's almost like a tighter game is more enjoyable and doable. WHO'DA THUNK IT.

Nice animations and design. Different characters with their own style. If you don't like the game visual style at first glance, just give the game a second chance and more time. The game also has a "Hints" system, that helps when you get stuck and don't know what to do to trigger the next event.

A top tier adult game in the current day.
Great models, high quality animations. Lots of these scenes once you get further in the game, and a decent amount of content already.
Interesting characteres, solid characteristics and decent writing. Fairly diverse.
Interesting setting blend, a sandbox harem game with little grind required. Currently no consequence to chasing multiple relationships at the same time, which is very nice. Would like to see more multi-girl H events in the future.
Relatively frequent updates from the developer.
All in all, a confortable 5 star review for me, hope to see more of the same.

A amazing game with a great story-line. The character development is so unique to each own that's I will never get boring over it. Especially the elf girl first time meet her i thought she just gonna be like a mean person all the time but the more i spend time with her the likeable. To begin with what I expect when i play it for the first is just visual novel that's only doing sex all the time without a good story-line. So in end every update from this game is a blessing for me since I enjoy it so much~

Version: v0.5.8r1

Review:
Do not get me wrong, but I played this game for a long time to find something good and bad. I'm not a big fan of games with that kind of graphical rendering, but that's not to say I don't like it, I actually find it attractive, but with so many high reviews and good screenshots and animation demonstrations, I was interested in testing it but I ended up being disappointed.

PROS:
- Good Renders
- Very Good animations
- Good relationship (in some girls)
- Good sex scenes

CONS:
- Silly history
- Many dialogue and choices that don't have much impact
- Grind moderate
- Time consuming
- Some girls don't have enough h-scene

History:
The story is not a strong point of this game, I thought it was a little silly, relationships are a little mixed, each girl will have her personality, but there are plenty of texts to read and response options that have no impact on the story or have any kind of ramifications. But I even understand this a little, because doing this kind of thing is exhausting work.
Gameplay:
The gameplay is good, at the beginning of the game it's bad because there is no navigation map and there are some rooms that are empty, but as the game progresses, the map is added and the girls occupy the rooms. The interface is good, being able to see the status and progress of each character and what to do, as well as being able to see the tasks left to complete. The inventory isn't very useful and there's a scene gallery, which is good. Unfortunately the game consumes some of your time, the grind is moderate.
Graphics & Sexual Content:
The graphics are decent, the renderings of character models are good. About sexual content, there's not much but it's not too little either. The scenes are good and animations too, but unfortunately there are few scenes in certain characters and no moaning sfx sounds, ok no problems.

Why I did gave 3 stars?
I wish I had enjoyed the game, but don't get me wrong again, the game's story is pretty silly. I know it might sound crazy or think I'm talking nonsense, but I'm not in the mood to create romance in a porn game. There are porn games that I don't care if there is a love relationship, as long as there's something that can corrupt and make the girl submissive. The game has a lot of dialogues that can make you more interested in the plot or start to get bored, so if you like something nastier, slutty, you will be disappointed a little. But if you like to read romance stories, things like that, this game is for you. Unfortunately the screenshots and videos made me imagine that this game was like HH, but I'm not saying the game is bad, it has better renderings and better animations, but the game didn't captivate me much.