Ren'Py - Desert Stalker [v0.19.4] [Zetan]

The game in general is excellent, and has higher quality writing and design than a vast majority of material in this space. There's an evident, tangible care for detail and consistency that is solid for any fiction, let alone erotic fiction where it really stands out.

Everything above applies to the sections where you play as the male main character. The one section where you play as the female character is, in my opinion, head-and-shoulders better. There's only one noteworthy erotic encounter in this section, but the tone, the dreamy hellscape setting, the writing, and the player agency all culminate to something really special. This is where the game really felt apocalyptic. If the game in general is a 9 (highly recommend) for an erotic game, that section in the "Zone" is a 10 without a doubt.

I would love to play a game that was 50/50 with our two POV characters; 50% competent, dominant, harem-building wasteland vet, 50% skilled and savvy but inexperienced and vulnerable explorer living moment-to-moment in a very dangerous world where your choices are the difference between relative safety and humiliating defeat in a surreal nightmare world. As it stands now, it's closer to 96% the former, 4% the latter.

- Very intriguing story with lores & excellent original written narratives of its own for a depraved post-apocalypse setting.
- Cool factions, interesting characters & awesome world buildings.
- Consistent & Awesome cinematic shots for the renders with pretty good animations along with music/sounds that fit the theme.
Really like the free roam mechanic of its own with the provided logs for the main/side quests. Hands down, It's just easily one of the best AVNs period.

A very unique, and fucking peak VN. It's genuinely one of the best AVNs in the world, easily a top 3-5 minimum.

A great MC who isn't a bitch, can be stoic and a badass, but also be kind and gentle.

An amazing set of LI's, Zahra especially is perhaps the best wife in any AVN, completely loyal and in love with the MC.

Very nice graphics.

A pretty awesome and engaging story.

Deserves above 5* tbh

Excellent worldbuilding, excellent characters and relations (the complicity with your wife is top notch) and great variety of scenes.
Some cuts to gore can be a little jarring but you can always disable it if you find it too much

Excellent game with a decent story and unique characters set in a post-apocalyptic world. The rich visuals, immersive atmosphere, and haunting music enhance every moment, while the ruthless gore and mature themes make it truly stand out. If you're into dark, brutal worlds with a touch of adult spice, this one's definitely worth checking out.

I'm usually not into visual novels but this one has a solid story and well written characters and the women in this one are absolutely gorgeous. Might be the best looking CGs I've seen in any H-game. The H scenes are a mix of image-sequences with parts beeing actual videos. The aesthetics in general are top tier. One of the best games on this platform.

Short Review: Dark apocalyptic multiple route RPG game appealing to male fantasy in the most exotic and dark manner with heavy plot development for each character elaborately alongside quality graphical gratification of 3D fantasy. It's a no brainer must play if the genres appeal to your likings.

Long Review: This is a very graphically violent yet oddly satisfying and engaging dark apocalyptic themed RPG game with multiple routes within the main story and the side stories of the game. If I had to compare the elements of the stories to well established movies or games then I'd say it is an adult version of Mad Max and borderlands mixed with harem and incest genres as core differences. It is a challenge to write anything meaningful more than what I've already disclosed on without giving spoilers but if you're seeking a calm and not ridiculously overpowered protagonist with heavy plot development, action and thriller with heavy gore and violence alongside his own justified harem and incest then this is the game for you. It is an RPG type game that is surely to keep you engaged for hours given that you play the game as intended and not skip to only sexual scenes only.

Even though I could do without incest in my games, This one is top tier. Gettting to play as an MC that is a proper Dom rather than a lucky twink or rapey douchebag is appreciated. Yes, rape is in here, but where it is in such a setting doesn't make the MC stand out as a piece of shit.

I really liked this piece of art. not just porn , but also with a plot , different events + activities . It 's like a whole novel , it 's not like an ordinary passer - by . the only thing I would like is more animation , it 's not enough . the quality is something closer to the "him" project.

One of my very favorite games, which I find interesting since I'm big on humor and there is essentially zero humor here (aside from one fun LI MC hasn't explored yet.)

Caveats:

* Beta releases can suck due writing that is terrible in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.

* Permanent releases can be marred by repeated childish phrasing like "making out passionately" and "passionately making out" as well as completely unnecessary, ridiculous text like *kissing* over top two people kissing.

* Some sexual partners may be unattractive mutants or otherwise dumb, trashy, ugly, ill, or unwashed women. Though the game generally appeals to maledom sensibilities, there is also femdom at times.

Reasons why it's so good:

* The combination of MC and setting. MC is a manly man. Ninety % of the time he is moderately to extremely assertive, while still emotionally intelligent and compassionate (at your discretion.) Though he openly engages in slavery, incest with the younger generation, and various non-consensual acts, inluding rape-as-punishment, the wildly uncivilized post-apocalyptic world he lives in makes him look like a great man, all things considered.

* Best visual art ever--renders and animations, characters and backgrounds. Even the best devs screw up somewhere--dead eyes, tiny nipples, too much resemblance between characters, too many trashy females, men who are too much or not enough or misproportioned--but this dev nails just about everything. While not every woman here is a classic beauty, most of the featured LIs are--and they're fantastic. Those who aren't make sense in context and serve to highlight the beauty of others.

