VN - Ren'Py - Cosy Cafe [v0.11] [Cosy Creator]

This is currently one of the best games on the site IMHO.

The artwork and animations are excellent, and more than that, the story and characters are well developed and well written.

So many games are all over the map with tone, storyline, and especially character traits.

The creator here has a definite clear vision so far, which makes this head and shoulders better than 95% of the other games on this platform.

One of my favorite games in a long while. The story is great and is more grounded than some other harem games. I enjoy the models and animation as well. This is the first game that I've actually taken the time to read through the whole dialogue, for most games I just skim and get the general gist.

Lots of great, varied LIs, interesting lore without it taking over and a dominate MC who isn't just a jerk. Great H scenes and excellent writing. It's got everything you could want from a visual novel.

One of the best games on the site imo. Its a rare instance of having a likable MC and likable love interests with actual character. Definitely one worth reading the dialog. The art is also excellent (and hot af).

This is one of my favorite VN's. While dominant, the MC is very caring and the story is compelling.
Each of the girls has their very own personality formed through personal experiences and we get to learn about their past.
Thanks a lot for sharing this game. Can't wait to play the next part.

I wouldn't normally write reviews this early on but I wanted to for this one because I really enjoyed it more than I thought I would. This review is as of 0.8.1

As mentioned above, I normally like to wait until further on in development before thinking about writing reviews, but this one, while still early, had more content than I expected. I spent a solid, full afternoon with a big smile on my face while reading through this.

The writing and story aren't going to win any big awards, but honestly, I like it that way. The title is Cosy Cafe and the whole time, it did feel very warm and wholesome. There is some plot in the background that I enjoyed, and again, while not ground breaking, serves its purpose quite well. It's nothing too complicated or convoluted at the moment, which makes the main part of the game rise to the forefront.

That main part is the girls. It's a harem game and as you might expect, this comes with a few harem tropes that you've come to know. The love interests all get quite cozy with the MC very quickly. That being said, with the pace of the game, it doesn't feel jarring.

Some games like to put a lot of fluff in between content with love interests where endless words, plot, lore and other such things get crammed down your throat. Others have an enaging, well written novel that sucks you in. For some games, this works and I love well written slow burn games. Some of which I nearly skip the sex scenes because it's the story that keeps me there. This one is not one of those games. I like the story and it serves as an anchor for the rest of the game, but every tangent almost always wraps up quickly and brings you right back to developing your relationship with the girls.

The girls themselves are adorable. They each have their own personalities, and while not original archetypes, still somehow manage to tug at your heartstrings. The dynamic between the MC and LIs is polygamous in nature rather than polyamorous. In layman's terms, this basically means that the MC is the only male that matters (No NTR). He even says up front to every girl that joins the harem that he gets to sleep around and they don't. In reality this would obviously be quite toxic but you're not playing this game for its realism, and naturally none of the girls want anyone else anyway.

There is an emphasis towards D/s power exchange dynamics between the MC and the LIs. It's not over the top kinky bondage supreme, but it works and I prefer it that way. It might not be the most realistic portrayal but for a game like this I don't think a more realistic approach would work anyway. Definitely a good game though if you like being called Master a lot and giving out a lot of spankings.

And as a few final notes. The music is cute and cozy like the rest of the game, though there isn't a very large soundtrack. This isn't a big deal though and I never found myself wanting.

The renders however were a highlight for me. There are some aspects of the renders that look odd, like some 2d textures on like the elbows or something, but everything else is quite nice. I stopped a couple times to admire the skin in a couple scenes where I could see the goosebumps on one of the girls' breasts, and again around the pubic area. I've seen some really good looking renders of girls in a lot of games here, and even the best of them have the most flawlessly smooth skin where there would normally be pubic hair. The girls in this one (so far) are all shaved but you can even see the bumps of the follicles where the hair would normally be. It's a small detail that stood out to me that I didn't know I would appreciate until I saw it. Maybe that's a small or weird thing but it made it feel more real to me. The models may not look photorealistic or whatever but they have a uniqueness to them that makes them stand apart.

Anyways, I've rambled on enough now. I am very much looking forward to future updates for this one and recommend giving it a try.

Like the wrting and the style. Also exceptionally I like the MC, the attitude that screams "I don't give a fuck, just leave me alone" just resonates.

The main girls are lovely.

One negative, the founding family stuff can be a bit much and overdone. As much as the the attitude with the MC resonates with me, the attitude of the founding family idiots just rubs me the wrong way.

