VN - Ren'Py - Healslut [v0.92a] [Davie Zwei]

Very much enjoyed this game. It has a lot of comedy relief. The choices you make do change the game drastically.. You can play it as a genderbender/transformation if you like or chose not too. Dialog is will done. graphics look good. The story is good.

I'm looking forward for continuations of the game, to see where it goes.

Excellent renderings, not a stat grinder, and dialog is not MTL. The trapped in a VR game trope gets a pass, I focused on polished gameplay and a fun story. This is one of the more promising games on the site, imo.

At the beginning I was a bit unsure if this game might be good, but after a few updates I do like it more and more. The graphic is appealing, the characters become more and more defined. I do like the possibilities to develop the MC after my liking. Anyway the game is very good, and i am looking forward to see many more updates...

Immediate mixture of SAO and S1 of Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon. Very good writing and characterization, the moment I finished my playthrough as a guy I started another as a girl. Some may find it too wordy with a lack of obvious, cheesy sexual interactions, but personally I think that's how it should be. If you just want sex scenes why play a game for it? The plot is basically nonsense a la SAO but really includes a level of depth you'd only be able to portray as an indie dev I think - there's much more reliance behind the basic understandings of game development vs something like SAO, which is meant to appeal to the masses. Most of all it's just plain fun, overall very enjoyable and refreshing, with more RPG-type elements than you'd expect. As someone that can get pretty picky on these types of games, I was very happy I found this one. This game seems really underrated so far, was surprised to see the lack of patreon subs and I plan to contribute.

As critique, I'd recommend the dev checking out Hai to Gensou no Grimgar. The level of grittiness would be very welcome here.

Amazing renders, and character designs. Gender of choice, which means I can finally have a lesbian harem.
MC is beautiful.
The plot is dumb and fun, no much more I can tell about it.
Only downsize, is how forced most choices are outside of porn and romance (I know it's basically just a porn game and all, but c'mon)). I mean, MC is useless, basically, and not by choice, I love her, and she deserves better treatment from the writer.
All and all, it's a really fun game, with amazing art, and an even more amazing goblin friend (best friend btw).

Sorry to admit, but on this site, the games I really like can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

Healslut is just like that. With each update, I enjoy this game more and more. There are several reasons.
First, the characters. The dev really has the talent to create likeble and deep characters with whom it's interesting to communicate, joke and romance. And I'm not talking about their background, cause there is not much to be said now, I'm talking about their personalities. Even 1minute imp from dungeon have more of it than some MC from other popular games here. Hell, I think this is the only game where I seriously consider more than one walkthrough and one love interest, because I like Lel, Harmony, Roopah and even Jane at some point had my attention. And of course my half-demon waifu Panki (God, she's sho adorable).

Secondly, it's the variability and choice. Here, first of all, I'm talking about romance. This is not a harem game. Although the elements are still present on certain paths, so as I've already said, I'm considering several walkthroughs. For example, the main one for a female where I'm exclusive with Panki and an additional one with Harmony mistress. The second is Panki+Lel. And for fun, these are the same paths, only for a futa (must admit Sparkle looks hot with muscles). Even the Roopah path looks interesting.
It also depends on you directly or indirectly who'll be in the group, who'll survive and who'll die. No pressure at all.

The dialogues are hillarious. I can't say that the story itself is amazing, but the characters save the day. I'm not an expert on graphics, but I love how the they look here, so I think it's a matter of taste.

To sum up, I can say that those who want to avoid straight content when playing as a female protagonist - feel free to play. Those who love games in a playful RPG theme - feel free to play. Those who like interesting characters for different tastes - well, you know.

I personally will look forward to the next updates and hope that the game continues to be as effortlessly light and funny.

