VN - Ren'Py - Harem Hotel [v0.18.2] [Runey]

Dear Dev and review readers...
OH MY GOD; THIS GAME IS AMAZING!! Hahaha.
Im gonna be honest. I wasnt expecting much at first because the girls didnt look appealing at first, but I tried to stick with it because i read some posts about it and ppl here told me that there would be TONS of content... and i wasnt disappointed.
I have been spending hours on Harem Hotel the last few days and the deeper i got into it, the more interested i became into the story and the characters. Its really great to see how the girls arent just some cock hungry bores that become irrelevant after you conquered them but ACTUALLY have character development, somewhat unique personalities and stories.
Games usually struggle to balance interesting storytelling and +18 content. Either the stories are borish or the lewd content feel forced and make no sense over time. But you can feel that the stories of Harem Hotel coming and weaving a great something together the more you continue to play. All that while maintaining the +18 atmosphere of the game.
Of course i like some girls more than the others (Autumn is just so hawt and fun to corrupt omg, while Cali is just.. ok cool you are here, lol) but nonethless they ARE interesting characters. Heck, I even started to like Ashley at some point. (Dealmaker for me was her opening up her feelings to the twins.. after that she only became better characterwise imo)

So.. anyways.. Your game "Harem Hotel" is a super duper interesting game and i cant wait to corrupt the girls any further!

great this game is 6/5!

Great game, lots of content, long time between updates but they keep coming. Good harem style game with no NTR that I've seen at least. Takes bit to build relationship but that adds something. Would recommend to anyone getting into H games!

This is a pretty good game. Runey started out really strong with the game, but I think he accidently let it get a little bloated and has lost sight of the core of the game. This really is mostly a visual novel at this point. That isn't really a bad thing since most trainer games are too repetitive, but walls of text with a little animation from time to time feels a little sluggish.

I absolutely adore this game. It may be the best on this site. It heaps on the char, personality, and content. The little details and large go very far. I will always applaud interesting inter-character interactions. It's how you know the world and people in it are done well. It's bloody brilliant!

First of all Man nobody could prepare me for that amount of content. This game is passion project you can easily tell that. Its probably a long thought dream of developer. And its well done. Different kind of girls suits most of people, they do have organic personalities. And for its genre its really playable,for instance First time I played it did just take my whole night,I just cant get off. I wish my best to developer to upgrade this masterpiece.

No need for feedback. You did excellent. It's the best adult game I ever played and it's my favorite. The only sad part is that since over half a year is has no updates... SADGE... Hopefully the devs will keep sustaining this awesome game, it deserves the recognition it has, and much more.

Very good game, it has a little something for everyone.
Lots of different characters that you can get to know and train.
The story is interesting, the choices you make feel like they matter, which is something I think is important.

My favorite game for now and ever, the best game i ever played, it's ridiculous how good this game is, everything is so well made and the caracthers little by little making you feel emotionally attached to them, this is the best game ever

Spent quite a few hours in the game and I'd like to say that it's one of the best out there.
First and foremost - writing is great. The girls are unique and you get to know them as individuals. That is very valuable. Hate that Maria is always trying to go behind my back and seduce ppl. The Android arc has been one very cool story so far with a bit of philosophical moments and I totally love it, even more then all others'. She is amazing person.
Sex scenes are diverse and for some there are build-ups, so it's not just some dumb humping. Could've had more kinks more often but still. Femdom is there but it's far and between. Great sex talk though!
I got triggered by the elf slavery setting and there are episodes that are disgusting from a moral perspective, but hopefully MC will be able to change that horrible state of affairs.

Minuses of the game are slavery theme and some horrible episodes of the story (episode about blood, for example). There are not many of them but they do ruin the mood. If it were for them I'd give the game five stars easily. Character arcs are that great.

Hopefully there is still a long and pleasant journey ahead of players with a distinctive happy end and freedom.

Upd. After a certain event the Android girl who used to be my favourite changed A LOT. I understand that the game is dramatic and serious, but I am really getting tired of all those human memory lanes and now I got AI ethics and quantum rocket science on my hands on top of that. I mean, come on! I just want her to stay the way she was and make me happy. There is enough drama as is!