Let's talk about what I like about your game.
I don't think there's anything i dislike about your game, how much I like your or any game 40% of my opinion depends on MC like how's MC personality, abilities, hence it's not a superpower/fantasy game so I will cut the ability part but about MC personality MC is really a cool-ass knows how to give a solid answers to annoying girls like Catherine, Sarah's Sisters and so on..........
Every girls is good looking even Rachel (I hate to admit but she's kinda cute).
Animation is good, dialogues are good too, so far I haven't find anything ugly about your game everything is excellent!
Honestly I'm not into hardcore maledom and bdsm and your game's totally my type even if not your game is just perfect even your haters can't deny this.
Honestly at first I thought game is boring but just after 5mins literally in 5mins it's change my whole mood, I'm like "what is this!?" I'm so glad I found this game but I still haven't finished your game I'm at the end of 0.7 I think?
Anyway I can't describe how much I like your game I know I'm not the first one nor the last one but I still need to say how much I appreciate your game.
Keep up the amazing work man.
Good luck.❤❤❤
Love you from India.

The Verdict
A cute little harem game with the cast of girls as its primary selling point.

The Good

• The girls here are cute, each of them unique, and have great models and animation. The characters overall in this are absolutely the highlight.
• Solid sex scenes overall, in particular I liked
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The Bad

• I know some here liked the story and world-building but I had a hard time getting into it. It's essentially a story of family dynasties, but lands weird on the player because the world, otherwise, appears to just be a typical modern world in a small town. It does work to create a credible harem (which I am a fan of) but I found it hard to get into the narrative here because it's basically just a normal town with a random vehicle added to explain why MC fucks everyone.

The Ugly

• This game basically takes place in the backrooms. The environments are extremely strange, uncomfortable mazes that often seem like they are intentionally designed to confuse the player. In the opening scene, MC opens the door to his new "restaurant" which then actually looks exactly like a hotel. Later in the game, you go to one of the LI's mansion, which is almost identical to the "restaurant". The rooms of each house have plain white walls and hospital lighting... I didn't find a lot cozy about this game.

Story -5/5. The story of a guy who inherited a restaurant from his grandfather and his ambition to become the best chef. The story is truly original and unique because it has inserted a lot of things like fiounding families, distribution of power, MC becomes drawn into something he doesn't want and learn to deal with.
Worldbuilding is really good, everything is beautifully done and attention to every detail is paid. Girls are also really cool, they all have different traits, looks and behaviors. Props to the dev for the story. With a little male domination there is a lot of tenderness and the goal is one happy, super ending.

Gameplay -5/5. This is a standard VN, you are reading a story and you have a couple of irrelevant decisions to make. Some people don't like it, but I really like it. The writer sticks to his plans and thoughts and I think that's for the best. There were no bugs, crashes or writing errors. Like I said, the creator paid attention to every little detail.
One thing I would fix is that girls have a little more variety in reactions. A good proportion of the games had a somewhat standard face, with no reactions other than blush. I think that could be fixed a little bit.

Music – 4/5. The music is totally okay, there is nothing wrong with it, but on the other hand, there should be some variation. I think it would be possible to insert a few more different songs and maybe something like sex sounds, penetration, bj and similar.

Final thought – An amazing game, worth your time. If you are interested in a harem type game with a bit of male dominance, creating wonderful relationships with girls, building a family with them, along with a very interesting story to which the creator has devoted himself, be sure to try this.

Version v0.8.1: It's not often I leave a very positive review. I find this game to be quite enjoyable for a kinetic novel. So much so, that I've played this game several times since the last update.

I'm not really into spanking and having a slave girl and pet catgirl, let alone a harem. However, this novel presents those fetishes quite well, without going overboard. If I had to sum up all this in a single word, that word would be

Great work by the developer. I look forward to Lucy using that sex toy she got. I am also looking forward to Rachel getting added to the harem, to more of the Founding Family BS (I mean drama/intrigue/twists) Nope, BS says it well, and to Miss Takamura discovering just who he is and also being added.

To top it all off, I have discovered the most adorable phrase of all the games I've played:

the story is pretty interesting, gotta say. the girls are definetly cute and very unique. big fan of this one

def recommended, always nice to play a good, casual and sometimes nerve recking harem avn.

