Ren'Py - Desert Stalker [v0.18.0 Beta] [Zetan]

Awesome game. You must must must play this game. Sound , music , Visual, story, Characters everything is just awesome. Its one of a kind game in this Industry. Dev is very hardworking and super active. Minimum wait period for the update is 3 Months for beta. Its available on steam too.

You know, I never expected an adult game to have a deeper meaning, I've played games all around the world, RPG, Adventure, Action, but all those do not grasp a real sensation of what to truly expect past that point.

This game is something else, it has everything you could wish for in a game like this,.
"Desert Stalker" even the name sounds good.

I've searched the web for good adult games with good plot but mainly just find straight S which is typically boring, this game actually has a good plot and good decision making which I'm really surprised to find in this type of industry.

Overall, this game was a whole new experience for me playing and finding good "Ren'Py's" I thought all the reviews we're all overrated until I actually gave it a try.

Never judge a book by its cover, I guess someone would say.

Its so hard to give this game a proper review, it has so much content, of course I joined for the sexy things, but before I knew it, the story and the cutscenes (that are the best I have ever seen in a game like this), this game has passion and you wont be disappointed playing this game. This developer is an MVP!

This is definitely my favorite one.

The character designs are great, the Fallout inspired story is interesting and the sex scenes are excellent.

Really can't wait for more, I'd even call it a masterpiece.

Compelling characters with great story arcs (even when incomplete), good dialogue, amazing renders + animations. Great world building. Functional + easily navigable UI. Excited for future updates.

Unique: MC takes dominant role in most (if not all) relationships, though choices are available to take on equal/sub role. Gore enabled (toggle available). Sharing enabled (avoidable). ~10 hrs content. Repeatable scenes. Linear plot lines however choices are consequential.

Okay, this game was a masterpiece and far better than I was expecting it to be. There is not a single thing I can complain about in this game. The characters, the world, the story, the choices, good or bad, it's all amazing and well done so far. I cannot wait to see what the developer has in store for this game in the next update. It's a masterpiece all the way through.

Review for version 0.17

Story 5/5
Well what can I say, original especially in this area. Engaging dialogues and a really well-made setting with the various factions and intrigues that are explored a little at a time.

Gameplay 4/5
The quest tracker is a turning point, it helps you not to miss the desired scenes and keep track of the things to do. Not all choices have consequences, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. I recommend always tackling the secondary quests before focusing on the main one. I would have appreciated a bit more strategy, perhaps in the managerial field of the outposts.

Graphics/Audio 3/5
The renderings are above average, the quality is indisputable and the care and attention to detail is evident.
The cutscenes are less appreciable in my opinion.
The audio is not the strong point, ok there are soundtracks in the various environments, but the absence of sounds in many circumstances does not help the immersion.

Final rating 4/5

Top game.
It immerses the player with the role of a main character “conquering” the world as he pleases to.
Nothing to criticize at all outside, we need more of it.
If anything, it's so driven on progressing the world that you might miss repeatable events in a sense but you have ofc the gallery for that.

This game is captivating and fun. It fuses Mad Max with a harem game that has great art and interesting writing / world building. Animation isn't the BEST but it does the job. You start playing for a fap, you keep playing for the story

pros:
renders
writing
character relations in and iots interaction with the setting
ambient music

cons:
sTORY AS OF NOW IS NOTHING

recommend anyone not put off by incest tag to try it at least once , it have some of the most sensual scenes mapped with the setting it is chef kiss

4.6/5

Holy crap, I don't know how I missed this for so long.
I'm totally blown away by the quality of this game / AVN.
The story is pretty cool, way above in sophistication to the usual college story.
Characters are quite distinct, even though there are quite a few of them. There's actual personalities to them that seem consistent and evolve which is cool to see.
The flirting and sexy scenes are, well, quite sexy. Very well written, and the imagery and animations are also very good, top notch according to my experience with the genre. The graphic and animation style feels distinct, different enough so it really doesn't feel like a clone (as it is the case with many AVNs, even some of the best ones).
By the way animations - there are pretty cool cutscenes, again way above anything I seen, and I probably sampled 100-200 AVNs.