For a game this late in development there are hardly any lewd scenes at all, wouldn't have said I got more than 10 by the time I got to the end.
Also, holy heck but there is a ton of dialogue. So so much to read, which has nothing to do with the lewd content either; it's just background info dumping constantly.
And finally, my biggest gripe is the switch from 3rd person to 2nd person during the lewd scenes.
So, on the rare occasion you do get a lewd scene, you're instantly annoyed about it because the game inexplicably shifts to 2nd person.
Unless the player is in a game with a great character creator and a very fluid and option laden story, 2nd person can fuck right off. Always. Because even in that extremely rare situation, 1st or 3rd person would still almost certainly be better.
The one star I do give is for the hot renders.

Great, funny, fun, sexy empathic game about a Sheldon type nerd who VR inhabits a female form and learns to trust others and himself. There is clever use of the VN mechanics like rewinding and choices. Not all the narrators are trustworthy, or are they?

Story is certainly the best thing about this game with quite a lot of meaningful choices to be made. Sex scenes, on the other hand, weren't its strong part. Sure, having a nice story is good, but what I expect the most out of a lewd game is good sex scenes and I didn't find the ones here good enough.

A uniquely high-quality and cleverly written piece.

The art has a very distinct style, and there is a wealth of it, with a surprising score of characters of great variety. The writing is sharp, peppered with light but well-executed humor.


The amount of choices are surprising and welcome. The story seems to diverge impressively based on choices; after a few playthroughs I'm still stumbling into unseen content.

Always very excited to see how this story is expanded upon, as well as find new story hooks.

This game has great potential. In my sincere opinion, the story is good, but the renders are little regular in quality. Speaking with construtive criticism, the renders could have a little more final quality, following the same quality of the story.

What I mean with more final quality is more immersion on the images and more "takes" per scenes, because some scenes has few images per take scenes. Details is the key for a good book or game.

This game had me save scumming, a lot. And I see that as a good thing. It means that the characters feel like they have weight to them. You like them, love then, dislike or hate them. Now what I call save scumming and what you call save scumming might be two different things. For me when it comes to Ren'py VNs it's when I feel the need to save at every choice just in case it comes to bite me in the ass three hours down the line.

However, I rarely, like once or twice, loaded an old save and one of those times was coming back to the game.

The story of the game is top notch. It is interesting and enticing. You can really tell that the game developer knows and enjoys MMOs or at least in practice. The story does remind me of SAO Alicization in the likeness of world building, but not the actual plot. There is good humor to the game/story as well. Hell, the title of the damn thing is MMO joke lingo.

I went into this game honestly expecting a lot more sexual acts "forced" upon Sparkles due to her abilities, but I am happy to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Haha, in my weekly DnD game we always make the joke that when someone casts cure wounds on themselves that they are touching themselves. "I'm going to run over here out of the line of fire and touch myself." *casts cure wounds* So this game feeds right into that.

I don't really have any complaints about this game, other than some of the lengthy NPC dialog can start to drag after a while, see the buying fish at the docks scene. I like how the MC started out, very anti-social, very plain, very nerdy and cynical about the world. At the same time though I love how Sparkles is portrayed and with the talk of the game changing the person playing I think it's a great idea and look forward to seeing the changes in MC along the way.

I had seen this game listed on the latest updates page for it's last two updates and I never really gave it a chance. Not sure what to expect or if it would be something that I liked. Again going back to my original expectations for it. Now though, I am happy to say that I will be keeping a close eye on the game as it progresses and looking forward to seeing the updates to follow.

Loved it so far.

Honestly, among the usual crap you find around, this game is a diamond in the mud. Besides donating and writing this review I have no idea what else I could do to motivate the creator to work faster.

Now to the game.
1st of all, there are very few games with female protagonist and 3dcg. Most of them are kinetic novels, not visual novels, and being forced to follow a single predefined path is always a big NO for me.

How should I put this? You play a game, invest in your character, you kinda care about it. Then here comes the dev and decides it's the perfect time to have an unavoidable DP scene with two guys with oversized dicks.

Not the case in this game. Decisions you make do have weight, they matter, and it seems the author cares a great deal about character agency. And that's a big plus in my book.