I have never written a review for a visual novel before after at least +100 played. Never have I been so caught up in the story of previous games as i have with this one. With such a rich story from an amazing writer, followed up by great art quality, I can definitely recommend. I came for the lewd, stayed for the story.

The game's good and all but it suffers from the same tired tropes.

Visually it's nice, the girls are all pleasant to look at and all in all have pretty distinct personalities to make it kinda interesting.

The problem is the whole thing feels puddle deep. All the girls IMMEDIATELY love the MC. All the girls IMMEDIATELY want his dick. Even the ones who say they don't ultimately do. The MC has magic dick powers and by god that's a tired trope by this point. Doesn't matter what happens in the story, girls just want his dick. It's a fantasy simulator and don't get me wrong that can be fun and all but there's absolutely zero depth to the whole game. Girls want your dick, or they want it later.

You've got a cafe too which you work in but that's really just a side quest to the "every girl wants your dick" simulator you find yourself in. And what's worse is the MC a bit of a biscuit. Like.... it's like he's never even given enough weight to his character to even justify why all the women want him. It's like everyone's aware he's the MC and that's all that's needed.

There's a whole Game of Thrones thing going on which may blow up into something. I really think the MC's been an idiot about the whole plot. Like he's aware of what's going on and his argument is like "na can't be bothered with that" but given he's been told first hand how the other families operate, the idea he somehow thinks he can just ignore it seems absurd. Or maybe it's like with all the girls wanting his dick, he knows he doesn't need to think about it too much cause life will just work out.

It's an ok game, seems the dev likes spanking so by god you better get used to watching that a lot, but with no branching to mix it up, and the MC just living his life in God Mode, it's a bit boring.

some kind of strange game, everything is done according to a template, in fact, the girls stick to the MC themselves and there are no elections here, there is a harem and most importantly, the developer has a very strong fetish for slapping girls' asses.
and of course the school theme
for a while I followed the game, I even liked it, but then there were very poor updates, lack of growth, there were no normal sex scenes with girls, nothing interesting and I was disappointed

Heckin' wholesome harem vibes with a dash of light kink. What's not to like?

The writing is serviceable, I like all the girls - they might be tropey but if it ain't broke and all that.

Visually the game is generally good but if you work with Honey Select you get what you get in terms of the male models all looking some degree of freaky. Also neither here nor there but at least some of the girls have kinda crusty looking elbow textures. Maybe that's just a Honey Select thing and I never noticed it before, but figured it worth mentioning just in case.

Anyway - dig the game and can hardly wait for future updates.

Review of v0.8.1

Just absolutely fantastic. I had no idea that this would blow me away like it did. Wholesome, but with enough edge to keep things interesting. Loved the aesthetic, the visuals, the characters, the plot, everything. Unlike most wholesome games, the mc has a strong dominant streak, and it actually works with his character and kept the sex hot as fuck. I did feel like he could be more romantic, so I'm hoping we see more of that in the coming updates.

In case you don't know what a kinetic novel is, it means the game has no choices which have any lasting effect, they just alter a bit of dialogue. Didn't stop me from loving it.

An interesting novel that goes against the grain compared to the usual stories about a 18yo HoneySelect Harem Hero. While the main genre of the novel may be recognizable as male dominance, the actual story here is about a reasonable protagonist with a secure and dominant personality, who unwittingly, and for reasons that he couldn't even being to guess, has to fill some big shoes and resist the influence of those who want to use him as a pawn.

The main attraction of the novel is the protagonist. I will talk more about him later, but it's important to understand what this VN is so you won't go into it with false expectations.
- It's a linear story so don't expect choices to alter it in any serious capacity.
- While the girls have personality, MC eventually binds them to him and they are more than happy to submit (for the most part)
- This isn't about a young restaurant owner. The restaurant is a wrapper for the political intrigue that happens in that part of the world.
- No skirt chasing. It doesn't matter how big the cast is, the focus is on MC and his harem of select girls who either agree with or submit to him.
- There may be times in the story that MC seems to get preferential treatment out of nowhere. It's not just plot armor.

So what is this game about?
As I said in the prologue, there is a lot of political intrigue here. It's localized in the city that the game takes place and the main actors are the "families". The control many aspects of the local economy, and MC has ties to them without knowing anything about it.
MC is a 18 yo in the last year of high school, although he doesn't care much about it. He attends because he has to, but his goal is to build up the restaurant and follow his grandfather's footsteps.

