Ren'Py - Completed - Moving Down [Final] [Miron HFG]

Version: Moving Down (Complete) by Miron HFG

Having now played all of Miron’s visual novels - starting with the still unfinished The Renaissance, then Vicious Circle, and finally Moving Down (exactly in reverse release order) - I can say with certainty: Miron is a master of his craft.

Although Moving Down was the first part of this trilogy (and maybe we’ll even get a fourth entry, as I’ve read), I liked it the most. The image quality may not be quite as high as in The Renaissance, and the female lead wasn’t as attractive to me as in Vicious Circle. But the consistency and pacing of the story, the sheer amount of text and content, and above all the numerous branching opportunities for the player - sometimes just small nuances in text, sometimes completely new scenes - were perfectly executed. In my playthroughs I kept discovering new things, and I loved that. On top of that, there are nine endings to uncover: one early ending and eight in the final stage of the story.

Chronologically, the novels go: Vicious Circle → Moving Down → The Renaissance. But it doesn’t really matter which title you start with. I myself began with The Renaissance - probably the least favorable one to start with - but even that wasn’t such a big issue. In each of these novels you’ll meet familiar and new faces. The storytelling stays consistent across all works. That said: if you don’t like cruel, inhuman, femdom-driven erotica that dives all the way down the rabbit hole, Miron is definitely not the right artist for you. Personally, I rarely used these novels for "pleasure". Instead, I was hooked by the sadistic, merciless mindfuck Miron’s works created in my head.

If I could give Moving Down six stars, I would do so without hesitation. The consistency of the storytelling and the inclusion of some not-so-pretty female side characters with fuller figures made it stand out from Vicious Circle. I also want to highlight the music: not intrusive, atmospheric, often beautiful, and well-matched to the scenes. It added a lot of value to the novel. Unfortunately, due to the game’s length, the soundtrack did become somewhat repetitive - but that’s nitpicking at a high level.

⚠ Minor spoiler section about endings

In the discussion thread I read comments that there is no truly "good" ending. I agree. My soft heart would have liked at least one path where John and Lisa can live peacefully after their escape. Or an ending with Mistress Maria, where John remains her slave but at least receives real sex and some affection from Maria from time to time. Or maybe an ending where John is caught while escaping with Lisa, but because Maria still has strong feelings for him, she can’t completely destroy him - instead she enslaves Lisa as well and pairs them together (as was done in Vicious Circle). Or even - though I know it will probably never happen in a Miron novel, and in the case of Moving Down couldn’t happen anyway since Maria is a main character in the trilogy - an ending where John takes revenge on Maria. Because let’s be honest: the Maria character is a cruel, sadistic, merciless, heartless bitch who doesn’t deserve to come out unscathed in every existing ending.

Suggestions for improvement:

• Animations: Movements should look more natural (sex scenes, whipping, defecation animations).
• Facial expressions: Could be more varied.
• Sound effects: Urination sounds like a running shower, fart sounds for defecation is not totally wrong but definitely a rarity. In general, the sound effects need an upgrade.
• Assets/Textures: The castration visuals look simply awful. Better models and textures are mandatory here. More variety in stretch marks textures is also needed, since whipping is a core element of these novels.
• Interaction mode: The sudden switch into a different interaction mode - where you have to click on-screen elements (like with Dora) - should be clearly indicated. It took me a while to figure out what to do. Honestly, I don’t think these interactions add much value.
• MC name: In all three novels, the protagonist's default name is John. Using different names would make it easier to discuss the MCs in reviews about the trilogy and help prevent confusion for some readers.

And now my biggest criticism of Moving Down: even for me as a non-native English speaker, the poor English translation was hard to overlook. While the context was usually clear, I often had to rephrase things in my head to make them work. I can only imagine how much more enjoyable Miron’s works are in Russian. Please, Miron - if you improve anything at all in Moving Down, make it the English translation. I would gladly replay the novel if it were revised.

Conclusion:
@Miron HFG if you ever read this review: keep up your excellent work. You’ve gained a supporter.