* Best use of music ever. Many great finds that always complement scenes very well.

* Best format ever. Basically a VN with freeroam. Point is, there's zero labor, close to zero games, and close to zero guesswork. You know where you have to go and when in order to advance the story, but you can also revisit various scenes (for sexual purposes or lore) at your leisure.

* Best extras ever. Extensive credits, many available menu screens (0.17 recommended), and an extensive video juke box featuring the most adorable character.

Also of note:

* Five years in, two wildly attractive LI's remain unexplored. Who knows if more are on the way.

* You can opt in or out of gore, forceplay, or sharing before the game even starts, but if you do choose to share, it's always in a magnanimous way, offering obedient, doting women to less powerful friends.

Fucking good masterpiece! Hope they release the full game soon! Best game ever! The cbaracters are amazing and have different personalities! Play it now you are missing a lot! More power to the developers!

Now this is a very polished game with amazingly hot characters.
The story itself is interesting and has some real potential.
I need to make a whole new start because I definitely missed some interesting choices along the way. Writing this barebone review is making me want to go dive back in.

Worthy of the praise & glaze!

This particular AVN (Adult Visual Novel) game truly sets the bar. I was never into sharing any of my love interest in any AVN. That is until I've played Desert Stalker, where they actually intrigued me into doing so. Render quality is spectacular, animations are pretty smooth and the story is unbelievably rich, set in a post apocalyptic world, in a desert ruled by a monarchy where humanityis sparse. I love the story and spicy scenes so much so that I even became a supporting patron. In my humble opinion, the only true downside of what this game is missing, is audio for the romance scenes. I'm a sucker for that and it's like the only piece of the puzzle of what this is missing. But perhaps this may change as time goes on and if they receive continued/enough support to fund for an audio engineer and voice actor for the moans.

Best adult game I've ever played by any measure. The amount of scenes is incredible, the story is surprisingly engaging and MC has plenty of freedom to explore different preferences with the characters.

Most AVNs out there will have you spend hours until you find a worthy scene. Not Desert Stalker.

It's insane how much better this is than any other porn game I have played. The writing is legitimately good, the character designs are flawlessly hot (in both appearance and personality), and the balance between genuinely interesting plot developments and copious amounts of sex is right where it needs to be. It's also just so refreshing to play a harem protagonist that epitomizes the fantasy—confident and competent from the start, with every choice the player makes feeling respected by the world.

The actual GOAT.

Maybe the best ive played and ive played a lot.

Just the right amount of hardcore and depraved with beafutiful models, love the family haram and how loyal they all are

I would love to see more in this style if any recomendations let me know

Look it's not perfect and it's definitely not for everyone but god damn if this isn't one of the all time greats.

The art is top shelf, the world of the story is genuinely original (which is so rare and refreshing in an AVN) and the player retains enough control over their experience to spare themselves from anything heavier than they want to deal with.

I didn't play this one for a long time because I was put off by what people said about the extreme violence and the darker sexual elements, but those can actually be effectively filtered if you don't want to see them, and the story itself is not repulsive in the way I feared it would be, but genuinely intriguing.

And more to the point, some of the erotic scenes are right up there with the best in the genre. The absolute pinnacle of harem content.

I haven't play many VN games yet but this one has seemingly set a high bar. (12 hour playtime to end)

The story is actually interesting, the writing is good and the overal world building is engaging. It is still a harem game so don't expect real world logic to apply to the way people act, it's a make believe story after all. Having said that, the writing wasn't over the top cringe and felt a lot more realistic (if a world exactly like this somehow existed).

The cast of character is fun and the stories you explore with them are somewhat diverse for the genre. Each character has well defined personality, internal struggles, hopes and desires. The MC is more confident dominant through age and experience ratherthan teen angst you'll find in others of the same genre.

As I haven't played many VNs I'm still getting used to the graphics, but I grew to appreciate them more as I played more. For a solo dev they are pretty outstanding really. All the girls are beautiful with interesting designs. The Queen and Kitty were stands out for me, wish we could continue todo more with Kitty. Almost every girl has large to very large breasts, I would like at least 1 girl with smaller breasts & areolas to join the harem.

The music of the game can become a little repetitive if you focus on it, but 99% time you won't be. I did have some rather long moment with no audio at all but not sure if by design or a bug. There was obviously a choice to not include any nsfw noises during those scenes, I'm not sure if they would make them better or not to be honest.

Overall, if you want to play a nsfw VN game I would 100% recommend this game. I look forward to future updates. Oh and the cutscenes were cool, although a little slow in pacing sometimes, nice touch.

Great harem game, has lore that is genuinely interesting; almost like you are living in an ancient civilisation where powerful men have complete control over their family.
Realistic characters too.
I hope Zetan can continue the story even further with more harem girls and interactions.

TOP TIER,ABSOLUTELY stunning world building,the lore,the lewds,the pacing,story chefs kiss.Every one should play this gem who is into dystopian genre,the setup for the harem is amazing.the girls are too beautiful.the attention to detail is top notch.one thing i like the most about the game is the costumes for the girls they look super chic and sexy.I cant see the cons except for the sandbox which again is pretty easy to navigate but i prefer vn nevertheless.5/5 stars