Popular genres/fetish these days

[Honey Tales]

Hi, I'm sketching the plot for my next game and I'd like to get some feedback from this community about the most favorite/popular genre/fetish these days. Take it as a research study.

Thanks for your help and opinions.

 

[sausageballs]

The most generic stuff would be ass, tits, blowjobs, missionary sex, you get the idea.

As a roamer, I've seen a lot of people enjoy things such as incest, feet, corruption, femdom/maledom, and older/married women.

You can always spice up a scene by placing the characters in interesting situations, like two characters are one step from being caught when they're in the middle of something. Just my suggestion though

 

[Dessolos]

incest folks are loud, as well as harem. I think it's best make what you want otherwise higher chance of the quality dropping if you base on the community's whim. My preference are monogamous games , or monogamous games with optional harem or throuple paths so nothing is forced, and both sides can get what they want. Look at Bare Witness that's a good example of this.

 

[madrobot4]

female protag,humiliation (more specifically unfair situations, healslut comes to mind where the protag is forced by a 'glitch' in the game to dress slutty for example)

 

[woody554]

you won't survive the development hell if you make what others want. this is already a huge mistake.

 

[Anthony2]

i think a growing in popularity is the Netori fetish i might be biased but alot of newer games are putting this in their games some of which just got updated such as https://f95zone.to/threads/away-from-home-ep-1-22-vatosgames.29666/ , https://f95zone.to/threads/grandmas-house-v0-49-moonbox.94140/ , https://f95zone.to/threads/twisted-memories-v0-8-baibai.129520/ and https://f95zone.to/threads/that-new-teacher-day-4-rogueone.171128/ .

 

[zhang8870]

You can probably do some crawling to find the most popular tags/genres on this site.

A tag trending system like in DLsite is definitely useful if you'd like to understand the selected community's trend, though I doubt it would be the same here.

 

[bethrezen0]

Harem, corruption and incest. That is the way to go. Also NTR, but make sure you made it Avoidable.
From what i learned while being here, this is the most popular shit here.
Also don't forget it have to be a VN, preferably made on Ren'py, 0.001 version, otherwise it might not have that much "potential"
And of course the story, don't forget it. That's the most important thing in a porn game of course.

 

[Honey Tales]

Thanks for the feedback. I have my own idea of what game I want to do next, but I wanted to hear what are the most "demanded" fetishes these days.

you won't survive the development hell if you make what others want. this is already a huge mistake.

You're totally right. But is not about that. Is about doing a bit of "market researching".

 

[Honey Tales]

Hey, I've got another question on my mind. So, I'm kind of torn between sprucing up my gameplay or sticking to the usual VN setup with reading, choices, and light interactions. I'm thinking about adding more of a "graphic adventure" vibe to my game, you know? Like diving into a detailed 3D world where players have to solve puzzles and find items to progress the story.

Of course, I'll still keep the characters with their choices and development, but I want to throw in these classic adventure game challenges to spice things up. What do you reckon? I'm not sure if this approach has been done much before because everyone seems to stick to Renpy, but maybe players are craving something different?

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

Hey, I've got another question on my mind. So, I'm kind of torn between sprucing up my gameplay or sticking to the usual VN setup with reading, choices, and light interactions. I'm thinking about adding more of a "graphic adventure" vibe to my game, you know? Like diving into a detailed 3D world where players have to solve puzzles and find items to progress the story.

Of course, I'll still keep the characters with their choices and development, but I want to throw in these classic adventure game challenges to spice things up. What do you reckon? I'm not sure if this approach has been done much before because everyone seems to stick to Renpy, but maybe players are craving something different?

Personal Study seems kinda similar, so it's not like there's no demand for that.

 

[Deleted member 484479]

I'm thinking about adding more of a "graphic adventure" vibe to my game, you know?

It could be something that can make your game stand out from the rest if executed well but the return on investment might not be worth it. If your decisions are determined by whats popular, I think most people who play eroge games care more about story and interaction involving sexual content. One of the pitfalls of including open ended gameplay like that is you kinda have to spell everything out for the player to avoid frustration. I've read many complaints where players wished a certain game was more visual novel oriented so they wouldn't have to deal with parts of the game that were unengaging to them. Instead of creating a sense of agency, they see it as a chore.

That being said, I like the graphic adventure genre if you're referring to games like Monkey Island or King's Quest. I don't think they differ too much from renpy games that have item mechanics outside of the player movement. If you have a real passion for this style and know how to execute it correctly I'd say go for it.

 

[Honey Tales]

Yeah, I'm planning to incorporate those elements into my next project. If it doesn't do well, despite being well-executed in terms of gameplay, it's likely because players aren't into the additional elements that divert their focus from the story and the intimate interactions.