First of all, Miron is THE femdom master. I’ve played a lot of games in this genre, but I’ve never seen a developer dive this deeply into the theme and really commit to it. This game had me completely hooked. It doesn’t ease you in, it drags you into its world and makes sure you don’t climb back out the same person.

At first, it feels like a simple story about a newly married couple trying to find their rhythm. But the further you go, the darker and more addictive it becomes. The wife’s development is one of the best parts: she doesn’t just wake up one day and flip a switch into dominance. Instead, it’s gradual, believable, and driven by both her own desires and the pressures of people around her. That slow, creeping tilt into something heavier is what makes the story so compelling, it sneaks up on you and won’t leave your head.

Don’t expect a sweet rom-com. What you get is a slow unraveling of a marriage into something twisted, kinky, and strangely fascinating. The pacing is the game’s biggest strength. It builds anticipation, teases just enough, and then pushes you further than you thought it would. Watching the wife’s character unfold feels like staring at a door slowly creaking open, you know once it’s wide open, there’s no going back. That sense of inevitability is chef’s kiss.

Make no mistake: this is pure femdom territory. It owns the niche completely, and it doesn’t hold back. Some players might find it extreme, but that’s exactly what I loved. It’s not here to be a gentle love story, it’s raw, it’s humiliating, and it leans all the way into that. For fans of the genre, it’s like a buffet of fetishes, with plenty of variety, tons of scenes, and multiple endings. If you’re looking for something vanilla, you’ll want to steer clear. But if you’re here for femdom and darker dynamics, this is a feast.

The writing keeps you on edge. It’s raw in a way that matches the mood, full of twists and unexpected turns. While the main story beats are fixed, your choices still shape the mood and details of each scene, which makes them feel personal. The branching paths and different endings give you plenty of reasons to replay, and the recent chapter expansions make it feel like a complete, finished story. Choices accumulate in ways that pay off at the end, which is super rewarding.

On the technical side, the art and animations aren’t AAA-level, but they fit the atmosphere perfectly. The character designs and renders are solid, and the soundtrack really sells the mood, even the grim moments. The translation is a little rough here and there, but the story’s voice still cuts through. Honestly, it feels more raw than broken, and it doesn’t get in the way of the experience.

If I had one nitpick, it’s that the story can feel brutal and a bit railroady at times. But for what it’s aiming to be, it hits every mark. It’s long, heavy, unapologetic, and completely unforgettable. Not the kind of game you play for a quick hit-and-quit, this one wants you to settle in and live through the spiral. For me, that made it one of the most memorable visual novels I’ve played in the genre.

Alright quality of English – the odd strange phrase but otherwise absolutely passable. Mostly - occasionally certain characters make very little sense. I know the developer has in the passed said they use a web translator. Fair enough. The models are decent, I like the art in general, no complaints from me. Runs smoothly, all makes sense.

Oh god another protagonist with crippling shyness who will do anything anyone tells him to, in addition to VN protagonist idiot brain. (Once the couple are financially secure he immediately takes out a dodgy loan and lies about it, self-sabotage much?) In the previous game the MC was at least actually into femdom from the game’s start, but this guy isn’t in these situations partially cos of kink, he’s purely a loser. All though seemingly not a small dick prejac – he can actually satisfy his wife in bed. It also seems like there is a great variety of options available – often the MC doesn’t have to immediately fold to Deborah or the jock in the park, unlike in Vicious Circle. Do these choices have any lasting consequences? Not really – they just slightly alter the tone of the railroading you receive. When the really significant choices about the relationship come, there is no choice. I appreciate that it attempts to show them slowly descending into the femdom, but there’s still a shift around chapter two where the wife’s internal monologue kinda just becomes evil. It’s jarring.

We also have that style of plotting again where events are somewhat driven by everything just going comically wrong in sequence, a string of disasters. The protagonist is no help. He gets himself in deep with a loan shark for no good reason whatsoever. I struggle with certain unbelievable plotting elements. $300 monthly gym membership? Wife and her friend can take department head positions because of nepotism but then wife might have to fire her own husband because of performance? You cannot avoid any pitfall by working harder at work or repaying the loan, you must just watch the misfortune.

