Ren'Py - Completed - Vicious Circle: Femdom Edition [v1.0 Fix] [Miron HFG]

The game is a dream come true for fans of cruel female domination. The emphasis is on “cruel.” Although there is also gentle femdom content, it only makes up about 25% of the total content. The rest of the game leans heavily towards the more extreme.

The game starts off quite linear and more like a novel. From about the middle of the game onwards, the game begins to offer different paths that lead to different endings. Some of these endings are dark and can even result in the death of the main character.

Those who don't have a problem with that will enjoy the game a lot. The story is well-crafted and varied. There are plenty of femdom scenes and different sexual practices from the femdom genre.

Vicious Circle: Femdom Edition 1.0

Less than 2% of all women are dominant in relationships or show dominant tendencies. Around 50% fantasize about it, and about 12% live it out in BDSM play or something similar. I definitely don’t belong to that 12%, because knowing it’s all fake could never satisfy me the way it does those who live it out in real life.

That aside, however, the idea that women could exercise true dominance over men - through blackmail or other means - is extremely arousing.
Being completely at the mercy of a woman, living in constant fear of doing everything right just to avoid losing the favor of the very woman one adores (or must adore for self-preservation)… I suppose this very emotional rollercoaster is what couples with such inclinations want to live out in real life.

I definitely don’t count myself among that group of people and will therefore never truly understand the essence of a sub, as our main character John is and as he is portrayed in this story, since I see myself as neither sub nor dom. So - after this long preface, which also serves a bit to help you understand my review better - let’s get to the point without spoiling too much of the story:

I was genuinely shocked at how strongly the story of Vicious Circle: Femdom Edition pulled me in. Miron masters like no one else the art of triggering a mental mindfuck. You want the best for John, but you despair because you know John doesn’t want it any other way, and you are powerless, forced to watch as he falls deeper into the inescapable hole he willingly throws himself into.

Of course, Miron gives us the illusion of being able to leave the main path with the heroine/antagonist Alexandra (depending on how you see her) through certain decisions, but nearly all of them lead to a similar end - which, under normal circumstances, would be considered terrible. It’s no coincidence that Miron’s creations are called Hard Femdom Games. What begins as softcore dom/sub play, consensual BDSM, and desired humiliation turns more and more into forced, malicious, and sadistic games that cross boundaries far beyond lightly - and lead to bloody and dark consequences.

I like this uncompromising, relentless approach Miron takes with us players. But it definitely won’t appeal to everyone.

Alexandra is one of the absolute highlights. You get to know her and want to love and hate her at the same time. She will return (as a guest appearance and catalyst) in Miron’s next game, The Renaissance - a game that has already exceeded my expectations and has gone in the right direction in some aspects I will still criticize in this review.

For me, this VN was less a template for “relaxation” and more of a brilliant thriller. I can only repeat myself: in my opinion, the story is absolutely world-class.

The setting, the presentation of the images, the image quality (with raytracing), the depicted scenes, lighting, the assets and models used (Alexandra is simply gorgeous, as are so many of the models), the women’s sexy clothing… everything is just perfect, and you never want the VN to end. Even the animations were at times exciting and well done - something I still criticized in The Renaissance. Of course, the animations still lack natural movement, but at least some of them provided real added value.

The music is atmospheric and fitting. Unfortunately, given the remarkable length of the VN, it does become somewhat repetitive and monotonous.

Honestly, I don’t even want to mention the negatives, because no matter what they are, my rating remains a crystal-clear 5. But for the sake of completeness:

• The fart sound in the scat scenes was definitely a turn-off. That doesn’t mean I’m against fitting sounds for such content! And generally, fart sounds are fine - just not for that kind of scene, but maybe in others, which this VN doesn’t contain.
• A few too many side characters wanting a piece of John.
• That John is a full-blooded sub by passion! It was necessary for the story, but it was clearly a turn-off for me.
• The lack of at least one imperfect female body (for degrading scenes), or more variation in female figures.
• The English translation was somewhat lackluster, with occasional odd sentences and missing letters, but it wasn’t a complete disaster.
• The endless loop with Nina didn’t add any value and at first made me think it was a bug, until I realized the events were random.

