Element-174

by Knotty Games

Uncensored Windows Linux Mac
Versionv0.27
EngineRen'Py
Released2026-01-09
Updated2026-03-23
LanguageEnglish

About Element-174

Element-174 is an adult science fiction visual novel made by Knotty Games in Ren'Py, with 3D animated scenes. The player controls a man newly admitted to Branchfield University. As he meets students and staff, a mystery develops and changes him and those around him. The story emphasizes choices and their consequences, offering sixteen character routes that run at the same time and connect to one another. There are no early game overs. Decisions can make characters open up or become hostile, and the game encourages replaying to see all branches.

The current build is v0.27, released January 9, 2026 for Windows, Linux, and Mac. It is English and uncensored. Development is ongoing, with updates expected roughly every two weeks and four episodes planned. The latest update combined the first six days and added complete scenes for many named characters, including Chloe, Emma, Holmes, and Isabella. It also added paired subroute scenes for several character combinations, such as Ash with Jenna, Ash with Sarah, Caroline with Holmes, and Caroline with Trish.

Developer's description

"Element-174" is an adult sci-fi visual novel with a focus on choices and how our decisions cause ripples in our story. You play the role of the main character, a man who has just been accepted into Branchfield University. As he meets the various students and faculty, a mystery unravels which will change him and those around him forever. "Who will you choose to be?" Spoiler This game is designed around a deep and engaging story. Every choice you make will lead you deeper into the narrative with no early "game overs." There are 16 possible character routes available that play out simultaneously and even interconnect. Your choices will influence which characters will open up to you or may become your enemies. Due to these branching paths, this game will meant to be replayed in order to experience everything. New updates will be released about every 2 weeks. Each "episode" of the story will consist of 7 in-game days with 4 episodes planned.

