VN - Ren'Py - Harem Hotel [v0.18.1] [Runey]

The amount of content is amazing. The characters are great. The options are varied, and I love the BDSM dungeon. Most importantly, there is consent. I always hated rapey games. I have high hopes for the future of this story, and hope for more glorious lewds ahead.

Really active creator, cute girls, simple system that doesn't get in the way of itself, and believe it or not, clever girls that haven't been done before. Creator uploads really quickly, and doesn't take 6+ mo to overhaul the system, then failing to produce new content, when they're improving it, like a lot of creators do with Patreon titles.

Lots of content between patches. Titles are rather grindy but I heard creator will be giving it purpose in future patch. Characters in the game are given some personality that makes it a bit more real. Costumes given to each character change them slightly and are visually pleasing.

Still want a gallery so I can go back and relive some of those scenes though.
I don't like thinking about reviews but this is one of those good ones.

i played the game all the way to the end of current content, and i have to say i'm pretty impressed with the level of work and dedication to the story and character design I've seen. The character arks and events are some of my absolute favorites. The game does feature alot of different kinks depending what your into. And the character designs really do stand out. The animations are nicely done, especially for a ren'py game. Game has a lot more room for more content and improvements. definitely one to keep an eye on.

A very well made product with alot of content, concidering it's still in it's earlier state! It's noticable how much passion went into this work. The characters were intriguing and the scenes were very varied! All around a great game and I can't wait to see where this project has in store in the future!

Honestly one of the best Games i have ever played. The sheer content amount for a 3.5 is amazing i was able to get about 4-6 hours of playtime out of it. Moreover the Picture and animation Quality isn't bad either (Though the Animations are a bit rough around the edges). The only thing i should maybe add is that for any anal lover(inkl. me) there isn't much in this game as the anus is practically never shown. Apart from that the game is fair gives you exactly enough money to barley playing it which stops the player from rushing and the Quests and Story's are quiet diverse as well. If you want a Game with acceptable - good graphics with a nice Story line and you are into Harems thats one of the best games which i can only recommend

Found the game on 0.3. So much content for a 0.3. Really nice and entertaining. the characters are different and interesting. The gameplay smooth. lots and lots of different pics and animations. funny dialogs. can't wait for 0.4

It's fun playing. The characters are all gorgeous and adorable. I like the Manga style also.
But all this repeatedly clicking every "day", every day going through the doors ... it kinda is annoying by the time. And there are a some logic "bugs", where texts don't fit to the course of the story or scenes occur when not expected ...
But beside: It's a rather good concept – well-known from RPGs – of leveling the characters up. It's thrilling and I really like playing this game! Can't wait for version 0.4!

[Rev v0.2.1]
I liked it.

Graphics are good; some of the settings/backgrounds need polish but the girls are appealing and tits are what I'm here for.

Writing's good too; dialog seems a bit unnatural here and there but nothing bonerkilling. Scenarios can get a tiny bit contrived and finding them a bit obtuse, but I much prefer that over boring-ass linear snorefests.

The few kinks that aren't my thing were avoidable; think there were one or two instances of watersports and anal options once you get a couple girls to the We Bangin' Like Bunnies affection levels, both of which can be skipped via clearly telegraphed options to do so. On the plus side: girl-on-girl + MC.

<minor gripe> One girl is my least favorite archetype but has my most favorite kink. Whyyyy ;_;. Twin waterfalls of tears.</gripe>

<minor anti-gripe>Thank you for hinting that the yandere is at least partially curable. Don't stick your dick in crazy, boys.</ungripe>

TLDR: Enjoyable. Thread watched, cheering ya on for next version~.

This is a fantastic game and I highly recommend giving it a chance.

There are a lot of similar games to Harem Hotel, but what makes this stand out from the rest is the storytelling, the atmosphere, the lore, and the characters that are introduced. The game takes place in an entirely new world with its own politics, culture, and history that has similarities to our world. The story progression is very smooth and it got even better as the game continues. Similar to other media like books and movies, the story starts off slow but with the introduction to different characters throughout the game, the main story as well as stories based around a specific character will change for the better or worse depending on the choices the player wants to take.

Every character goes through an arc where they grow as a person. In the beginning, the characters might seem to fall under the category of a typical nerd, an outsider, a popular kid, etc., but the characters are realistic, not just in their appearance but in how they carry themselves and how they see the world. Runey has improved a lot of common complaints like how the player gains money with the addition of the bar and pinups. Many of the older events have been getting an update as well as improving the UI and animations.