And now to what bothered me the most:

The characters in the story - and the story itself - temporarily lose credibility. After the buildup, from the numerous ruthless female doms, suddenly there are tame, understanding women who accept John’s feelings and will, even though he is firmly in their grasp. That narrative inconsistency - although only temporary - was deeply disappointing for me. I understand that Miron deliberately altered the tone at this point to create a branching opportunity - either allowing the player to step back and choose one of the side stories as an ending, or to continue along the main path with Alexandra, but it really annoyed me that the tone of the story no longer matched what had come before. I sincerely hope this won’t happen again in The Renaissance.

First of all, Miron is the femdom master. I’ve played Moving Down and it’s still my favorite, but Vicious Circle, the prequel, turned out to be just as much of a banger. What I love about Miron’s work is that it doesn’t just skim the surface of femdom; it dives straight into it and refuses to let go.

The wild thing about this game is how it sneaks up on you. You know that feeling when you’re a few hours in and suddenly realize you can’t put it down? That’s exactly what happened here. At first glance, you expect another edgy VN with a dark twist, but a couple of hours in, it’s clear this has way more weight. It’s not just shock scenes strung together, there’s an actual story, long and layered, that builds tension in ways you don’t expect. It feels like someone handed you a sealed letter and just kept adding pages, messy, loud, and impossible to stop reading.

The setup is deceptively simple: an orphan gets accepted into the best university in the country. It feels like a classic “new life, new opportunities, maybe romance” beginning… until the script flips hard. From there, the story leans fully into femdom, humiliation, and deliberately uncomfortable power dynamics. What starts as a sweet love story becomes the spark that changes everything, pushing the main character down a path you can guide, but not control. The choices you make, whether subtle or huge, genuinely shape the outcome, and the branching endings make replaying feel worthwhile instead of repetitive.

The writing is surprisingly strong for a niche VN. The translation isn’t perfect, but it has a rawness that actually fits the mood. Dialogue feels natural, descriptions hit hard, and the pacing makes the emotional swings land. You end up feeling for the protagonist, whether he’s living out his deepest desires or watching his world collapse.

What really sold me was the atmosphere. The character art is sharp and expressive, the renders are polished, and the soundtrack, simple but effective, locks you into the mood. The visuals carry the story, and together with the music, they make every scene feel alive. Yeah, it leans extreme, but that’s the point. If you go in knowing it’s a femdom-centered story, it delivers with both intensity and variety.

Another big plus: the sheer amount of content. There are tons of story days, multiple branching routes, and alternative endings. It’s the kind of game that makes you want to reload saves and test out different paths, just to see how far the story can bend. The dev is clearly committed, too, updates keep adding depth, showing that this project isn’t just coasting but aiming for a bigger, darker vision.

Now, fair warning: this is not a game for everyone. It’s extreme, it’s niche, and it doesn’t shy away from dark, punishment-driven drama. Optional content toggles help, but this isn’t a soft, romantic VN. This one is bold, messy, and sometimes over the top, but that’s exactly why it works.

Bottom line: if you’re into confident, adult-targeted visual novels that lean hard into femdom and don’t flinch from uncomfortable territory, Vicious Circle is one of the most ambitious and complete entries in the genre. I ended up way more invested than I ever expected, and that’s the mark of a great VN.

Its pretty straightforward. the main character turns pretty submissive and gets into a lot of humiliation , cruel antics. I left the Bi content on, it was pretty lackluster, just a couple that comes in and rapes you pretty much at weird times disconnecting the story. I did enjoy all the choices the story gives you with plenty of different endings.

Like a trip through the author's perverse mind, except they forgot to craft their ideas into semi reasonable whole - things happen because author was a bit more horny here and there. It's hard to follow with so many needless characters and plotlines and progression is almost exponential in the way nothign happens for the longest time and then almost out of nowhere MC is used and abused by everyone around - just because.

Instead of writing a strong spine of the story its just a character bloat and inconsequential word vomit

Mainly played this as I was preparing to play the follow-up and realised this existed.