I’ve noticed that in this game as with the last by this developer the dominant women are often elites with money and status, abusing their position. In a sense the game has class commentary. I like femdom but also feel that the bourgeoisie need to be overthrown in a bloody revolution. Tough call.

I like the femdom acts in the game but why does the story have to be so non-consensual? Everything done in anger and spite. I find it quite offputting. I, like everyone else playing this game, am doing it voluntarily because of an interest in femdom games. I’m not being blackmailed into playing by my mother-in-law or ordered to play it by me evil boss. It’s just a turn off for me. Especially when even on the ‘good’ playthrough the wife sits the MC down relatively early on to tell him she doesn’t love him any more. Depressing. Which is a shame because the sexual content is hot. The actual sex scenes are sensual and feature a range of enjoyable kinks… its just a shame how they get arrived at.

I think this game is actually a bit better than Vicious Circle overall, a bit less all over the place with different plotlines. It is also quite long, like the other. Longer even, probably a bit too long – it really drags out some plot points. Also, in contradiction of what I said earlier about the choices – while you can’t meaningfully block most major plot points and the game is basically linear, throughout the long game a vast profusion of choices alters scenes or unlocks them and has a cumulative effect that can unlock some of the many endings (some considerably more fucked up than others). So it’s impressive in that regard. I have to award points for it being a fairly high standard VN with an enjoyable extreme femdom focus, but I personally can’t give it a much higher rating because I just find these very bleak femdom narratives too unenjoyable.

Basicly about worthless slacker lazy ass sponging of her loving husbend wife who takes care of her for years. Due to her rich friend she becomes MC's boss and turnes into raging abusive bitch. On top of that Dialogs are silly and badly translated/ tho I've seen worse. Renders are pretty outdated.
P.S. Why do devs that have no idea about femdom, maledome or BDSM in general make this type of games? Those kinks are usualy based on love and trust.

Thank You Miron for this excellent game. Incredible story buildup, depth and complexity of characters. Maria enslave her loving Husband and turns his destiny into hell. Just started The Renaissance cuz i heard its the continuation of the story. Peace out and Stay Kinky

Interesting game, nice animation, nice showing of the different kinks, just experiencing the story and playing with the inner monologue is great, but...

The character development feels very illogical (it's not possible for a person to completely change from week to week, e.g. the beach scene, Marie thanking the main character for standing by her all the time and not forcing her into anything, then a week later scolding him for the same thing; or it doesn't seem completely logical to me that if someone loves someone, later on that person probably won't agree to treat their partner like an object (without consent). I generally miss the consent there.

Maybe Rita's development seems logical (if she had little power, she wants to get "revenge" after gaining higher status).

And where are the paintings of Mary? Why was that information there in the first place? I would have expected those paintings to still be used somehow, this, among other things, makes the Mary character development doesn't feel credible.

About the overall market and global view, I don't understand why this is there. It has no conclusion and seems terribly unrealistic to me (the rest of the world would probably have a say in it, and civil war is very likely.

The drug thing is also interesting (removing the free will of not only men but actually women). The society would be based on slavery, if I understand correctly, so where would be the art, movies, science, the society will be just about slavery? Where will be other things?

I'd be totally fine if that world had worked that way from the beginning, if there was magic too, for example, but restructuring society on that scale would fail.

I'm not commenting on the cruelty of the characters and such, because it's just part of the game, although I have problems there as well

Overall the pros outweigh the cons for me, I enjoyed the game, but these illogical things were ruining the experience a bit, and sometimes I just had to take a break from the game.

BTW: the corporate attitude in this game is a good counter argument for ancap

I have to say I dropped the game at or close after chapter 3.

Deborah and Helga were just so despicable to me and killed the whole thing.
Not sure if the creator(s) intended to showcase that people with that kinda mindset actually (are allowed to) exist, or if there is a grudge (from the author) towards men in general. Not speaking of BDSM and femdom in general but treating people outside of privacy like garbage.
I know people that went down that (or almost) deep and tossed away their lives.
The city is no way close to be a real thing (or at least I hope it isn't somewhere).
But character traits that develop like Maria are definitely a thing, and there has to be a certain professionality from the influencer in order to not go insane like it has been in this game.

