VN - Ren'Py - Cosy Cafe [v0.13.1 EA] [Cosy Creator]

This is probably the first visual novel game that I’ve actually read from start to finish. The story is good, even though it’s not exactly original — still the usual drama involving noble families. Well, at least it’s more engaging than the half-baked games I’ve tried before. The characters are also quite well-designed, and I absolutely love Lucy — a warm and adorable girl who always worries when you're upset. She's truly wife material.
I wonder if it’s just me, but some characters seem to look a bit too similar in scenes where they’re facing the MC directly.
I think the only thing I didn’t really like about this game is that the H-scenes are pretty tame. I mean, there’s only one position per scene, and everything moves really slowly. I kinda wish they were a bit more intense.

Where do I start? This game is one of the first I played when I joined F95, and calling it a gateway drug doesn't do it justice.

Some games, I need to replay from the beginning because I don't remember what's going on. I replay this from the beginning because it's just that good. My only regret is that I can't play it for the first time from start to finish.

This game is nearly perfect. The writing is top notch. Just, everything about it. The characters are well written, believable, and have their own distinct personalities. The plot is a little ridiculous, but that's par for the course with these games. But it works in universe.

When I think of gold standard games, this is one of the ideals games should aspire to.

Well the game is very ... cosy. You have some drama, and sad backstory, but most the game are lighthearted harem (pure harem) with some light maledom.
What the game do best imo are the harem dynamic, as the girls are interacting with each other, the linear story help that aspect by not complicated the story path with who in and who not in the harem. The LIs are all different from one another, each has her own story, their own romance development. Overall 4.5/5, suit you if someday you prefer cutesy wholesome story.

Considerable upside:

Amidst intriguing small town oligarchy-plutocracy, MC builds a loving and considerate harem-family-home with light and playful BDSM elements. Considering the story and the dev's ability to create reasonably varied LIs beautiful inside and out, this game should've been an easy 5-star.

Considerable downside:

Despite the presence of several sweethearts, most female characters are either tsunderes or bitchy broads who don't qualify as LIs. Some of the bitchiest LIs are also the ugliest. Dumping their lifeless bodies in a landfill would be preferable. Though MC is a dom in theory, he endures endless abuse because he's a huge pussy in reality, incapable of standing up to (or even walking away from) endlessly annoying females.

The men in this game share too much resemblance, including the thoroughly oversized, deformed, unnatural, and stiff neck and shoulders associated with garbage anime. Not sure if this was intended as an in-joke, but either way it detracts from the quality.

There's a drab, minimalist style to the game. An occasional piece of decor would go a long way. Despite this minimalism, which includes the flawless and ultra-smooth skin of the young females, their elbows and knees are extremely dry, wrinkly, and detailed over a large region, as if they were corpses were left to rot in a blazing desert.

Definitely closer to four stars than two, this game is worth playing so long as you don't mind being called an idiot 4,000 times.

p.s. One of your LIs has an "older sister" who is "twelve or thirteen." I don't think the dev understands the concept of an "older sister."

This is undoubtably one of the very best games available. It is heart warming and sexy at the same time. Few games can compete with it even if they have better generation graphics or animation, which is not a knock in the slightest to the cute graphics of this game. This is an absolute winner with an amazing cast of characters worthy of all your attention and compelling story. I am eager for every chapter.

This is probably the second best written game after Ripple. Dialogues feels real and "the harem dilemma" is handled with care. The erotic content is quite spare, but when it happens its really good. One unique thing in this game is that we actually have a true height for our characters, which results in most of the shorter girls having to look up to you, that felt very immersive and also kinda cute.

I love the detail that this game goes into. The graphics may not be the best but who cares when the creator really invests time into character development and makes you fall in love with them?

I look forward to every update for this game and the creator does churn out updates quite fast.

damn good,and the updates ? the guys how did this are't lazy ass like the others around here

i really hope for more and more of this creator,because i am pretty sure he will make some of the best eroge games of my life

Lucy kicked my ass and stole my heart. This is easily my favorite slice of life AVN, binged it all the way to the most recent update (as of 05/20/2025) in 2 sittings. All the girls are endearing, there's political intrigue, and even as far as straight up harem kinetic novels go, this one really made me feel the chemistry between all the LIs and the MC.

Wholesome-maledom.. A unusual pairing, and it works so well.
Cosy does both romance and domination brilliantly.
The story is well writen, characters unique and have depth.
Strongly recommend trying the game, and sending some money his way.

Not sure I understand how a VN can be this perfect, lord knows I've played hundreds at this point and this is still at the very top.