Download Element-174 v0.27

Changelog

v0.27 Days 1-6 combined - Lines of code: 19009, images: 870 Day 18 (previous longest) - Lines of code: 22405, images: 790 Day 20 - Lines of code: 25534 , images: 986 So this was a big one that also needed multiple versions of a few scenes, as well. The scenes during the evening of day 20 were also only possible with the recent hardware upgrades. Previously, I couldn't render more than 3 unique figures at a time. So here's a look at all the scenes that were added: Added new full scenes for Chloe, Emma, Holmes, Isabella, Jenna, Jules, Katy, Madison, Malia, Penny, Rachel and Zoey Added subroute scenes for Ash & Jenna, Ash & Sarah, Caroline & Holmes, Caroline & Trish, Chloe & Jules, Chloe & Madison, Holmes & Penny, Katy & Rachel, Penny & Zoey, Penny & Rachel, Rachel & Zoey Changed Ash's Day 19 scene to be only offered once Fixed a bug involving looping days v0.26d Fixed a bug involving Trish's day 19 scene For those affected by the bug, obviously just roll back to an earlier save as usual. v0.26c There was a slight bug involving the way certain scenes were registered as having happened, so I would recommend loading up saves from before day 19 to avoid any weird bugs. -Added new full scenes for Ash and Trish -Added subroute scenes for Ash & Sarah, Chloe & Madison, Holmes & Malia, Jenna & Zoey, Katy & Rachel, Malia & Trish, and Penny & Zoey -Added replay scenes for new Day 19 content -Updated pdf walkthrough with later Day 19 scenes -Fixed a bug involving route requirements at Day 19 start -Fixed a big involving Day 19 scenes looping back to Day 18 after That means that day 19 is complete with full implementation of gallery scenes, walkthrough icons and pdf walkthrough. v0.25c Added 23 animated clips for Day 15 Added the option to decline Penny on Day 8 Updated walkthrough flowcharts for Days 1-17 Fixed a bug involving Jenna scenes not registering Added new full scenes for Ash, Chloe, Rachel, Holmes, Isabella, Jules, Katy, Madison, Malia, Trish and Zoey Added subroute scenes for Caroline & Trish, Isabella & Jules, Madison & Trish, Rachel & Zoey, Ash & Jenna, Ash & Sarah, Isabella & Sarah, Holmes v0.25b Added replay scenes for Day 18 content Added walkthrough flowchart for Day 18 Updated the heart points on character screen Changed the button orientation before replay scenes Fixed a bug involving activated subroute scenes on Days 17-18 Fixed some text regarding Emma on Day 14 (continuity) v0.25 Added new full scenes for Ash, Chloe, Rachel, Holmes, Isabella, Jules, Katy, Madison, Malia, Trish and Zoey Added subroute scenes for Caroline & Trish, Isabella & Jules, Madison & Trish, Rachel & Zoey, Ash & Jenna, Ash & Sarah, Isabella & Sarah, Holmes & Penny, Emma & Jules, Jenna & Zoey Added walkthrough icons for Day 18 content Fixed a bug involving Isabella & Sarah's Day 17 scene Fixed several bugs where Day 17 scenes weren't registered as seen Fixed Rodriguez rank to sergeant (continuity) v0.24b Added walkthrough flowchart for Day 17 Changed phone sound effect Fixed various missing images v0.24 Added new full scenes for Ash, Caroline, Emma, Jenna, Jules, Madison, Sarah and Trish Added subroute scenes for Caroline & Holmes, Emma & Jules, Emma & Madison, Holmes & Malia, Holmes & Penny, Isabella & Sarah, Malia & Trish, Katy & Zoey, Rachel & Zoey Added replay scenes for the above Day 17 content Added walkthrough icons for Day 17 content Fixed a bug involving Rachel's Day 16 scene not being registered as seen v0.23c Actually implanted reduced point requirements for Weeks 1-2 Updated walkthrough mode for all new and changed content Fixed minor scene accessibility bugs v0.23b Added replay scenes for Day 16 content Added replay scenes for Jenna and Malia Day 7 Fixed missing image file bugs Fixed various spelling and grammar errors v0.23 Added new full scenes for Caroline, Emma, Holmes, Isabella, Jenna, Jules, Katy, Madison, Malia, Rachel, Sarah, Trish and Zoey Added subroute scenes for Chloe & Jules, Chloe & Madison, Ash & Jenna, Ash & Sarah, Isabella & Jules, Jenna & Zoey and Penny & Zoey Reduced Week 2 point requirements for most characters v0.22 Added 102 animated clips throughout Days 1 to 14 Changed walkthrough icons to blue for subroute choices Fixed a bug involving looping scenes Fixed a bug preventing Malia's Day 10 scene from being accessible Fixed a bug involving Emma's Day 7 scene (replay only) v0.21a Added replay scenes for Day 15 content Added walkthrough for Day 15 content Fixed a bug involving Malia and Jules Day 15 choice Fixed a bug involving default save names Fixed various spelling and grammar errors v0.21 Added new scenes for Ash, Chloe, Emma, Holmes, Isabella, Jenna, Jules, Katy, Malia, Sarah, Trish and Zoey Malia now gets a point if you meet her on Day 5 Fixed a bug involving Ash's arcade love scene Fixed a bug involving the Besties achievement Fixed numerous grammar/spelling mistakes Removed hard pauses for scene transitions v0.20f Added buttons to reset achievements and game data in Settings Added Rachel's day 7 scene to Gallery Changed a condition for one of Sarah's day 14 choices regarding Isabella Fixed a bug involving persistent data v0.20e Added achievements screen to main menu Fixed a bug with save file name handling Fixed/changed several image screens v0.20d Fixed a crash when viewing camgirls during week 2 Fixed a bug where certain gallery scenes from Day 14 weren't accessible Fixed a bug in which the character screen would crash Fixed a bug where Emma's classroom scene could trigger twice Fixed several bugs in which multiple Steam achievements weren't being awarded Fixed several grammatical errors v0.20b Added v0.20 gallery scenes Added walkthrough mode in settings Changed texture of male liquids in previous scenes Removed a requirement to see Caroline on Day 4 (previously you had to apologize) Chapter transitions are now skippable Fixed a bug involving what scene plays after the Stranger encounter Fixed a bug where Chloe's Day 14 scene didn't play even after choosing it Fixed a missing render on Day 14 morning Fixed a bug where Rachel's Day10/11 scene, as well as Caroline's Day 10 scene, didn't award any points Fixed multiple bugs referencing Emma still being alive even if she wasn't (Not officially documented) Fixed the main menu displaying the wrong image after any screen change v0.20 Added additional scenes for Ash, Caroline, Chloe, Holmes, Isabella, Jules, Katy, Madison, Malia, Penny, Rachel and Sarah Added a new opening video for Episode 1 Changed and added new sound effects Fixed a bug where Emma's Day 13 was properly coming up Fixed a bug relating to when you meet Rachel during Week 1 v0.19b Here's an update with a few bug fixes as well as a new feature: the replay gallery! This feature allows you to replay the ero scenes v0.17 Added additional scenes for Sarah, Emma, Chloe, Jenna, Ash, Jules, Katy, Malia and Zoey Added new sounds and effects to the Zoey fight Added new sound effects throughout the game Fixed bug where leftover sound effect would continue to play after exiting to main menu Fixed bug which kept Jenna's route open on week 2 even if you didn't see her on Day 7 Fixed bug where trailing Emma would end her route instead of continue it Fixed bug where Malia's spying lesson scene didn't register properly Dozens of grammatical and spelling errors across the entire game have been fixed v0.15b Added additional scenes for Jenna, Rachel, Katy, Holmes, Emma, Trish, Ash, Caroline, Jules, Madison, Chloe, Zoey and more Changed the main character's appearance during a Day 4 Night scene Added console access (press Shift-O). Don't play around with this unless you know what you're doing! Fixed a bug where Zoey's Day 4 scene awarded no points Fixed a bug where Malia's point was awarded to Penny on her Day 6 Morning scene Fixed a bug that states you visited Jules on Day 7 Morning when you didn't Fixed a bug involving Day 8 choice priorities Fixed a bug involving Zoey's Day 3 flag not being defined (v0.15b) Fixed a bug involving Emma's Day 9 scene if you didn't trail her on Day 8 (v0.15b) Fixed a bug involving Emm'a trail scene progression (v0.15b) Fixed a bug where Jules's Day 9 Evening scene did not play (v0.15b) Fixed a bug where Chloe's Day 9 Evening scene did not play (v0.15b) v0.14b Added additional scenes for Zoey, Emma, Sarah, Trish, Madison, Jenna, Penny, Isabella, Caroline, Katy and more Added the character sheet screen Minor dialogue edits for an earlier Emma scene Added dialogue for Jenna Day 7 if you bullied her Fixed a bug on Day 7 afternoon which stated you visited Jules even if you didn't Fixed minor grammatical errors throughout the game Fixed a bug on Day 4 that prevented you from visiting the lab again (v0.14b) Made the episode 1 credits skippable as well as a scene in Day 8 (v0.14b) v0.13 (2019-11-05) Added additional scenes for Rachel, Chloe, Emma, Penny and Zoey on Day 7 Fixed a bug preventing an extra scene from playing during Jenna's Day 7 encounter Changed the requirements to access the Day 4 lab scene. This allows each character there to receive max points during separate playthroughs v0.12b (2019-10-15) Fixed a bug where Day 6 would not transition to Day 7 properly Fixed a crash involving Malia's Day 7 scene v0.12 (2019-10-14) Added additional scenes for Jules, Caroline, Malia and Jenna on Day 7 Save game slots now list the in-game date and time of day Changed Rachel's theme music v0.11 (2019-09-27) Added additional scenes for Isabella, Katy, Jenna, Trish and Holmes on Day 6 Added additional sound effects Changed the maximum name length to 15 characters v0.10 (2019-09-15) Added placeholder music to all game scenes Added additional sound effects Added a credits button for the main menu Added additional story lines for Day 1 Fixed some lines and a screen bug for Madison Day 6 Fixed a bug involving the requirements to see the Day 6 science lab scenes Fixed a bug in which Sarah's Day 2 scene would play after Rachel's v0.09 Added additional scenes for Penny and Malia on Day 6 Morning Added additional scenes for Ash, Sarah and Madison on Day 6 Afternoon Changed an earlier depiction of the player's bedroom Fixed more bugs with receiving character phone numbers v0.08 Added additional scenes for Ash, Sarah and Jenna on Day 5 Afternoon Added additional scenes for Jules, Holmes and Malia on Day 5 Evening Minor changes to previous Ash dialogue Fixed a possible bug with Malia's scene on Day 5 Fixed a bug where the player did not receive Katy or Sara's phone number on Day 4