It is actually quite a long story. I saw all(!) endings. Very slow start! Lots of exposition and setting the scene. I understand this was converted into this format from another engine as a remake and the remaking of the game removed a lot of early gameplay – fair enough. But be warned, the first long stretch is completely kinetic novel with no real choices. It’s not really a gameplay or choice heavy game.

It’s kinda cheesy, the writing, and the translation is not that elegant, but it’s at least semi-literary. (There is a hilarious moment when a criminal with a machete threatens to stab you ‘in a jiffy’, hahaha). Surprisingly good canned music!

I’d say the art looks pretty good, mostly the characters are appealing. The models are surprisingly detailed. I played with all content enabled. One very strange mechanic is that a number of minor characters seem to have their gender randomised, so they change even on reloads of saves! Interesting idea, but why?

In the comment thread I have put an extended rant on this style of femdom game but will finish the review proper up here. TLDR: I like extreme femdom but just don’t find it erotic when the male sub is a quivering wreck and the women are all evil tyrants. For various reasons it drains all eroticism from the activities. I like the large variety of femdom content! It almost goes without saying that this has a real deep load. But to summarise what I’m ranting about elsewhere, overall the femdom story(s) gets a bit… much. You quite rapidly lose immersion when it reaches pantomime levels of misfortune for the MC. I like the extreme femdom content itself but am not a fan of the relationships between characters. I just find BDSM between couples far more erotic than otherwise. Also some very uneven plotting, with some characters a relatively slow burn and others going 0-100 in a single scene. (Although, on the other hand, a couple of the plotlines had genuine unexpected moments.)

So overall it’s a slick VN with good art and music and a robust femdom focus that loses points for the writing, and a scenario which is a bit too negative for me to really get on board with. And I’m all about the writing – my personal taste would give it two stars for that, but decent production value and trying to be a bit objective bump it up to three.

To be fair, if I liked humiliation and had low self-esteem, I would have given the game 5 points.
I felt uneasy throughout the game and even after it was over, triggered by the MC's constant humiliation and awkwardness.
If you like such humiliating feelings, congratulations, you've probably found your next favorite game.


However, this review is written from the point of view of a man who would not submissively hand himself over to a woman until he is whipped to death without putting up a fight.
But that's exactly what makes this game so unpleasant.
Most paths in the game (actually all of them) end or live through your existence with you being whipped bloody, some to your own death.
Even in this moment, the women show no empathy or remorse. ( Point deduction for a hopeless world full of empathy-less women)

But empathy, hope and remorse and the love for one's own sub (here unfortunately always just a slave) is what I miss as a player.
Even if the game was of course designed for a specific niche.
In my opinion, what makes a good game is that it also develops paths that offer enough scope and ways to experience the complete opposite in addition to the actual core of the game.
For example, the game completely lacks the option of freeing the MC from slavery.
It is also not possible to bring Alex back down from her all-destructive dominatrix trip and bring her back to the level when you first met her or to protect her from complete derailment in order to at least ensure a loving relationship between Dom&Sub.
Everything degenerates into the extreme, there is no going back, slave or death is the motto. Unfortunately ( hence another point deduction).

Above all, the conditions experienced by the MC actually belong in a psychiatric ward. Every person has a mechanism for self-preservation.
If this is no longer there, you are (to put it simply) broken.
It would have been good to address precisely this issue. The best example that not everything has to be hopeless is the game: Leap of Faith
To show that there is a way out, that you can be helped not to sacrifice your own life to a lust until you are whipped to death or die in agony by eating shit and drinking piss.
Sadly, there is one person who wants to help you but no matter how you play it out, all ways fail. ( Final point deduction for not being able to help the MC or his great love himself)

Finally, I would like to mention that this game can leave emotional traces after playing it for a longer game session.
It took some time to get all the humiliation and degradation out of my head.

But isn't that exactly what you want as a player, to be captivated by the content and think about it beyond the end of the game?
So a plus point for that.

Very boring and monotonous femdom game. The author has a talent for turning what could be a simple sentence into 5 paragraphs. The engrish does not help. Even flying through the text with control I was still falling asleep. Bland backgrounds and characters, bland events, bland femdom scenes. Get ready to read over 5 pages for 20 minutes before the characters gets his first kiss.