The entire story is interesting, engaging even, pretty unique, well done, well written and polished with good scenes, good erotic / porn scenes and decent options for how to behave in certain situations. Absolutely 5*, would give more if I could. Is it perfect? No, probably not, but I am not looking for its faults, it just feels and looks great. A pity I finished the content in about 12-13 hours, can't wait for updates. If any f the devs deserve financial support it's this one.

Desert Stalker Review

About the Game
Desert Stalker is a gritty NSFW VN game, taking place in a post apocalyptic future where your character fights for… well, not quite survival, but banging any and every female character he can regardless of who they are, be it “step” family or complete strangers.

The game has not been released yet, and when it does it will be in early access for a few years at least, so much of the intended content will be currently unavailable.

Story
You play as a solo, Desert Stalker who isn’t sworn into service to anyone but are at the moment working for the Queen. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, where deadly supernatural-looking storms are a relatively common occurrence, but those aren’t the only threats to the people living in the desert.

You have raging bandits, looking to shish kebab anyone and anything they come across, just because they can, and disfigured mutants doing what they can to take care of their own “needs” for survival. There are other smaller factions you can come across as well, as just because they belong to the same group, they aren’t united.

Occasionally, you get to make your own choice, which affects the groups around you for better or for worse leaving them to prosper or suffer depending on what you feel like doing.

Gameplay
First off you can customize your preferences, which gives you the option to skip the bloody and gory parts of the game if you would rather ignore those and just skip to the good stuff in certain scenes.

The gameplay is again like most VN games pretty straightforward, but it does have a few different things going on.

For dialogue, you progress it normally as with most just scrolling through dialogue and occasionally making a choice, which sometimes only alters a bit of dialogue, while other times gives an NSFW scene, which would otherwise be skipped.

Some of your choices have consequences, which can be seen in the quest tracker, as there are several quests to be had, which update as you progress through the story, some of which you can only see the consequences of after skipping a few in-game days.

While not progressing a set part of the story, you have downtime moments where you can travel to other parts of the world map if you have any other quests to do in those areas, but sometimes you can also just spend time in your home with your wife and “step” daughters, all of which you can have NSFW scenes as you progress their stories.

Over time depending on your choices you can have new characters join your household for your own pleasure.

There are days when you will have a few quests you will have available around the house, but after those sometimes the only way to progress is to skip to the next day at which point new quests and stories will become available until you reach the end of the current content.

The game also contains an extensive library filled with in-game world lore which you can visit at any time when you are at your home.

There is also an option at a certain point, where you can switch perspectives to one of your character’s stepdaughters when she is out on her own adventures, allowing you to see what happens on her end, but that is optional.

And of course, the game also has a gallery for all the NSFW scenes, characters for whom you can have the scenes with only get revealed after meeting said characters. In case you miss some scenes, it also tells you how to get them.

Visuals
The game looks about as standard as it gets for games of the same style, but it does have some nice character designs.

There are plenty of NSFW scenes to be had between a decent variety of characters.

The game also contains some cutscenes during gameplay, but they are crude and awkward.


Audio and Music
The game has a few different decent soundtracks, but it has zero audio for characters and combat, which feels weird as you can’t really feel or tell any of the actions you take.


Pros and Cons
Pros

• Lengthy.
• Decent story.
• Plenty of NSFW scenes.
• Consequences for some choices.

Cons

• Good ol’ classic “step-family” where you bang your “kids”,
• Not too much actually going on in terms of adventure,
• Clunky-looking cutscenes.

Conclusion
Desert Stalker is a pretty good NSFW VN with a nice variety of characters, and an interesting story, but feels like it lacks any actual feeling of adventure, as there is rarely anything actually going on to be seen.

Overall, depending on the price the game is recommended, but it will be released in early access and will supposedly stay that way for at least 3 more years so it’s up to you if you want to grab it when it releases and play it, or forget about it for a few years when it gets more content.

Rating: 4.5/5 (Picked 4 stars over 5)

Links
Steam Store Page
Website Review

I just finished playing version 0.17, and I have to say, the game impressed me right from the start. The mix of lust, violence, and power creates a strong cocktail that completely drew me in. I played for a couple of days and already finished it, reading about 90-95% of the dialogues.