Not sure if decisions can influence/change/alter the romance between Deborah and Maria, but I honestly regret giving her “access” to Maria.

The turnaround on the story and that the entire city is run with that shady shit actually made me feel sick. I feel sorry for what happens to the dude, yet some decisions were dumb which me personally wouldn't have made, but you had no chance. I think it was unavoidable to end up like this.

Sidenote: Deborah identifies herself as a dominatrix, which isn't the case. There is a difference between dominatrix and femdom.

Technical opinion:
Music is aight, although it didn't fit some scenes at all.

Animations could've been done better for a game that “large”.

Sounds are a complete letdown. Moaning is always the same sound (or at least sounds to me like it is). When you don't want to hire voice actors or do recordings yourself, just take what's on the internet. But there is definitely better stuff than these sounds.

I feel like this game is supposed to catch people that have a grudge on men and want to live out what they can't do in real life. A line has certainly been crossed that shouldn't have been.

The only thing it did to me is feel more upset about how the worklife nowadays gets ruled by connections and heritage.

Ive probably played over a hundred games on here and this is probably in my top 10. at least in terms of how hot it was. ive played a lot of super well written games that arent close to as hot as this, but this strikes a stellar balance between engaging and enticing lol not me writing like this is for the New York Times

one of the most fun and EROTIC femdom games I have ever played, I enjoyed seeing how the wife changes and the husband and how the story goes and how can you change it a little bit with out losing the core experience

This is maybe the most interesting game I've ever reviewed.

Disclaimer: I enjoy femdom, I enjoy certain extreme kinks if the context/story is right. I believe a femdom relationship, while able to have uncomfortable and even brutal moments, is still at heart based on love between two people.

Pros:
-Its a finished game. In a world where every game is either abandoned, or on hold, or you doubt it'll ever actually finish...this game is a finished story.
-The story takes its time and is a slow burn at the start; builds anticipation well.
-No minigames, just story and action scenes. The scenes were all fine to me.
-The first 2-3 chapters were awesome
-The usage of multiple different aspects to femdom, including some more extreme ones, even if I'm not a personal fan of some.
-Having multiple endings...but(continued)

Cons:
-(continued)...specific endings can be hard to understand how to reach (I struggled on what choices make the wife good/bad)
-the players loses control of actual decisions almost immediately; Players being able to control what fetishes they want to see is awesome and there mostly, but you have no control of the story, and that's a problem...
-it is hard to be a passenger and not intervene on some of the stupider decisions. It's more frustrating due to the MC being a legendary idiot
-(biggest con by a mile) the wife is a complete psychopath too quickly, and is cajoled into it by two rough characters...
-...the mother character is hard to take seriously, she doesn't seem human. the best friend/boss is fine, but the wife becomes essentially a copy of her over night, despite being a completely different person at the start.

The first 2-3 chapters are the femdom game genre at it's peak. A woman discovering her dominant side, and a (sadly slow-minded, because otherwise this doesn't work) man who plays along in service of being loyal. This is my kind of story. A wife discovering dominance and a relucant husband resisting it, but eventually choosing to go with it for love. If you play this part, then bypass your way to the final 20-30 frames of the good ending, the story can be satisfying.

The problems start in the later chapters. They're extreme, and I'm not talking about the kinks either. The wife becomes monstrous insanely fast, and never has any qualities of redemption after. That's makes it hard to stomach. The game goes from an erotic femdom love story to something unerotic, hard to watch, and one the player can't control. At some point, it stopped being a porn game, and became a prayer by me that there would be redemption for any character at all...

I've seen the story-writing get knocked in other reviews, but I have to commend it.


There's warnings all over that this is extreme. I simply thought that meant the fetishes, not the story beats.

I'd love a remake of Moving Down that makes the wife's turn more controllable / gradual / believable.

As said above, femdom relationships to me are at a core still built on love; which makes anything that happens after the beginning hard to believe/stomach/enjoy. Some (2) of the endings are good though, at least for my part.