An instant classic! This game is already better than 90% of the games here, and it's only on v0.2! The girls are great, good graphics, actual personalities, and the progression is set at a good pace. I look forward to seeing it get even better!!

That's awesome game. with so many different personalities, nice graphic. and each update is huge. it's not like other devs just add 1-5 scenes in month. we have 20-30 new updates here.
Keep up good job!

So I started playing this game a few days ago, and while I have not seen 100% of the content currently available (reviewing version 2.0), I believe I have played enough to form some opinions about it.

The game itself is very well made, you can really tell Runey enjoys what he does and is putting a lot of love and effort into it. There is a lot of content for being a very early version of the game, and it doesn't beat around the bush or string you along before getting to the 'juicy' bits, which I appreciate. The cast of characters is diverse and enjoyable, each with their own personalities and quirks, and their scenes are varied and interesting. I look forward to seeing where their individual stories lead.

The gameplay is pretty baseline, if even a bit lacking, but not enough so that it becomes overly bothersome. You passively generate currency each day based on the number of girls staying at your hotel, which you can use to order various things from your PC. Aside from that, you basically just spend each day talking to various girls. There's not really much thought needed to progress, which is both good and bad, and it sometimes feels like the dialogue options you choose don't really matter either way. I would like to see a bit more cause and effect, and maybe a bit more player interactivity in general, but it's not a deal-breaker by any means currently.

The scenes and events in the game are all very well made, there's a good amount of fetishes explored, which should make most people happy regardless of what you're into. The animations are pretty well done as well, so no complaints there.

The UI and music are relatively standard, nothing really stood out and blew me away, but I didn't have any issues with them either.

As far as locations go, I would like to see more areas explored in the future, as it is now almost the entirety of the game takes place within 3 floors of your hotel (excluding a few scenes at the school, the beach, and the cafe), so I would like to see the world expanded on a bit if possible.

In all though, the game is very promising, the developer is very good at communicating with his fans, and is receptive to feedback and criticism, so I have no doubt that this game will turn out very well as progress moves forward.

5 stars!

great game so far and its only at 0.2!!!!! its not plot heavy its got just the right amount of story to help with the grind,as they gain more story and interactions with each other the grind will become even less tedious so all in all its coming along beautifully and honestly i have huge hopes for this so if your reading this keep up the great work !! ps i hate the fact androids mouth is becoming erotic and mysterious just because i cant see it.....its kinda driving me crazy.....i bet shes adorable without that mask and again...im going nuts xD

Hotel Harem has a ton potential. Renders are good, characters actually have personality, gameplay is better than most of what's out there. V0.2 already has a ton of content as well. I'm looking forward to how this game comes along.

(Review for 0.6.1) Observations, from scratch game.
-Story:
Ashley's storyline when delayed can cause the Twins to show up at the hotel, this ended up confusing me with the story until I got that far into the section and then the twin storyline made since. I can relate with the character due to experiencing several panic attacks before, and the panic attacks are done correctly. The Latter slaves storyline looks beyond promising. All other stories went into a logical conclusion. I would have liked to redo or have more scenes with Ashley and the other girls of just walking outside the hotel.
-Gameplay:
The dungeon and grind... I read all story progression scenes and thus was initially not going to go skip happy. This changed on several scenes that needed Exhibitionism, a certain trait, and/or Submissive at 10. This was greatly seen in the latter half of the Lin storyline. One thing for sure the scenes are near perfect when you are up for them, but the gap from the scene loading slowed down the grind quite a bit (and despite a high RAM priority was noticeable). If there was a grind mode or something similar to bypass the motion scenes that would have saved several hours of my time. The UI has mostly stayed the same from 0.3.0 except for the quick access to front door from room, if memory serves.
-Graphics:
As mentioned earlier in my other reviews, great. The models are not shiny and all of them have almost realistic looking skin, it either did not have or I do not remember if any of the character model's skin indented slightly when interacting with the characters arm being around them. Something I've started looking for after seeing a certain marble statue.
-Conclustion: 5/5
The loading is a common issue with Ren'Py thus, should have no impact on the game itself. Thus, the story, outfits, features, and all other gripes from earlier editions are fixed as best as I can tell. My old saves did not work correctly but as you can see (0.3.0) they were quite old.