Very nice story and stunning visuals. It's actually the first porn I game I have seen that actually has good shadows. It's also great to see a mix of bdsm content and slave kinks. There is already a great amount of content and luckily there is more coming. The management is also very simple and easy and does not require too much attention

I've been talking about HH in this thread for so long. And I forgot to rate. Sorry for late rating.
HH is one of best Adult games on all platforms. Everything about this game is perfect.
Are you sure? Ain't ya lying? Yo may asked, and for the answers . All you need is download this game and play it. You'll see it ya-self. Oh, don't forget to kiss, hug and give lots of headpats to the girls in the Harem.

I was expecting a quick 10 minute session and ended up with a 4 day binge. Really felt like I was reading a good book with actual fleshed out characters, with just enough control. Good story, good graphics, good characters, good stuff.

If you love games with a good story, you will love Harem Hotel.
The characters are well thought out and each of their stories are well done.

It is strongly recommended that you spend equal time with the characters, because if you focus too much on specific characters, it can cause continuity issues with scenes, which are easy to work through.

The dev is very responsive to reports of any issues, and will correct them as quickly as possible.

There is a huge fan base for this game, and if you know anything about F95, you know that will also bring out the trolls, so use common sense, and be polite in the comments.

Other players are also willing to help people with questions, but it is strongly recommended that you use the search feature at the top right of the page before asking. Some questions have already been asked many times since the start of the game.

For overall fun, I give this game a 10 out of 10 erect penises
It is well worth it for anyone who enjoys a good story, with intermittent naughty bits...
Remember, this is still a game under construction, but it has a shitload of content already.
The uncompressed size of the game is over 100GB, but the dev has compressed the images down to about 1/10th of that.

This could be average 3dcg game with mid renders and some micromanagement but game is a lot more than it seems like at first look.

- there is a lot of content with girls, game just throws event after event at you and it doesnt stop for a long time
- girls they are unique and well made
- H scenes are pretty good for what game is
- game is very relaxing with all the music and management of hotel


Cons:
- game forever in development
- lots of things screams to be improved, big potential

This is a real good game, but for myself, some drawbacks that kills all the fun/interest.

Pros:
- Average renders and graphics
- Crappy animations that improves as you play further.
- Nice characters
- Good writing
- Girl feels different from the others.
- Good gameplay
- Dev is friendly.

Cons:
- Generic repetitive scenes are used.
- No management at all.
- Forced content... I know it's a harem game, but if you don't progress X girl, then you can't keep playing Y girl. (Really annoying)
- Several bugs.
- Years of development, still in development...

I'd really encourage players to play this game, it's really a good one, I just don't like the repetitive grinding that much, and the experience of avoiding a girl is not really an option.

Version: 0.17.2
(Played with the excellent walkthrough mod.)

The early game plays very much like a typical free-roam based AVN, there's exploration, character events and basic resource management. After a while, this gameplay drops off, and a large overarching story gets shaped. Each young woman who comes to live at the hotel, has their own coming of age story. They each have their own experiences, beliefs and personalities. The MC is there to help them where he can, and to get in their panties.

For me, the world, lore and story that Harem Hotel builds, is the most interesting aspect of the game. And that's not knocking the other content, like erotic scenes, renders, and character design.

Harem Hotel does have its flaws. Its music is uninspired, and the male protagonist is the typical HS2 body with a dong attached. I'm not too bothered by it, because this is a technical limitation.

Story-wise, Harem Hotel gets very deep and complex. There are a lot of details that are gathered through different LIs. Sometimes the game fucks up, where a character gives exposition that they were previously unaware of. (Sylvia is probably the biggest offender here. She was unaware of certain creatures during an event, then later provided a ton of exposition about these creatures and how they're integral to her society.) Sometimes I got the impression that plot-holes were retconned or overexplained in later events. I can't be too sure of this, since I haven't played earlier versions. Still, I have a small worry that the writer has set up a minefield of details and exposition, and I hope they're not writing themselves in a hole.


There are a few suggestions I'd like to make:

I'd love to see an overhaul of how different building/events are integrated in a character's story. Mostly the Dungeon. It just seems to be there for an LI to be at the mercy of the player, not contributing to the LI's character development. Emma might be the exception here. I think there's an opportunity to have character-based kinks that can tie in to an LI's story. For instance: Ashley could be helped by a DD/LG scene, showing her the fatherly love she never had. Felicity could be brat-tamed. Orgasm denial fits Maria most.
The submission trait feels useless, and more about breaking someone. This in contrast with what BDSM is about, where both the Dom and Sub get a valuable experience.