All that said, the components of this game make it arguably the best of the femdom genre that I've seen thus far, and with the same art, style, animations, and more control of the story, it would be the best. I just wish the wife had more options than completely unhinged evil surrounded by evil influence, because

Story: 5/5

The story is in no way realistic, but it does not aim for realism. The game knows what it is and it does it well. The "moving down" process is really well paced in my opinion. You have a pathetic MC plus a wife who slowly discovers how much she likes making men suffer and our MC gets a taste of that process every step of the way.

Characters: 5/5

Wife is the star of the show, but she gets surrounded with bunch of other interesting femdom girls. Other characters have no depth at all, but they don't need it. Every single one of them is there to represent an archetype of a femdom personality and they do it well. (Some of them do have depth, but you would need to play other games from the author to udnerstand it.)

MC: 3/5

Archetype of a failure. He is there for you to watch him get abused and jerk off to it. He has a simple job and he does it.

Sex scenes: 5/5

Might be too much for some people, but I found them excellent.

Branching: *

No rating. I would give a good rating if a game handles branches really well and if they are meaningful. Low rating if the branches make no sense or are forgotten about. This game branches only at the very end, other than that, your choices affect only the outcome of a scene. For me, branching is almost non existent so it should not have an effect on the final score.

Gameplay: 5/5

Very simpmle Ren'Py VN with nothing complicated to distract the player. The game has no ambition to be enjoyed because of the gameplay. It is meant to be enjoyed for the porn. I give full score because the author uderstands what he wants to make and isn't bothering us with unnecessary sandboxy map navigation and clicking.

Overall: 5/5

Really good for what it is. Good writing of the scenes and enjoyable femdom experience. If you want to successfully jerk off to femdom , don't want a quick wank watching porn and rather have somewhat interactive experience with story progression, this game is for you.

Love that you really went for it in this game as the time progresses like you mentioned in your Developer Notes.
Very pleasurable experience from start to finish, story is intriguing and moving, opening up more and more fetishes.
Awesome looking girls, animations and renders along the story.
Plenty of content to enjoy, very rare to see such a good game.

I found this game to be an overwhelming celebration of femdom. There were parts of it i loved and parts that i hated but ultimately it was an unbelievable rollercoaster ride that ended on a poignant note regardless of which ending you chose. Is there such a thing as too much? That was the question i kept asking myself when i tried to figure out how i would react if i was put in such situations. The art was acceptable at first spurred on by the engaging story flow and only got better. The story itself is S tier and executed in similar fashion. When you consider how pedestrian it begins and how it ends. Its a masterpiece, all be it a tough to swallow completely one

Many game makers are constantly delaying updates, sometimes disappearing, and sometimes renaming themselves to post only demo versions or early versions of new games.
MironY has already completed two games, has never broken an update promise, and always tries to meet the needs of gamers through regular communication.
Even though he makes two games at the same time, he updates them once a month, and I don't think any femdom game makers show this level of integrity.
You may not like the ending of moving down. And I fully understand that point.
But I think he deserves a better reputation, and maybe he should be high enough among all the existing femdom game makers

The game has really good idea and could be really good. The graphics looks a bit bellow average. Some of the renders look good. But the story is really poor. But the most important is it is not arousing at all.

I was a bit hesitant to play with this, I was concerned about the game being too extreme, but after reading the developer's notes I thought I would just avoid the fetishes I am not interested in, and stop playing if it becomes too dark. I also saw multiple very positive reviews about this game, so I decided to give it a shot.

The positives:

• The renders are good, and the female characters are sufficiently attractive.
• The writing is competent. There are some translation/language issues (e.g., overusing the otherwise rare word 'coquettish'), but nothing too distracting.
• I enjoyed the earlier parts of the game, and some of the scenes are quite hot.
• I also got emotionally invested in the game, and was curious how it would play out. I should not have...

The negatives:

• The main character is railroaded into making some absurdly dumb decisions, inevitably leading to his demise.
• The latter half of the game is way, waaay too dark for my taste, and this is not avoidable.

