VN - Ren'Py - Harem Hotel [v0.17.2] [Runey]

Awesome work!

I'm a speed runner of these games, cheat addicted to boot, and rarely find something above mild satisfaction but this is one of the few exceptions I've found here, where I can really enjoy my time and thank the dev for this great job of exciting/ perverted play.

Personally, I wish Ellen will get many more scenes, and hope that breeding and pregnancy will be close to absent, as I find this kink off-putting (because I'm a dad? oh well to each its own)

Anyway, thanks and congrats (and vice versa)!

Honestly one of my favourite games I have played from here.
The story is really good, the writing is fantastic too.
As far as harem's go this is by far my favourite I have played and I have played a lot of them.
There's good variation in character design and personality.
I would 1000% recommend this game <3

A fantastic game, you can be nice, you can be cruel (which makes me feel bad so even in vidya games I can't be cruel) lots of scenes, lots of story. Pretty well written characters, I don't typically read the story but from what I can surmise it's pretty interesting. One of the 5 games I keep coming back to check for updates on.

The game is great, and probably a must play on this site. However later updates to the game have made me lose intereset in the game.

The MC esentially becomes a yes man that follows along in whatever the other characters do. You are kind of thrown to the side in most story lines and exist simply as the connection between the girls.

The story gets really convoluted in the later updates, not saying it's bad, but it's hard to follow and care for everything that goes on when the personal aspect of it is missing. The role of the MC in the story is basically non-existent, the ones connected to the story are the girls and you are sort of there because of them. There are many scenes where playing the MC felt more like playing a bodyguard accompanying the actual main characters than being a MC yourself.

Aside from that, the early erotic aspect of it is great, although it is clearly no longer the focus of the game (or never was based on what some people say). I would still recommend it because the first part of the game when the story was more slice of life and centered in the girls, their feelings and your relationship with them is still great.

It's insane how high this game sets the bar. It's straight-up disappointing playing 99% of other games after seeing the quality of the characters, models, animations, and most impressively the writing. I mean, seriously. The story is actually good, not just porn game good. The worst part about this game is I can't play the finished version right this very moment

Best Game Ever! Try it, like it, review it, and share it. It has all, animations, scenes,story line and much more. Best part, multiple outfits, and different personalities. Did i tell you there is a freestyle option

Insane amount of high quality content. Pretty predictable premise like most harem games but its actually executed really well. The setting has an interesting twist with how elves are treated. The girls are unique and loveable. Maria best girl!

This is the first VN game I played and how I found this site. Meaning I have quite a bias obscuring my view so I'll try and put some effort into qualifying my praise.

Harem is in the name and yeah all the girls are great. Each one not only looks good but has a great and well-paced story to form them into rounded and complex characters. Having played other harem-type games I can say this is an area most fall flat on. Typically a harem girl's story starts strong, but once sex happens character development seems to just stop and they become little more than a trophy you can fuck. Doesn't happen here, sex is just the beginning. A lot of this is down to how the game isn't just about sex.

Harem Hotel's story is really about slavery and elves living in a modern era. With androids. Most of the girl's stories begin far removed from this hopeless and dystopian premise but sooner or later everything begins to fall into place within it. Through the girls we learn about the world and how things came to this point. Instead of seeing things through your perspective, it's through the perspective of all your relationships with the LIs, with each one showing a different side. From the long and brutal life of your slave maid to the daughter of the world's richest businessman and just about everything in between and around. We explore every nook and cranny of this world, and no matter the perspective it's ugly and hopeless.

All that juxtaposed with how pretty and infatuated your girls end up being with you (and each other) makes the entire game just so compelling to play though, and I've not even mentioned the renders and scenes. More of a subjective area so to keep it brief, they're really good.

Could go on, so to wrap it up, If you want a good story, good sex, good visuals, and all that, this is the game to play. 5/5

Updates take a while though, and while the content is always 5/5 there isn't all that much of it. If you're waiting for the game to finish before you try you'll be waiting years that's for sure.

One of the very best games on this site for a multitude of reasons. This game uses the sandbox it's set in in a very user-friendly way that allows the player to go at their own pace and go for the heroines they want one at a time. It isn't obstructive but instead naturally flows into the natural progress that the game is supposed to go in. This game also has a surprisingly decent story for what it is. It doesn't feel like it takes itself overly seriously or try to be something it's not, it's there to add onto the game play. Along with this it has a wide variety of characters who memorable personalities and a multitude of h-content both of vanilla nature and of bdsm s/m play. The pacing of the game and the character interactions development is fresh and always interesting. Old heroines aren't just abandoned and instead get fleshed out later on in the story. It doesn't feel like some characters get favored content wise and everyone gets enough content to satisfy you. Truly if you haven't played this game I couldn't recommend it more.