(Review for 0.3.0) Observations, from scratch game.
I am enjoying the UI update and the re-arrangement of the shower, hot spring, and Utility room. The only gripe is no quick access from the utility room but only to, the new UI could be implemented with another button to deal with that, but I am enjoying the streamlined look and operation. Ordering items used to take up a time slot, but this timeless update is greatly apricated.
There is a slight pause between some scenes from loading which is (can be) fixed if you put the game on a higher ram priority. Perfect from a story and gameplay perspective, looking forward to the new content.

(Review for 0.2.1) From new game, without save manipulation, and reading every line this time because I had a fully free day and wanted to revisit a story that had me thinking for quite a while after last playthrough. I like last playthrough used the scroll wheel on my mouse to backup dialogue and choices to choose a different path or order.

-As I said before exquisite storyline. The blonde's storyline that I was confused about before is mostly clarified once you look closely at the first few interactions and see that she is in a private university/college (those can have dress codes and can be similar to public schools with suspensions). My suspicion on the scene miss was cleared up on this playthrough. I did not miss the scene I just delayed it behind two other characters scenes and did not remember it being the same scene the second time I saw it.

Note: Ren'Py is not recommended to be played on the lowest RAM priority and/or while running multiple different games at the same time. When doing so I have run into snafu's, overlapping characters and duologue, from all games that use this engine. My computer was custom ordered with settings that programs marked non-essential programs that are not on my NVidia/Steam game exception list will be set in low to lowest priority. and thus unless you have similar custom settings it will most likely not happen to you.

(Review for 0.2.0)
-Story: Though the game is still in development, the storyline is quite exquisite. I do not normally post spoilers on my reviews so ill not talk about most of the story. I have a few gripes with the Blondes storyline as is, especially some of the café scenes. The main gripe was the scene did not make complete sense, though that will probably change next update. I think I missed one scene when I visited a person in the shower, during the morning, instead of triggering it. This may not be the case but its a suspicion I had about ten minutes latter when the autosave had no backup to reload.

-Conclustion: On the whole, wonderful, when it updates there is nothing that would not make me play it from start a second or third time from a fresh save. Keep up the Good Work!!!
- Update 3/13/2021 I found out why I was having the glitches I was... in this game and others who used Ren'Py... my windows install was slowly corrupting itself. I replayed through the version I reviewed and did not run into those problems... unexpected, my apologies.

(Review for 0.2)
This game is not finish but people still do review on it anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

At first i thought this game will be another big title & have less content when it released like every other game developer done it but this surprises me after finish v0.2

The main 5 characters for this version in this game has their own story, personal traits & H-scenes can be unlock easily than i expected but it takes time but i mostly enjoy every each one of them. Especially the Loli one jesus game Devs.... well anyway lets talk about the characters.

For the 5 girls are pretty cool & one of them a bit wacky. we got 2 maids, a normal adult-teen working at mcdonald, an Android, a loli & her naughty friend. Take Character like android for example. She has a lot of "potential" by mean that "A lot of things can be done to her since she's robot lol. Add more features & scenes would be amazing. Pretty soon Runey will add more.

The harem hotel itself its pretty neat, everyday each characters individuals doing their own things from morning to night have event from room & every floors that can be unlock and repeat scene whenever you like & sometimes more events that haven't triggered yet can be done but it will take time.

Overall the game is great, even though its v0.2 & it will take forever for an update but that depends on the devs itself. As long the patreons supporting this game to continue & all the fans who loves it very much then everybody wins. i would love to support it too IF the game doesn't take more than 2-3 years to finish but that just my speculation on other game developers that abandon their project & working on a new one. >:/
Hope this will finish with a great Ending or alternatively for each girls at the end of the version completed.

Thx for reading my shitty review on this game for version 0.2 & have wonderful day ~

I was curious about the game from the ratings and from the comments, but after playing it I see why. This game has a frankly ridiculous amount of content already and it is all extremely well created.

If you were to show me this and some games at version 0.90+ i'd more than likely say this is the game closer to a full release.

Great game!!
The contents are mind-blowing for a 1st and 2nd game version.
Nice graphics and animations, lacks sound and the back ground music is really low, but that is a minor issue.
The story is pretty good and the characters personalities well cared for.
I give it my best possible rating with hopes the projects continues on and flourish.

This game is one of the better harem game out. Love how dev listen to feedback and reworked his game to make it look more realistic. The game plays like and rpg but not the oldschool rpg. Each girl has their own story to tell.