I'm not going to talk about graphics, you already saw they are gorgeous. I'm not a big fan of women with cow-sized breasts, or inflated butts and thank god, this game have nothing of sorts (so far).

The sex scenes are also amazing, very well written (yes, English is my 3rd language but I can see when a scene is properly depicted). Also the lines are natural, not forced - and I'm not talking only about the sex scenes.

The story so far is interesting and intriguing, I can't wait for more.


Now... the less good things - little things, really, but they bug me a lot. I try to keep this spoiler free.

- would've hoped the real player behind Sparkle to be a bit more... attractive and more willing to engage in human contact. I get it, they are introverts, but I believe the main idea of the game is the transformation of both - player and virtual player.

- such an attractive lady as Sparkle should enjoy more attention from people. As in I kind of expected to be courted 24/7, but pretty much she must take the initiative. And I'm not talking about random "suck my dick" npc's.

- also it's a shame that the only futa that can be romanced had to be an ugly orc. It's pretty much a guy with tits and a foul mouth, no beauty, no grace, no appeal (for me). Maybe there will be more options in the future, who knows...

- the 1st transformation. Visually speaking, before it Sparkle is sexy without being (too) slutty. After it... not so much. Maybe an option to stay without makeup would be nice?

- the heals. At 1st I was worried that my character will be forced to sleep with every single person she heals. Was not the case, and I'm grateful for that. But the arousal / pass out is kinda underwhelming. There are scenes based on this in game, I know. Maybe later in development will be a such spell, and Sparkle will have to chose who wants to heal between two people.

Anyway. I wrote too much. It's a great game. I keep thinking at a game like the one depicted in Healsut. Usually medieval / fantasy games are a hard pass for me, but a game like this one? I'd play it non-stop. Would be like fully modded (loverslab) Skyrim.

Have fun, guys.

I have played this only for two hours or so.

At least the beginning is incredibly funny.

Do not get this for sex, fapping, getting aroused, as humor and sex don't mix very well.

Get it because it is very intelligent, layered, and humorous, especially if you ever played MMORPGS, it is the totale satire of that genre. It is pulling the leg of serious RPG gamers (like me).

If you wanna get aroused, get some other games, if you wanna smile, get this. Also if you are bored with dull, badly written, low intelligence games. This is really refreshing.

Only downside: After about two hours the initial funnyness passed, and it became quite a read.

TL;DR: I didn't like Futa with unrealistically large dicks. Now I do (at least in this game). Switching between the outside world and the high fantasy world + sex = Great Fun! 5/5

CONTRA
- Not enough content yet. I'm hooked, I need more!


PRO
- Player switches between the outside world (more or less modern reality) and a high fantasy setting. I love high fantasy settings. And that switching gives me Matrix vibes.

- I love Lel. I care for her. Good immersion.

- It's no secret, I like trans/trap content, as long as the genitals are at least somewhat realistic and not comically large. Most futa content I've seen so far turns me off for exactly this reason. I was very skeptical when I saw that screenshot with Roopah, but boy is sex with her great! Even moreso after I chose to transform to futa. That boat scene had me both laughing and horny af. Yes, their dicks are unrealistically large, but at least not the usual horse-dick size. I don't know why, maybe it's the fantasy setting, but I quite enjoy this.

Two thumbs way up! More, please!

I started out with low to no expectations. It looked good. The main character was hot. It was in high fantasy.

The start was a little rough; the IRL character comes across as autistic. Then there was a goblin that managed to be crudely funny.

Then there were some really hot other characters.

Then the seemingly random choices I made actually got logged and thrown back at me.

Then the game hit me right in the feels. I never expected to be so entertained and to actually care about the characters.

Sex: 4/5 Lots of cheesecake and it's super hot. Something for everyone: straight, gay, futa lovers, etc. Everything's a pin-up. I'd like some more choices leading to sex, like forcing orgasms on team members in combat.