If I had to give a compliant about this game it would be the renders which definitly do feel dated but it's not anything major. Overall this is one of the only games which I could confidently give a 10/10. It's also one of the only games that I'm eager to replay fully. It's truly that great

one of my favourite game
Lot of Contents for every girls on the hotel,
Love the clothing system and variations of sex with the clothes,
has decent story for every girl in the game.
Lot of types of girls to you enjoy.

(sorry my english)

Heres some quality honey select VN with various LI with distinct personalities. Already has tons and tons of content over the years and the every scene does not disappoint.
i give this one 10floors out of 10 in the harem hotel
bonus is a consistently reliable dev!

The story is a drag, which is a shame because the game is high quality. The game is beautiful aesthetically and gameplaywise. However, I've tapped out with the story. It's too long. The characters are not interesting enough to waste so much time on, and Runey keeps making new storylines for the characters. There are a lot of adult games out there that take themselves too seriously. Being a DIK is another example. Sure, it makes things more disgestible, if you can somewhat identify with the character, but nobody should identify with a porn character. It's always a bit balancing issue. Either make the characters too personal or too impersonal. Things are too personal in this game. Runey milks every details out of the world. Everything has to be explained. There is no subtlety. This game is suppossed to be a perverted fantasy, but it seems like Runey tries to justify the world of Harem Hotel a bit too much. He milks every ounce of empathy from the consumer. If you wanna make something depraved, make it without shame, or don't make it at all. Don't regress and try to justify the characters. All of the characters in this game are assholes in some way. If not assholes, a bit whiny or ignorant. The flaws of the girl characters' are seen as quirky, whilst the flaws of the world are evil. If you wanna make a mature and interesting storyline, make the characters less one-sided. There are no stakes. The MC and the girls are the gods of this world. They are never going to fail. However, most adult games don't have very high stakes, but that is how you make an interesting storyline. Or developers could go back to a more simple story, where sex is more important than the drama. I'm done.

In terms of sex, this game is as good as it comes; in terms of quantity of quality content, this game is definitely the best I've come across (ie there are a ton of great scenes).
The game comes with an obligatory harem, but all the girls in it are pretty good - although not necessarily at the start; this game features character development. There are TONS of good scenes with many different girls. The girls are attractive, with real personalities, and most of the story is solid. Ultimately, you'll want to replay many of the sex scenes over and over, probably more than any other game, so I highly recommend it.

I haven't had great success with the game's gallery, so I keep a save before each one-off sex scene (and all the shower scenes because you can only trigger one each day.) Fortunately/wisely, this game has much more room on each save page than others, so I have one for each main girl, and one for all the extra girls.

The pace of updates is fairly slow, but that shouldn't be surprising given the amount of quality content they contain.

A very good game:

+hours of content insanely for a point and click game

+there are a lot of events, and a lots of interactions between characters. That's when you know something is quality

+decent character development, every girl has their own personality and circumstance and has their own way to overcome their shortcoming

+decent dialogue is also a plus because you gonna read a lot sometime

+world building and lore are kinda hit or miss for a game with theme like this, but so far there's still not much wrong with it to me. Though, with good direction, who knows? The game could even be more interesting than ever.

+hotel managing side is bearable i guess, it could be improved, and by that i mean improved a lot.

Overall, a good sandbox game, worth every penny of your time

One of the best h-games I've played in a very, very long time (and it's free!). Waifus/Lovers galore, story is incredibly interesting and emotionally driving, and the personalities of all the different characters are well developed. A must play, seriously.

Edit: I've come to realize that I've been duped I thought the PC or playable character is the main character and he's not hence the passiveness of the MC. Dropping this to one star since this is almost exclusively 1st person and still insists on making everyone but the PC the main character.

TL;DR MC is infuriatingly passive despite seeing clear problems with his lovers.

This had been one of my favorite VNs on this site for while. However, as the years have passed the lack of “action” has made the story go downhill. Sure in early chapters one can understand this he’s in a foreign land and has inherited a hotel that he has no clue about. In short this whole situation is strange to him. However, now the MC or you has more of a stake in the happenings because he has his love interests who claims to “love”. Yet with all this he goes through the motions and only takes action to change things when it’s requested of him. There is never any initiative from his side. This is despite the fact that many of the main girls are practically “wives” including the elf slave. Now I’m not expecting a badass but when you only take actions when asked you’re a passive person. Also I know the creator said no pregnancy until the end of the story this literally makes no sense as no reason is given for it other "it doesn't fit with the story". Especially when poor Ash is desperately trying to get preggo.

It's hard to criticise the game given its good rating and huge fan base, but still:
1. The build-up are quite silly and although characters are different, the way you "break" them are quite similar. I just didn't feel any connection to most of characters
2. Gameplay loop is quite nice and initially eventful, but after 3-4 hours I couldn't understand what I play for except some new scenes.
3. Upgrading/building new parts of your hotel is not really rewardy and does not ignite the interest, although this part of the game is nice.
4. Random events are great! Wish there was more pushing the story
5. It is a good game that I recommend to try but if you want some fulfilling experience with engaging dialogues - look somewhere else

Well here’s a game that suffers from an identity crisis. I haven’t followed the development closely, but it’s clear that at some point the dev decided to do a complete 180 on the game, resulting in something that’s constantly at odds with itself.