Pro:
The art is fine.

Cons:
The character is too submissive for my taste. Every woman who crosses his path dominates him in the blink of an eye.
What appeals to me is when the character is slowly dragged into the abyss and unfortunately that's not the case in this game. There is also too much text and too little decision for my taste.

one of the best authors in the femdom genre, I'm always waiting for his releases, on "Moving Down" it's more elaborate. here, in the middle of the game, the plot has sunk a lot. He's being shaken in different directions. in any case, for fans of the top genre

This is another excellent game by the same developer. All of his games are wonderful. I love these femdom stories,full with action . I am searching for more games like it. BEAUTIFUL GAME. Excellent renders. Story is awesome.

Excellent game!!! Maybe a spoiler in this review so reader beware!!!
That being said, if you have read the overview, and the tags fit your wheelhouse, there is no need to read further. Take a spin through the "Vicious Circle". Support the Dev too!!!
First, I should say that I haven't made it to the end of (v0.6) yet, but I am hoping I mess up with my GF/Mistress and she (SPOILERS COMING) sends me back to the all the various wolves that had me in their clutches along the way. The "wolves" being a great variety of Dommes and Dom couples(M/F, F/F, F/T) who made "the circle" so fucking vicious in the first place.
Nothing "worse" than being at your wits end trying, and being unable to, please everyone at all times.(Yes, I am a "people pleaser").
I would like to see the situations get even harsher for me, ("me" being the MC) I really love the idea of being put in a position where I am having to choose to please one Domme or Couple over the other, only to be be punished worse by the one I didn't go to. That "Vicious Circle" getting worse by day was a great ride. I was a little let down when it seemed to come to an end. But again, I haven't even finished V0.6 and V0.7 just came out! Anyway, I hope to find more pitfalls, and for ease of development, maybe be thrown back into the circle of the varying great Dominants that we've already met. If there were a solo Male Dom, or M/M couple that got his/their clutches on me, even better! Fuck, accidentally walking into a locker room and pissing off some of the guys on a Rugby, Hockey, or Football team might shut me up.
It is a great premise with a creative and super hot side story that I will not give away.
Miron HFG, I will follow you no matter where you take the story.
I am off to pledge support now!

Pros:
- Hot renders;
- Animated sex-scenes;
- Option to change camera angles during said sex scenes;
- Femdom;
- Dickgirl;
- The ability to switch off certain types of content;
- Multiple endings (sort of).
The writing is not so good. It's there mainly to move the plot. The protagonist doesn't act like a real person, willingly submitting to any and every character, which actually conflicts with his otherwise normal personality. I get having fetishes, but it just felt forced half the time (and I'm not talking about forced sex here). You're hardly ever given a choice on how you want to interact with the different characters you meet, making this game a bit more of a kinetic novel, and when you are given choices, they don't matter all that much (except closer to the end). I tried three our of the four(?) possible endings, and frankly the two that I liked still felt unsatisfying. I'm guessing the dev just didn't want to leave any hint of a more vanilla relationship between the PC and the ladies.

As to other things that I didn't like, there's a lot of empty talk and teasing. The PC does very little fucking as a top (despite that fact that realistically dominatrixes do allow their slaves to fuck them, but under specific conditions), and I really didn't understand where the PC actually lives: in some scenes he's sharing a dorm room with a femboy (why even have a femboy in this game? So players aren't as repulsed by the bi\ gay content? Feels cheap, especially since you can actually turn gay content off at game-start) but in others he's in, what appears to be, a private room. Likewise, he gets into a ton of trouble, but nobody takes his side, nobody investigates anything, or does anything else to help him. In fact, half the time he's punished further by the people that were supposed to help him. At most Linda is there to pick him up, and even then, she scolds him at every step. Again, the writing is there to move the plot, not to provide a real, functional setting.

So yeah, technically it's a pretty good game, but the writing ruined it. And yes, I know that one doesn't consume porn content for the writing, but if you insist on having it, then deliver, damn it!