Player reviews

Player rating 4.0 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews 20 · avg 3.5★
Positive (4–5★) 55%
Latest review 2025-06-10

What players say

The reviews are mixed: praised for branching sci-fi and characters, criticized for confusing paths, dated visuals, and restrictive choices.

5★ 5
4★ 6
3★ 4
2★ 4
1★ 1

Players like

  • Branching paths and choices create strong replayability and route variety.
  • Distinct female characters with varied personalities, backstories, and appeal.
  • Ambitious sci-fi premise and occasionally surprising story developments.
  • Some players find the renders and models visually attractive.

Common complaints

  • Content is locked behind confusing, restrictive branching paths.
  • Dated, grainy renders and basic or missing animations.
  • Story can feel chaotic, confusing, and poorly paced.

Best for players who enjoy branching sci-fi adult stories and tolerate dated visuals.

Summarised from 20 written player reviews.

HolisBoris 2025-06-10 ★★★★★
ok it hasn't the writing level of a soap opera but it has the level of weird horny fanfic, who throws everything into the mix. I'll love a more complex subtle story at times but is funny for what it…
DBongus 2025-06-04 ★★★★★
When this game first showed up back in 2019 I thought "Huh this looks neat but it doesn't have that much content, I'll read it again in a couple of years". Well I completely lost track of it until I…
Bloodguard 2024-04-03 ★★★★★
Not a fan of the quite convoluted blocked paths from day one. Game isn't nearly good enough to merit a dozen playthroughs to see all the content. Renders are not great. Animations are basic. Story is not terrible, but I…

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