Huge thanks to the developers! They did an amazing job of crafting a truly immersive post-apocalyptic atmosphere. I really hope the development continues so we can see where the story goes next. The narrative is engaging, and I’m excited to see more!

i had no idea this will be good
your character:
Bald
Brute
rather ugly barbarian guy

However girls are nice, relatively, i wish there would be less ugly parts
game contain:
pregnancy, rape, use of force for flirt?? hard to tell in this society
im also pretty sure there is NTR and gore, but i disabled it

there is a lot of action happening
some sex scenes can be repeated which is fun
game is easy to play and have fun, you don't need to collect flowers or grind relations, just progress the story
im not sure which choices change things tho if anything change anything
game have animated sex scenes which are pretty good and have some alternations to them

all the cons
Another big minus is UI and Font used in the game
game have music, but no erotic sound effects
Main character is ugly bald brute which i don't like
NTR, Gore, Rape, violence-based relationships
There is a lot of Slave-Master dynamics, but not in fully consensual way
Game put even value for praising and degrading lady during sex...just flavor
a lot of sex scenes happens only once
multiple sex events end with you getting masturnated or footworked instead of actual sex or oral sex which is meh

This is a very good game.
Good story.
Good characters.
Good visuals.
Good different paths building.
However the only thing I don't like is that Zahra and Fangs wherever they are they turn any girl into a lesbian.

I came to this game when it was still quite new and didn't have a lot of content, and while I liked the art, the heavy incest angle really put me off. I deleted it and forgot about it.

I've come back to it after a couple of years, and it is a very different beast now. For a start, I appreciate the developer putting in the 'customise relationships' mechanic. This is done much better than the offputting 'landlord/tenant' cut and paste that a lot of incest-themed games do to try and avoid censorship, while fooling absolutely nobody, and most of the time I could suspend disbelief and happily ignore the fact that I may be - as far as the dev is concerned - fucking my own daughter.

There is a lot more content now, and it's explored in an interesting and creative way that doesn't overwhelm you, and even started getting me invested in storylines and thinking which way I wanted to go. For what is essentially aVN, there are nevertheless meaningful choices about how you want to handle relationships with the various factions/NPCs. There are also some excellent touches on the mission into the Zone - it was only then that I realised that part of the game background is based at least in part on the brilliant Tarkovsky/Strugatsky Brothers movie Stalker. I've not had a porn game give me goosebumps like that before. Truly well done.

If I had a criticism, it would be that the MC is a bit too good at everything - everything falls into his lap without much of a challenge. But after having played some real grindfests on this site where you repeat the same loop for hours just to see a poor quality animation, I appreciated things being skewed in my favour for a change, and it's a minor criticism. For the writing and visuals alone it's worth a 5 star rating.

I'll start with the fact that I'm not a fan of VNs.

Story 10/10

I really enjoy the story and the meaningful choices that you get from the first encounter in the game. The aggressive option is also something I really liked.
I'm not really a "Incest = wincest" guy but I REALLY like this game. MC is a gigachad badass. NTR is avoidable.

Art and Renders 10/10

The models are pretty good, the fact that this is not even that new is incredible. Some of the animations are 3 frame slideshows but when it looks this good it's acceptable. When things are actually animated, the animations are smooth and really well detailed.

Gameplay 6/10

As most VNs this is a weak point, the choices that you get make it better than most VNs but it's still not really a game. I won't take a point away because the other categories are 11/10

Amount of Content 9/10

I officially 100% the game. There is a lot of content. Every character is fucking hot. I had to replay the entire thing once because I noticed I was missing some stuff in the gallery, enjoyable even on the second playthrough.

Absolutely Loved This Game , Looking Forward For More Updates

One of The Best Story , Characters Are Also Good , And Dialogues Are Top Notch , Definitely Puting This on My Top 10 List

I Need More Games Like This Masterpiece 9/10 For Me

Fantastic writing, both in the relationships and in the world building. One of the few games I can go months without playing and still remember most of what's happened, because most of what's happened has been worth remembering.

Genuinely incredible takes on alternative societies, the post-apocalypse, and the use of Cairo as both a real place with a modern history and a source of classical history which gives it a fantastic, fantastical aesthetic. It switches between the magical realism and the science fiction seamlessly based on which it wants to emphasize.

This is a beautiful game with an immersive and engaging story. Definitely among the very best on the site. I sometimes wish the story would move faster with the infrequent updates, but I recognize that being a slow burn is part of what makes it believable and a great story. And it's so worth waiting for.