Amazing game. Writing and storytelling is on such a high level, it really draws you in so fast and easy into the whole thing.
Girl models and animations are awesome, very nice renders, such an enjoyable experience.
Lot of fetishes and very unique interaction with different girls, i like that you have such a distinct interaction with each one.
High recommendation to try this game out if you're into femdom, this is a gem.

I just played both games back to back and had to comment. So i jumped into this one expecting the same dizzying thrill as the first one, i almost steeled my nerves before i began just to be safe but that wasnt necessary. Where the first one was a buffet of fem kink, this i found to be about acceptance. Acceptance from the dom or doms and acceptance from the sub. Maybe im over thinking it but it seemed that through the protagonists acceptance his doms found theirs too. From the very beginning he is accepting of who he is but sees it as unacceptable to others, which is the reverse of his doms. Though they all try and use it against him, ultimately you notice that he is at pace with himself while they are slowly losing themselves to him. Who is tempting or dominating who? It gave me a lot to think about. Towards the end i only had one word constantly coming to mind. Beautiful. The art, most definitely. The kinkage, double dose of beauty. And just the vibe, I'm glad it was more subtle than dark. I enjoyed this one immensely and cannot wait for the continuation.

MironY does hard femdom, and he's one of the best at it. Things tend to spiral completely out of control with a femdom dystopia arising, and the MC suffering through the worst aspects of it, or having the opportunity to anyway. It's rarely ever any good for him, especially at the end.

Here we have an orphaned young man with a femdom past that has created insecurity and a desire for humiliation that he doesn't necessarily like. He meets a beautiful woman who becomes his gf but his insecurity prevents him from performing. His lack of money puts him in bad situations and for whatever reason he keeps getting abused by women, who weave their deceptive webs to manipulate him into slavery.

Renders are gorgeous, the story is fast paced, although you can't really think about it too much, and the emotions are all visceral. Each update is rather substantial in length. Not many choices yet, but maybe down the line there will be more.

This is a remake of a previous game, that I couldn't really get running and didn't really play that well anyway. But this is much more fleshed out and the original really is no longer worth looking at. I am looking forward to the MC suffering more degradation and hopelessness. Although the original did also have some romantic outs, we'll see how this one goes. This is a prequel to the author's other work Moving Down, and I believe a sequel is planned after.

Fantastic. Some of the initial characters shown aren't very attractive in my opinion. But then they introduce some really hot dommes like Anna, the blonde who makes videos and the one with silver (or is it violet? I don't rember) hair who hugged the bald guy.
The graphics are improved compared with the Rpgm version, and so is the dialogue. Besides there is a lot of new and improved content.
This game focuses in femdom only, will have a variety of femdom fetishes and, after this update, I see a bright future for the game.

Wow! Where do I start? First, this game is following the familiar storyline of a weak male who lands in the hottest pussy one could dream of, or is it? Quick answer yes/no ha-ha. Yes, the same story, no not the same play through. This is the most Fem Dom I have ever played and hopefully it will stay that way, lol. If Fem Dom is something a person was ever curious about or it is their kink, then you found the right game to play/try! I also would like to add, if this is something a person likes, I am glad to help you find this. Even not my kink, easy 5 stars for this!

I loved Vicious Circle in it's RPGM version and played it to every ending I could!The Dev is following the script perfectly in this new VN version. I liked The FemDom ending the best so this is what I would have asked for!

KEEP GOING!!! I love this game, and you are doing a great job.

Good renders, as I said, following the original script, and good narration that the RPGM didn't allow. Two Words. KEEP GOING!

EDIT: The fact that the MC is now blackmailed and trapped by everyone around him has gotten to be a bit much. There is no way any human being, even if into Femdom, could take all of this. I just finished the (0.3) update and the MC should just walk into traffic blindfolded.

One to three bullies, okay. EVERYONE he meets? I stopped when the mugger and his GF met him in front of the school. The whole Carlos and wife thing was not necessary. This isn't Femdom. It's a masochists open air prison.

Look, I write short stories (erotica) and novels (non-erotica) for a hobby. My fans let me know when I jumped the shark. My opinion: You are putting too much on the MC. He'd "unalive" himself at this rate, just out of fear of loosing Alex.

Still a fan. It is worth the download, few hours of content.