If you can give this developer some money on their patreon, quality like this needs to be rewarded and encouraged.

In the years I've been playing games on this website this is one of the only ones EVER I actively waited for the next chapter. Normally a month after the update I kinda forget the game exists for a year or two but this one is different.

I just feel like the way the domination in this game is written so perfectly, the MC makes each girl submit in her own unique way and all so fucking hot. There really isn't a character I'm not interested in and I feel like most of the girls could be a lesser games main LI.

The thing that really makes it stand out though is the main plot. I feel like most games need a reason to explain why the MC can pull 8 girls at once but its normally just cuz big dick or whatever. The way the town and founding family stuff is written adds the perfect amount of intrigue and power dynamics required for a maldedom game like this. I love the way the writer was able to create a scenario where the MC has to "reluctantly" submit every girl around him.

Also I hope there's some love out there for Catherine, its crazy how a girl at the bottom of the list could easily clear other games entire casts.

I don't often review other dev's work, but this deserves some attention. I may be biased since this is a kinetic VN (and I am primarily a kinetic dev myself).

With that out of the way, I have to say that Cosy Creator does a lot here that I can learn from, especially in the character development department. Wow, you can truly see the difference in each girl. So much so that if you didn't look at the name or the image, and just read what is said, you'd pretty much know who said it.

Someone else mentioned the few facial expressions used for the girls. I do have to agree with that because expressions are really important in an AVN. And with such a well developed set of characters, this little detail can be a big let down for some. I got used to it I guess because I enjoyed the story so much. But, if I had one gripe, it would just be to please at least have the girls open their mouth in the pose if they are speaking. It just feels weird. While it's true you can get used to experiencing the story like this, it does kinda break the flow a little.

Graphics-wise, it looks fine. I feel like the eyes on the girls could be set back just a bit more. From the side, some of them can almost look a little bug-eyed. It isn't a serious issue, just an observation.

Honestly, I don't care about any of that because the story is so well written, I'm mainly focused on that. The banter back and forth between different characters is well placed and well done, and fitting coming from various characters. Again, if you just read the dialogue without seeing the names or the render, you would pretty much know who is talking. That to me is great character development. Yes I know, I need to better at this myself.

The beginning can be a little slow to start but sticking with it, it does start to take off and feed you the story at a decent pace. Pacing is the other thing I like with this one.

As for the MC's behavior, I'm inclined to forgive the masochistic content here because at least every girl knows that they can say no at any time. Someone else called it 'rapey'. I disagree 100%. There is absolutely nothing 'rapey' about this story. Nothing. Sure, it might seem a little rough sometimes, but everything is consented to properly. So, no rape here.

I think the MC acts mostly honorably. Although I myself would not be the type to do some of the things he does (I've never thought of spanking as any kind of turn on), it really isn't that big a deal when the girl really is getting off on it. Especially one character who practically begs for it daily. Outside of a few things he says or does that I don't agree with, he's well enough written for the story that is being told.

Great little game, well written story, excellent character development. More facial expressions and opened mouths when they're talking. I still give this 5 stars. It's just that good.

[Review about v0.11]

A game with great potential. It's been a while since I've been so invested in a game like this.

I played at a slow pace, so it took me maybe over 20 hours to finish. I think it has easily 10 hours of content.

Personally, this is totally my cup of tea. An assertive and dominant male lead with cute, submissive girls is probably my biggest kink.

Objectively speaking, there are quite a few rough patches in the game:

1. The reason for the girls to come live with the MC.
   In the game, it’s all fine and dandy, but when you look at it from a real-life perspective, you have to just turn off your brain and ignore it. Especially with Lucy. Her mother is a total scum, but she was right about one thing: Lucy didn’t know what she was doing. She could very well be getting out of the wolf’s den and jumping into a dragon’s one. The MC could be a total psychopath, and her life would have been effectively over. It had been hardly a week since they first met when she moved in with him, after all. Fortunately, our MC is a good guy so her decision was right.
2. The date system, which ties in with the previous issue.
   I have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand, it’s nice seeing the time progression. On the other, it makes the author a hostage to having to write day-by-day events where every day is packed with exciting things. That’s just not how life works; even the busiest people on Earth don’t have hundreds of different things happening around them every day. It’s mostly a repeating schedule. It’s normal to be in the same routine for a week or more before something big happens.
   That’s why problem #1 is even a thing. Even though so many things have already happened, and it feels like more than a year has passed, it hasn’t even been a month since the MC arrived in this town. When you look at it like this, it all feels a bit shallow. The MC is already considering marriage, after all.