So the game starts with a loving relationship, where both parties realize they enjoy when the wife is more dominant. Okay. I thought they will have a dom/sub relationship, where even if the main character experiences discomfort, he will still get some enjoyment out of it on a deeper level. This is not what happens here. The wife somehow becomes a total psychopath, and decides to enslave his husband and then torture him in every way possible. After mid-game, much of the abuse the main character gets is not even sexual anymore. He gets tortured with cold and hot water, has to stay in uncomfortable positions, not allowed to sleep, not given food, etc. It is quite clear he does not enjoy this kind of treatment anymore and would escape if given the chance. And there is some foreshadowing that he will not survive the ordeals. No thanks, I am not aroused by the thought of being murdered.

I should not have played through this, unfortunately I was curious and got severely disturbed by the end. There should be some options early game to act sensibly and avoid slavery: not taking the loan, and leaving the wife when still possible. Maybe the correct 'play' is to close the game at that point and walk away, so in a sense I was almost as dumb as the main character for seeing this through.

Apparently there is an audience for this stuff, but I am clearly not part of it. Only play this if you enjoy being kicked in the balls.

This review of "Moving Down" reflects my personal view and has no claim to general validity.

Here, a very interesting topic in connection with this so-called "game" has been completely nullified.
My criticism in detail:

- The renders, well these render images are qualitatively on a medium level, especially when "playing" in full screen mode, a lot of things appear a bit washed out and blurry. 5 or 6 years ago something like this would have been okay, but not today.

- The music, while it's nice that the developer has thought of a musical background to his "work of art", it is not particularly appropriate and even annoying in many places.

- The animations are rudimentary at best, but the worst is when the entire image and its content moves during an animation, not just the actors. That immediately makes all the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

- The soundtrack, for the most part, doesn't fit the scene and is also asynchronous, so it could have been left out.

I could have looked the other way about all this, but the most important things that make a good game were completely ignored by the "developer".
I couldn't put myself in the shoes of any of the characters at any time, all actions and decisions are completely illogical and incomprehensible. I had the permanent impression that only complete idiots or psychopaths are to be found in this "game".
The dialogs are shallow and without any depth worth mentioning.
(I don't want to go into details of the characters and their actions/decisions, because that would otherwise go beyond the scope).
There is no suspense ground in the narrative, no unexpected events everything is very monotonous/straightforward and predictable.
The player doesn't get any freedom of choice, you can make a decision here and there, but it's only cosmetic and has no influence on what happens. It would have been desirable to have at least two paths where the player can decide which direction to take, which would have increased the replay value significantly, such as a good and evil side.
Another important point is that the player should be able to decide the ending himself.
For me, a "game" looks different for the reasons mentioned.
The developer could have saved himself the time and effort with RenPy, a comic would have been more appropriate.
I can only advise the "developer" to look for someone for his next project who knows how to apply a good story in dialogue and image in a "game".

Therefore, I can not recommend this "game".

(Another small note, the "game" behaves like in episode 4 the series "Games of Thrones", which runs on TV - an interesting topic successfully broken).

Moving Down is one of the best games in the mentioned Genres I have ever played. Congratulations to the developer for the great artwork and story.

There is one thing, that other players should know:
Please read the Developer Notes on the first page twice!
Think about it and understand the meaning.

You will see scenes in this game with extreme cruelty which are hard to bear.
The developer says "all sorts of humiliation".
There is a ingame warning and you should choose this route carefully.

I for my self was totally happy until Maria decided to send her hubby to this special school. Then the story became fatal.

The various endings are great in a way that your decisions in this game really have various consequences.
Be warned again: Some endings will not make you happy. On the contrary.
This is not fundamentally bad, but surprising and unexpected.

Notice: This review is for the final (complete) version of the game.

It starts out fun and interesting but quickly becomes way over the top. It starts off with a pretty engaging concept for a Femdom game and devolves into scene after scene of brutal, incoherent BDSM. This stems partially from the lack of real choices in the second half of the game and the wife turning into a sociopath. There is very limited explanation for what happens, and each character loses any personality as the story progresses.

There are pros too though. The renders are really good and the first half of the game is very fun, with good sex scenes and choices.

It could have been a very good game if it had a shorter overall length and was a bit more realistic.

This is excellent game. Renders are good. Game play is fantastic and story is awesome. I am rating this one of the best game around. This game capture the attention of the player and he will not left before competing . I am searching for more games like it.