Story:

The MC moves into a different country, to live in a hotel inherited from his grandfather. In that country, slavery of elves is legalized, so he inherits a slave, and an experimental android his grandfather was working on. The original premise of the game was nothing more than a depraved harem simulator, where you would fuck any girl moving in, while earning money to pay for your debt. At some point, the developer decided the game needed to be something more, and shifted the focus towards a story about emancipating the elves.

This wouldn’t be bad, if not for all the mixed messages that come from the shift. The porn part of the game has a heavy dose of “maledom” and “trainer” fetishes. One moment, you’re being told how the masters abuse their elves sexually. The next moment, you’re taking your girls to a sex dungeon, tying them up with ropes and hanging them for sex, or you’re telling them to fuck in front of dozens of strangers, or putting them in a number of humiliating scenarios. You’re told how the masters use their elves for profit, but in the beginning, pretty much the only way you can earn money is to sell lewd pictures of your girls to strangers online. It’s “hipocrisy, the game”.

With strong enough writing you could still make a case that somehow all these girls are into bondage and exibitionism. After all, if it’s the girl’s desire, there’s nothing abusive about it. But there’s no such writing here. The MC just tells them to do stuff, and as long as their stats are high enough, they’ll do it. There’s barely any conversation in regards to these acts, which makes the MC look not that different from the supposed bad guys you’re trying to stop.

In fact, the writing in this game is all over the place. There are interesting story beats here, but the game often presents them in lenghty exposition dumps. The game goes on and on about elven society, the subjulgation, the mistreatment. Nothing is ever shown through flashbacks or other visual means.

The characters are yet another reminder of the game’s radical change in direction. Most of the LIs can’t jump on the dick fast enough, with barely any development. The game goes out of its way to paint them as sex objects, “awarding” them such lovely traits as “cum dumpster” and “mega slut”. Only at later stages, the game tries to develop backstories and make you care. To its credit, there are genuinely good moments that get you invested on the girls. But they’re buried so deep under the nonsensical porn moments, that they almost feel out of place.

The characters often act and speak nothing like human beings. Just to paint a Picture: In one scene, a girl is arguing with her mother, who wants her to come back home. The girl pulls the MC’s dick out and starts sucking him. Her mother just sits there and politely waits till her daughter is done, and the MC doesn’t say a word while all this is happening. Some girls will act like psycho posessive girlfriends after 1 bang. Ironically, the most human characters in the game are the elf and the android.

Design:

It’s a sandbox game, so you get to manage a few aspects about the hotel, choose which girl you Interact with, earn money and so on. The grinding isn’t excessive but its definetly present. The game doesn’t have a user friendly guide, so there’s a lot of checking each girl’s door to see if a new event is avaliable.

Visuals:

The game does look nice, but nothing groundbreaking. Character models are attractive and have nice variety. I still have a few events missing, but from what I’ve seen, there’s only 1 animation I’d say is really good very late in the game. Hard to say if it’s an exception or the dev is making an effort to improve. They play out smoothly, but it’s mostly standard honey select stuff you’ve seen before.

Conclusion:

For being one of the most popular and highest rated games in the site, this was a massive disappointment. Let me just say that most of the things I’ve mentioned would get a pass if this game remained just an unassuming harem game. But the moment you try to take yourself seriously, I’m gonna look at you seriously as well. And while dissecting the game, all I see is a story dragged down by ridiculous porn movie moments and characters, and porn that keeps spreading thinner and thinner by excessive exposition.

It´s a very nice game, excelent, perfect, I would add a pregnancy sistem, because I would love see all harem pregnant, jaja, well maybe it´s their plan but I don´t know, it´s my recomendation (and my own fetish)
XD

There is a reason why this game is rated among the best across F95 zone.

Firstly, there is a LOT of story content for each character and for broader world-building - so it's not just sex.

When it comes to sex, some of the scenes are some of the hottest I have seen, particularly the ones in the BDSM dungeon with the girls trying to hold their orgasms in (and ultimately failing in spectacular fashion)

The game attempts to address almost all the kinks out there: group sex, exhibition, BDSM, creampie / bukakke, (no incest but there is a patch). At the end of the day, the game satisfies the kink of having a small army of main and secondary female characters treating you like a harem king.

The big question here for Runey is whether he sees his game more as a sandbox or a story adventure. If the former, the focus should be on more sex scenes than story scenes, more characters and not shying away from giving players the power fantasy that owning a harem creates.

If the focus is on story then the question is whether he already has an end-game in mind? Without a singular story thread of purpose and a sense of urgency, the story can lose momentum - particularly with all the various threads created. At some point that all needs to be brought back and ultimately ended.