That said, I loved the game and became almost as attached to its characters as I did with some of my favorite games. That's already a big thing coming from me since I don't usually give much attention to unfinished games.

The Founding Families twist was also a very nice addition and I'm dying to see the Malfoys, I mean, the Russels, getting what they deserve.

I sincerely hope this game doesn’t end up abandoned like so many others. I’m looking forward to future updates.

Incredible game, seriously it's so good. The best AVN I've played. The characters are all great, I like that each one feels unique and they all have their own little quirks that make them hook you in. The premise is also interesting. I enjoy just how relaxed the VN is, I can't recommend it enough.

one of the best games stil in development, likable mc, likable girls, no decision or plotline i would dislike, lack of choices YES but it rides along just fine.
romance oriented, very cozy indeed.
consistent updates perhaps would appreciate some choices with controversial girls like hanna or the princess but its very very good

We just played through to the end of 0.11 and it's great so far.
Definitely one of those games where you can mostly just switch your brain off and relax while you work through the relatively straightforward character drama, interspersed with occasional sex scenes. Keep it up Cosy Creator.

Consider this 4.5 stars; my personal preference in AVNs is really the only thing that may keep me from committing to a full 5/5. That said, I rounded up because this is leagues above a lot of other H-games here.

I'm not usually super into these sort of heavily maledom-centered games, but this is an easy exception for how considerate the MC is throughout. The cast is sweet, the animations are great, and the writing is good on both a macro and micro scale (though admittedly a little pushy at times for my taste). Probably the biggest complaint I've seen is that you're forced into every character/scene, but I'd like to express the benefits of such a system:

• Way less work writing small permutations for every combination of girls.
• More cohesive story overall.
• Forces the player into character development for girls they aren't immediately interested in, potentially changing their minds.
• Easy to skip unwanted scenes.

There's definitely a character or two I have no interest in, but god damn if I don't like the characters I am into. The only real criticism I can think of is that some of the sex scenes feel like they could do with one more faster animation loop, but it's really not a big deal at all. I'm very excited to see what's next!

Unique story with good composition. I especially liked how MC develops relations with the girls, how he treats them and goes out of his way to help them. There is an interesting spicy twist on top.
The author managed to create an excellent atmosphere and setting for the story. The girls have unique personalities and are very likeable in different ways. Although the story is linear, it is has multiple girls, they interact and take part together in most of the scenes unlike the typical harem game where most girls are isolated and barely have interactions.
Girl models are quite varied from tiny sweet small girls to quite well gifted beauties.
Renders and H-scenes are very good quality, there are a quite a few kinks and group scenes.

Updating the review to cover newer content (0.11 through 0.13).

The story is linear, and the few choices are illusory. There is nothing wrong with that, and it makes the story cosy on its face. Nothing particularly unexpected happens, and you're never under the illusion of danger, or that things will go bad for the character. But this invites an unpleasant darkness from the main character, which, at the time of writing this (0.13 EA) isn't great, and makes the difficult to replayable once you see it.

The characters fall into a basic set of tropes (Rachel, Lucy, Sarah, and Annabelle, are the most obvious examples). This is a mixed bag. While the early story (in terms of 'days') is rushed, things start to slow down, and inconsistencies become more visible. The story is still cosy, and internally consistent, but the characters become less important, and internal inconsistencies start to flare. The main story starts to bury the characters, but the fake drama starts to bury the story; it's a vicious loop.

The main story is easy to follow, but it's largely backgrounded. It's easy to read, mostly because there is less there than there ought to be. Sex is used as a vehicle to mark progression in a relationship (you have no control over this, so it feels very forced, given the other issues). The 'male dom' aspects of it may work for people who are happy with it, but it really ruins any potential the story had by effectively forcing the entirely world into a 'main character dominates everyone' pathway, and the world being fine with it (given that it doesn't appear to apply beyond the main character). This is a stark contrast to the way he carried on prior to certain story developments, and it makes the game considerably less 'cosy' than it deserves.

There are still good moments where he shows he cares, and he behaves in a way which are consistent with stated aims, but on the whole the story is pulling itself sharply down into an unhealthy fantasy world. As much as I have previously said good things about it all, the relationships in the game aren't 'dom' relationships, they strike me as increasingly unhealthy.

The story has largely stalled for a few updates. Over those same updates there have been genuine, and positive, moves, with the characters. But, at the same time, the general 'health' of the universe/lore has taken enough of a hit that it all feels so unrealistic, even when only set against itself.