One Day at a Time is a Ren'Py visual novel by Zoey Raven, shown with animated 3DCG art. You play an active heroin addict living with Lydia, your girlfriend and fellow addict, while she moves toward sobriety. During this journey, you meet other women and can romance or corrupt them, making important choices about recovery. The story treats addiction as a personal, fictionalized lifestyle rather than a caricature, and it balances heavy subject matter with humor and multiple endings.
The current build is Season 2 Chapter 21 Part 2, released February 7, 2026, so development is ongoing. It runs in English on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android, and it is uncensored. The latest update lists 1,674 renders, 5,792 lines of code, 15 animations, and 48,981 words.
Developer's description
In One Day at a Time you will take the role of an active heroin addict. You live with your girlfriend Lydia who is also an addict who will find sobriety. Along the way you will meet several other women and have the chance to either romance, or in some cases corrupt them. There will be many important decisions to make on your journey towards recovery. How will you choose to embrace your new way of life? This is entirely up to you...
Spoiler
Although the game contains heavy subject matter there is plenty of humanity and humor as well. These are not street bum junkies. I wanted to shed light on what it's like to be addicted to drugs, what it takes to maintain that, and ultimately say enough is enough and choose to get clean. This game is very personal to me based on past experience. All of the characters are fictional, but the lifestyle is not. Since I am anonymous here, I would like to take the time to say I've been sober for over 16 years, just so no one thinks I'm currently living this life, but I certainly did.
Season 2 - Chapter 21 - Part 2
1674 Renders
5792 Lines of Code
15 Animations
48981 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 21 - Part 1
2494 Renders
7691 Lines of Code
16 Animations
61139 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 20 - Part 2
2440 Renders
7583 Lines of Code
12 Animations
56936 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 20 - Part 1
1798 Renders
5181 Lines of Code
11 Animations
40583 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 19 - Part 2
1889 Renders
5230 Lines of Code
11 Animations
40988 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 19 - Part 1
1528 Renders
4430 Lines of Code
6 Animations
36099 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 18c
2710 Renders
8372 Lines of Code
18 Animations
67102 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 17c
2955 Renders
8121 Lines of Code
15 Animations
66117 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 16c
2895 Renders
8593 Lines of Code
31 Animations
65267 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 15c
2825 Renders
8263 Lines of Code
18 Animations
62177 Words
Fixed a bug that was causing some players saves not to load on all platforms.
Season 2 - Chapter 14c
2396 Renders
7369 Lines of Code
23 Animations
56419 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 13c
2600 Renders
8002 Lines of Code
20 Animations
67078 Words
Season 2 - Chapter 12c
Start of Season 2
(You must first play all of Season 1 Ch. 1-11 read the notes!)
2441 Renders
6965 Lines of Code
11 Animations
56470 Words
Chapter 11c
End of Season 1
2441 Renders
7035 Lines of Code
12 Animations
56065 Words
Chapter 10c
2261 Renders
6631 Lines of Code
5 Animations
51136 Words
Chapter 9c
1937 Renders
6285 Lines of Code
11 Animations
51665 Words
Chapter 8c
2349 Renders
6261 Lines of Code
52193 Words
Chapter 7c
1923 Renders
8 Animations
5941 Lines of Code
47534 Words
Chapter 6c
1976 Renders
7 Animations
6523 Lines of Code
52192 Words
Chapter 5c
1702 Static Renders
7 Animations
5967 Lines of Code
48281 Words
Added Textbox Slider to the Preferences (Default is still transparent)
Chapter 4c
1665 Static Renders
7 Animations
5484 Lines of Code
43791 Words
Chapter 3d Final
Reworked
all
sex scenes to bring the quality and depth on par with the rest of the game
New Save is not require, but if you want to view them you will need to obviously start from the
beginning.
Chapter 3d
1322 Static Renders
7 Animations
5414 Lines of Code
49 Choices
Chapter 2d Final
Edits/Additions
Additional Proofing
Cleaned up music transitions
Additional Post Work on renders
Chapter 2c
913 Static Renders
7 Animations
4384 Lines of Code
45 Choices
Added scrolling Scene Gallery
Chapter 1d
Added music
Drastically reduced the file size (Thank you Webp)
Simplified code in a few areas (No need to start a new save)
Typos, dialogue fixes and additions.
Chapter 1 Fix
Gallery Fix
Chapter 1
700 Renders
6 Animations
3200 Lines of Code
29 choices
Scene Gallery
Player reviews
Player rating5.0 / 5 · 20 ratings
Written reviews20 · avg 4.1★
Positive (4–5★)70%
Latest review2026-03-01
What players say
Most players praise its emotional story and characters, though some criticize repetitive pop culture references and visual quality.
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Players like
Emotional story about addiction
Well-developed characters and relationships
Unique addiction subject handled insightfully
Funny dialogue and engaging conversations
Common complaints
Too many repetitive pop culture references
Some renders and animations feel weak
Adult scenes are uneven or weakly written
Best for players who prefer emotional story-driven adult visual novels about addiction.
Summarised from 20 written player reviews.
Dracodadark2026-03-01★★★★★
If you’re looking for a heartfelt adult visual novel with real emotional weight, One Day at a Time is absolutely worth your time. I put this game off for a long time thinking I could not relate to it. I…
Yabba2025-12-11★★★★★
Great game !! The subject matter is fairly unique in the VN world but handled very well , Its very insightful to players like me who have never been addicted but helps you understand addictions and what outcomes additions have…
Hersom99122025-12-02★★★★★
One Day at a time represents what i seek in VN's. Of course f95 has many porn products, but when it comes to VN's i prefer substance over eros. Not to say that eros doesn't exist but it just means…
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