One thing you will notice quite early, is that MC does not act as the typical 18 yo. The game tries to explain the behavior by adding conflict to his background and having been trained by his grandfather in arbitrary things, mainly including cooking. In my opinion, MC is way too mature and knowledgable for his age. He does everything with a practiced ease, he is on top of things and doesn't allow anyone to coerce him. Perhaps it would be better if he was 5-6 years older, but this is a nitpick.

He has one of the more dominant personalities I've ever seen in a VN. And by dominant, I don't mean it in a BDSM sense. He isn't your typical "alpha male" who always gets into trouble, gets all the girls, fights his enemies head on. He is more of a "sigma" styled protagonist. He is more likely to stay in the sidelines, pick his fights, observe before acting and dismiss anyone who's behavior isn't compatible without compromises. This allows him to be highly resistant to manipulation. He exercises a lot of control over his girls and tries his best to keep them happy once they submit.

This behavior is perfect for the story. While you will have to stomach the upper-class caricatures which are like that by design, there's a fair amount of intellect and scheming, along with a sense of change in the horizon. It's subtle but the story gives the impression that this city has been a boiling pot for quite some time and now that a new player appeared, some of them are trying to control the new narrative, while others try their best to stay in power.

All in all, this is a story about an exceptionally competent young adult who is passionate about his dream and his winning personality is a magnet for a host of repressed girls that he has a talent for "curing". He gives them a patriarchical style of security (mainly emotional, but also financial and physical) and in return he gets help for his restaurant. Through this dynamic, sexual relationships emerge where girls eventually submit to his dominant personality.

What about the girls?
The operating word here is "cute". The main themes behind their personalities is shyness, bullying, mean behaviors, proper behaviors and excessive parental control. The majority of them seem like being wrapped in a shell of of inferiority that the MC will eventually break and mold them exactly as he likes, liberating them and uplifting them depending on their circumstances.


Lucy - The first girl you meet, a shy little thing who is abused by her mother. MC shows her kindness and gives her responsibilities that she is more than willing to accept. She is clingy in a cute way and thanks to MC she is "allowed" to explore the finer points of her personality.
Victoria - She starts of as one of the mean girls but it turns out that this is mostly a facade, although she does have some bitchy behaviors. She wants to be independent so she asks MC for a job, but he drives a hard bargain and forces her to be nice to Lucy, creating problems with her old "friends".
Sarah - The lastborn of a founding family. She has some image issues and the cuttthroat nature of her environment has made her a hard character to approach, as she pushes people away. MC approaches her for help with the waitress uniforms and their relationship becomes a target for her father.
Akatsuki - She meets MC due to her father's schemes to do some "corporate espionage" but things happen in the meantime that make her rethink this whole situation.
Akari - The sister of Akatsuki, a very competent cook who seems to be very well adjusted. She works for her father but she doesn't care too much about his schemes and is supportive of Akatsuki's relationship with MC.
Rachel - The resident feminist, giving MC a lot of grief for no reason. No one takes her seriously and lately this seems to have created chinks in her armor.
Alison - Daughter of a founding family and a complicated character who used her connections to become the headmistress of the school. She wants something from MC but she strings him along for quite a while till MC pressures her into coming clean.
Hannah - Alison's sister who is in an arranged marriage. Alison doesn't like that so she attempts to use MC to get her out of it. Hannah is described as indecisive and fairly quiet but she does have a willingness to excel.
Catherine - An entitled girl who does whatever her rude and intense mother wants her to do. Once MC is known to be a firstborn of a founding family, her mother forces her to tail MC around and make him marry her. Things aren't going to be that easy for her though.
Misaki - The teacher of MC's class, a shy girl incapable of commanding attention and controlling her class. She has a bit of an exhibiotinism kink that MC discovers on accident.


You will like this novel if you like Dominant Protagonists, cute submissive girls in distress and drama driven by political intrigue and power plays.

Not much choices but pretty good story so far, likeable characters, a somehow credible harem (not my favorite tag but this one is good), I'll be waiting for the next updates eager for more of cosy cafe.

Peak visual novel right here!!!

No over-complications and an mc with the ability to think.
it's that type of game where you can relax and just read, without worrying that somehow the mc is gonna let you down because he acts differently to justify the new content or fit the narrative. No. The MC's character is probably a great reference to be a badass. Enough about the MC

Beautiful Models and great story telling. A lot of versatility on the content. Easily one of the best game out there for me