Gameplay: 4/5 Simple click story, a visual novel. Choices are well explained.

Flair: 6/5 God damn I have not been this entertained by a porn game since FF first demo'd. The characters are great, the writing is great, the music is top notch.

Give this game a spin until after the first dungeon, it's worth it.

An okay TF game that suffers from the usual trappings of the fetish with something extra. The world is nonsensical but it's a porn game so you should expect wonky world building to include porn scenes. Unfortunately for me it stretches credulity a bit too far in some places. I don't understand the endless string of perfect ratings.

I just want to get this out of the way, right off the bat - all the characters are irredeemable. The protagonist is an asshole who is written inconsistently, the party members are all a-holes, the in-game devs are all a-holes. There is not one character that I cared to interact with more than I had to.

So, the protagonist is supposed to be some kind of hardcore gamer beta tester, right? However, once in game almost immediately (after meeting with the party before the big twist) they turn into someone that is incredibly empathetic even to enemies even though outside the game they are shown as being some shut-in with social anxiety. It's incredibly inconsistent. Add this to how the game will punish and berate the protagonist and by extension the player for any choice made makes this hard to get into.

The party is nothing but drama, in fact 90% of the game so far has been drama with the party. At some point before the first choice between futa, sissy (the only male option), and full fem you are forced to have coitus with one of the party afaik. At the very least it wouldn't let me continue the game without visiting and choosing to sleep with someone. Why couldn't they just sleep by themselves which is something that the shut in character would choose? I don't know.

The visuals are fine if you're into 2dcg daz goblins. They all look youthful and a bit doll like but it serves its purpose and I'm glad to have them over real porn pictures or generic anime pictures or even no images at all.

Play it if you want but know what you're getting into. It's not an adventure, it's a drama that shits on the protagonist.

I love this game! I really, really appreciate that the game has a female protagonist that does not get raped like so many others. Additionally, I love that you as a player choose what to do and when to initiate sex. It makes you feel like you're actually playing a game rather than watching a slideshow with tiddies.
Speaking of which, the agency you have as a player is stunning. Actions you take have real consequences and there is usually more than one way to approach each challenge you face.

Healslut has a lot of love put into it. DavieZwei took on a daunting task of making all the decissions matter and stayed on top of it. The characters are interesting and (mostly) likeable. And if the odd character turns out to be a jerk, Panki is likeable enough for two or three. She may have you shtart talking like her though and type the way she shpeaksh. A minor prishe to pay for shuch a great character.

The following review is based off my personal experience with playing this Game/Visual Novel... I try to be as brutally honest and detailed as I can, and these are my own opinions and thoughts, from one or more play throughs... The version this review is based on is v0.4f...

Ok, this VN/Game definitely does not take itself too seriously pretty much at any time... There are some transformation choices you get to make, for those who are into feminine males or futa...

Visuals of most characters are high resolution and decent... There are some male characters that look more like female models that were modified to look like males, yet you can tell from the facial features they were actually female models... The backdrops are decent for the most part, all of which looked unique, in various resolutions... There is definitely a epic crap ton of nudity and scenes meant to seem more comedic through out most of this VN/Game...

The script is decent as I rarely ran into spelling/grammar errors... The plot revolves around a male or female protagonist (your choice) in a near future where he/she is a beta tester in a immersive (as in I believe some form of full body immersive suit that you don't get to see) fantasy world where he/she is testing out a new game patch, with his/her character class being a healer that uses sexual magic/energy to perform the various spells (which you actually get to choose some later on)... Now that being said, there is a much bigger all encompassing plot involving the gaming world being an alternate reality and some stuff about the real developers trying to take over it's world, and so on... It get's a bit weird and convoluted, but the protagonist is kind of dragged into this conspiracy, on the side of what seems like some rebel developers, trying to stop the owners/developers from succeeding...