The exhibition trait is another one that's in a weird spot. I think the way it's done for Autumn is actually pretty good. For most other LIs it just seems to come down to a dare.

It could be interesting to have a different progression for different characters. Maria is so dominant, that it could make sense to gain submission points with her first, before she opens up emotionally. For other girls, it would make sense to need a higher level of submission before they can be enticed to do exhibitionist actions.

I'd love to see more intertwined content (events across LIs being referenced) that are mutually exclusive, specially in the current early & mid-game. Added to this, I'd like more events with minimum levels. After building the 2nd floor, I suddenly had a bunch of new tenants. I didn't really interact with them because the Floor 1 girls still had events going on. Then, thanks to the walkthrough mod informing me of some cross-LI content, I decided to grind the events of the Floor 2 girls. Having some more minimum level requirements for events would even out the pacing, while (sadly) somewhat limiting player choice.

All these suggestions are mostly related to the early game and integration of different (and probably newer) systems. These are just ideas, and I'm fully aware that remastering such a large part of the game is an immense task.

This game is great i really like no ntr content just a good game and i really like how the characters are different from each other without reaching the repetitive in my personal opinion this game is great if you like just a vanilla history without ntr

Version: 0.17.2
Not perfect, but has great potential. Very fantastical. Has some of the most sexy scenes I've experienced yet. I've actually not finished the game at the time of review, currently ~ level 40's.

[Story]- This is a fantasy where girls just fall in love with you over just some little things(and also, you're hung). There's some logic, but it's all very weak. But all the story and interactions are still very enjoyable, and I had fun slowly(or quickly) courting/corrupting girls. You also get to gradually learn about each girl, and the dialogue doesn't become too much, but I did skip skim over some of the more mundane things. The interconnectivity between different characters is also fairly nice. I'm in the middle of the game now, and there is actually an impressive effort on the plot. This is a real full-blown novel. The dev's vision is vast, but the writing could use a lot of work. A lot of the events happen in a disjointed order, and often, characters will have information that they're not supposed to have in their event ahead of other events. There's even an instance where Sylvie didn't have certain information, but magically did after it was revealed in the story; that's just impossible. There are actually 3 major plot lines that seem like that will all come together at the end. These storylines do get a bit text heavy, and they seem a little political, so it may not be for everyone.

[Gameplay]- It's a bit grindy. At first, you have no money, and you start out exploring the town. It provides quite a few fun stories, but that runs out very quickly at the moment(most of it is still in development). A problem is that you need a lot of money to start, and exploring wastes your time not earning money. Later on, your income will increase, but you still have to wait quite a bit to progress, because some of the story also has expenditure(something even costs 10k); however, you have plenty of time to wait for income, because once you actually get started, there are plenty of girls to increase stats and progress the story on. There's barely, if any, downtime. One big problem is that there are a lot of extra "easter eggs" that you wouldn't find normally, because they require, for example, 10 exhibitionism. While you only get to experience new scenes for up to 5 exhibitionism, so there's little incentive to actually go get to 10 when you have 9 other stats to train for each girl as well as progressing their stories UNLESS you already knew there'd be extras for doing so(but who would without a walkthrough?). So, it is a bit grindy, because you're just repeating the same actions over and over to get a stat to 10(or higher). That's not including the time you're waiting for money to increase.

[Scenes]- First, I want to point out that you will continue to get new scenes in succession, so it doesn't really get boring. All the chicks in the game are hot, but not all of them get scenes at the moment, but I hope that you get to mess around with all of them in the future.

Some things that I don't like are that there are a lot of scenes/pictures that aren't in the gallery, repeatable, or somewhere else. They're one off, so you have to make sure to save if you want to keep them. Secondly, there's no voice acting, and the inherent music is just generic game music, not fap music. I don't hate them, but these are things that can be improved.

Scenes are what pushes this game up to a 5. The models look nice. Some of the scenes are too one dimensional, but they still look quite sexy. There are the traditional oral/vaginal/anal scenes, but there are also Other scenes that happen at different places. There are a Bunch of Multi-girl scenes, and these are particularly good. Well, not every scene can be f amazing, but as you go further, you may find better scenes. Some of these scenes are just EXPLOSIVE. I REALLY, REALLY LOVE the Twins dungeon scene. I loved it so much that I came to write the review prematurely.