Before I get into the criticism, let me just start off with how the story actually plays out... Most of the story and dialogue and inner-monologue is chopped full of constant sarcasm, and some characters taking everything literally when the protagonist tries to figure out what is happening... So for most of this VN/Game, you presented with an epic ton of back and forth banter that is meant to be in some ways funny... While I did laugh now and then during the initial phases of the current content, it does start to wear on you eventually...

The protagonist is primarily treated as a victim of constant bad circumstance... You do get to select many varying paths now and then, but I found in most cases even though some things worked out, eventually somehow most choices began to somewhat come back to haunt the protagonist or put him/her in possibly worse situations/circumstances... And in some cases, the writers throw the choices you made, back in your face time and time again... An example would be when you were told by a game master to get arid of your goblin companion, and if you do, several times later it is thrown in your face as though it was somehow a poor choice.. And this happens now and then with other choices as well... Some choices do work out for the protagonist initially, but again sometimes I felt like I was being punished for the choice I made, regardless if it worked in my favor initially...

There was also a moment when I almost thought the protagonist had multiple personality disorder... Such as when the protagonist was outside of the game world, in the real world, and was interacting with some other characters... In game she was constantly trying to figure stuff out, was somewhat friendly, open to discussion, didn't mind speaking his/her mind, even when he/she was constantly being trash talked and pushed around... In the real world, he/she barely spoke a few words at a time, and was extremely abrasive with the characters she/he interacted with... No comedic elements at all during those scenes... It felt really out of place, and contrasted with the rest of the VN/Game...

As to the constant bombardment of ridicule and bad luck the protagonist kept having to put up with, even if you tried to be assertive, it would just backlash... I'm not a real fan of constantly being the victim as a reader/player... Eventually the comedic value doesn't resonate as much after a while, and trying to cover up the victimization through comedy just felt like a means to downplay her bad situation, in hopes that the reader will not take it too seriously or get mad that no matter the choice made, the protagonist was screwed...

There is a ton of nudity, which is perfectly fine, as it is an erotic VN/Game... But very few actual sexual encounters, and when they do occur, some are treated as a farcical over-the-top encounter such as when she (i played as a female protagonist) was covered from head to tow in semen from one man... Where as very few sexual encounters were more on the sensual (no comedy) side, and even then they were short lived... Most sexual encounter options, where you made a choice, felt more coerced or forced on to you... As though should the protagonist take one for the team (even though he/she was reluctant to do it at all and really didn't want to do it most of the time) or try to avoid it... And no matter the choice, it was either a slightly gross experience or avoiding it just meant something else would occur, as though you were being punished for attempting to work around the gross sexual stuff...

I could go into much more, but I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one... I don't want to not like this VN/Game... As I did enjoy some parts and aspects of it... But in other cases it felt like choices didn't matter, because in the end the protagonist was damned if he/she did or damned if he/she didn't... The way most of the comedic value was presented felt good early on, but began to wear on me as it kept going on, in the same patterns of mostly sarcasm and putting the protagonist down or in his/her place... Some situational comedy was good, and some felt over played... And on a just tiny handful of occasions I was slightly confused about what was happening, as though a few pieces of story were missing...

Overall, visually this VN/Game is stunning (with the exception of the feminine looking males), and I love that this was a more Visual Novel based approach with lots of story text and dialogue... I just got worn out by the protagonist rarely catching a break, as though no matter the choice I made something was going to happen that was against the protagonist more then for the protagonist... And the comedy although funny at times, began to wear thin after a while... On a few occasions I felt like skipping past the text, which is not good for a story/dialogue based VN/Game...

This VN/Game will definitely appeal to some folks, and it is definitely original... I just wish the protagonist wasn't treated like such a victim a majority of the time... You may think a choice is the right choice, but it eventually comes back to haunt you or bite you in the butt... Will I revisit this one? Most likely not, because after 4+ hours of play/reading, I think I've seen all that this one plans to offer... And in some ways it just rubs me the wrong way...