Version 0.17.2.

Summary: With just 8 hours played I never got far into neither the main plot nor the character side stories. So far, I have been witnessing some elaborate and intriguing worldbuilding along with the introduction of several good characters. That said, most characters have also seemed a bit too one dimensional in my eyes. Other than the worldbuilding, the general premise of setting up the hotel you inherited is interesting enough. Outside of “running” the hotel (randomly visiting guests is hardly running a hotel) you explore around the city for a short while, before reaching end of content. Not sure if I reached the end or if further content is simply gated and needs progression in the story elsewhere. There’s hardly anything more for me to say. You go about your days visiting your guests, unlocking lewd events, upgrading the hotel and a few other minor things. But it never truly caught my attention in anyhow.

Pros:
- Hmm, what do we start with as a pro? Right, the worldbuilding. The world and lore of Harem Hotel was clearly meant to be something grand from the beginning. An example is the map you can access from the menu, showing the formerly elven dominated continent with several geographic regions, cities and short informational entries tied with each one.
- While the cast remained small-ish by the time I stalled, the heroines seemed diverse in looks and personalities.
- Animations, while probably all stock HS1 loops, they were utilized well enough with decent angles and i barely noticed any clipping issues with MC’s wang during penetration, as I have seen in a few other HS based titles.

Mehs and hit/miss:
- Despite avoiding blatant clipping during penetration, we still have MC's wang clipping directly through fully worn pants. Like, imagine unbuttoning and unzipping your jeans, pulling them and your underwear down, then pulling the pants up once more and buttoning them, leaving the zipper-hole open with mr. peepee poking out. Honestly, this is not a big complaint. After all, the male body models of HS come without any equipment of their own, forcing devs to attach dildo assets to the groin. Something that never looks good.
- The 3 sets of elevator music available helps break up the silence, but the chill casual vibes of all 3 really feel out of place during H scenes, tense/serious moments and comedic events.
- Navigating around from location to location got a little tedious and grindy, but still, nothing outright frustrating.

Cons:
- I recognize that ugly ass oversized dildo asset of a wang anywhere at this point. The coloration is usually ok, as is the case most of the time here, but sometimes it has a very uncomfortable looking dark blue tint, as if the blood was unable to circulate.
- I know MC was designed as a blank slate from the beginning and I never got far enough into the plot to see the parts where his character starts being a little more defined. Still, I found it tough to immerse myself in the action, lewd or not, with MC being as passive as he was. Like, we never see his face, but I think it would be fitting if his face was either completely blank (smooth featureless skin) or a big camera lens. Because that is pretty much what he has been so far. An observer that barely participates and never says more than 20% of words in a conversation. Even less if more than 1 other character is involved.
- There was something about the dialogues that just rubbed me the wrong way. Same with the characters behavior. Something about how blatant the porn logic was and how people acted like it was fully natural. Relationships progressed very fast and in contrived and convenient ways with MC just being way to disinterested and pretty much just going all “Nice”, whenever an opportunity for lewd stuff came his way.

Still, i feel HH has enough going for it to justify 3 stars rather than 2.

After being caught up with the story and character events for the most recent update, I can safely say that this game is the gold standard for this genre of game. The characters, story and especially the world building are all top tier.

The player is given several opportunities to learn more about the world which are all optional, but provide a lot of insight into the world. I appreciate that they're optional, as not every player is going to be interested. However, for people like me, it provides a lot of great lore to sink my teeth into.

The overall cast is large, the main girls all fleshed out, with the side characters being interesting enough to make the player want to spend at least some time with them. The beat the story ends on as of update v0.17.2 is nothing short of art.

Harem Hotel is absolutely packed with content, so much so that it will likely take several weeks of daily playing to get caught up with the story. This could be seen as either pro or con, but I think of it as the former. Not many games are packed with as much content as HH, and getting through it all was overall such a great experience

One of the few criticisms I have of the game, more of a nit-pick than anything, is the animations. They don't have the same quality in some other games and they often loop frequently but they're hardly of a poor quality, just not as impressive as in other titles.

I love Harem Hotel more than I could have ever expected to going in, it's the only adult game to bring me to tears and I urge anyone even remotely interested to give it a fair chance. This game has so much potential and I cannot wait for it to be completed