Private Lives

by Petardo

Uncensored Windows Linux Mac
Versionv0.35
EngineRen'Py
Released2025-05-01
Updated2025-05-01
LanguageEnglish

About Private Lives

Private Lives is an adult visual novel by Petardo, built in Ren'Py with 3DCG visuals. You play as Alex, an amateur writer who returns after a tragic event and long depression, choosing between a male or female version of the character. Alex wants to write a notorious erotic novel, but lacks inspiration. The game uses a sandbox structure and includes humor.

Version 0.35, released May 1, 2025, is an ongoing update for Windows, Linux, and Mac in English, with no censorship. The latest changelog adds a Hector story for female Alex, more chances for scenes with Laura, Penelope, and Tess for male Alex, and more chances with Alice, Zach, Jason, Jason plus Claude, Marissa, and Brandon for female Alex. It expands a male Alex scene with Adelle by one ending, introduces Zach and The Cat, adds events and special interactions, reworks Lady Moonshine’s shop, the cast screen, loading screen, achievements screen, and gallery navigation, and includes 1226 new renders plus 323 new loops.

Developer's description

After a tragic life incident and a two year long deep depression, Alex an amateur writer, comes back with the will to publish the most notorious erotic novel of all times... But there's a problem with that! A profound lack of inspiration.​

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Changelog

V0.35 · Hector's story (female-MC exclusive) · Chance for male-MC scenes with Laura (2), Penelope (2) and Tess. · Chance for female-MC scenes with Alice, Zach, Jason, Jason + Claude, Marissa and Brandon. · Scene between male-MC and Adelle has been expanded with one extra ending. · New events with Alice, Laura, Penelope, Chiara, Thomas, Mercedes, Jason, Claude, Marissa, Tess, Zahra, Brandon and Dr. Hersch. · New special interactions with some characters like Zahra, Claude or Jason. · New character: Meet Zach (female-MC exclusive) · New character: The Cat. · Reworked Lady Moonshine's shop. · Slight rework of cast screen. · Image galleries now have navigation buttons. · Reworked loading screen. · Reworked achievements screen. · 1226 new renders. · 323 new animated loops. · 76 new character sprites. · 1 new music track. V0.30 · Vladislav's story. · Alice's story. · Tess' story (Double). · Alternate Adelle's story. · Chance for male-MC scenes with Zahra, Claude, Adelle and Tarja. · Chance for female-MC scene with Tess. · Female-MC has now a scene with Rina. · Female-MC' s scene with Claude has now an aditional ending. · One secret ending for Tess in one of her scenes. · David's scene in his story has been reworked. · New events with Kira, Chiara, Alaina, Thomas, Zahra, Adelle, Jane, Tess, Laura and Penelope. · Vladislav/Alice arc advancing. · Alaina's route for male MC advancing. · Tarja's stolen nudes arc advancing. · New character. Meet Dr. Hersch. · Reworked dialogue box. · Jeff's computer place has been reworked. · Corrected a lot of "engrish" here and there. · Added a fancy loading screen. · Cleaned like a ton of bugs. · 1064 new renders. · 300 new animated loops. · 42 new character sprites. · 1 new music track V0.27 · Valerio's story with two different branches. · Laura's secret scene. · Chance for male-MC scenes with Jeff, Mercedes, Laura, and Sofia. · Chance for female-MC scenes with Jeff, Kira, Jason and Brandon. · Special interaction with Laura. You can tell her about your MC experiences for future exchange of goodies (To be completed). · Optional Alaina's quest (only male-MC, worth completing for future events.) · Vladislav's and Alice arc has been opened. Beware with your choices... · Added some events available if Thomas is hiding at MC's home during morning. · New location available. Feel welcome to the Strip Club. · Main story line keeps moving forward. · Some recoding all around the game. Now most screens are working as really intended. · Some miinor visual changes. · 1139 new renders. · 343 new animated loops. · 112 new character sprites. · As always, sure there's more stuff I may have forgot I implemented... V0.25 · Alaina's story (female-MC only). · Adelle's story. · Chiara's story. · Zahra's double story · Amanda's secret scene. · Chance for male-MC scenes with Laura, Penelope, and Claude. · Chance for female-MC scenes with Marissa, David and Claude. · MC's scenes can now be unlocked by Lady Moonshine and can be replayed in her gallery after completing a little quest for her.. · Only one good ending (there's a few exceptions) is needed to unlock any scene in Moonshine's gallery. No need to buy a scene you have already played anymore. · You can now do stuff in the night club, and added the beach as a new location. · Lots of new interactions with many characters such as Brandon, David, Laura, Penelope, Tarja, Claude, Amanda... etc. · 1199 new renders. · 297 new animated loops. · 127 new character sprites. · 4 new music tracks. · As always, more stuff I may have forgot I implemented... v0.20 · Rina's story. · Steve's story, with multiple variations. · Laura's alternate story (in case you chose another branch on Penelope's one). · Kira's secret scene. · Chance for male-MC's scenes with Mercedes, Sofia and Rina. · Rina's arc is finished, making the story to progress. · Progress with Marissa, Claude, Mercedes, Kira and Penelope. · Overall update focused on male-MC's side. · 626 new renders. · 185 new animated loops. · 44 new character sprites. · More stuff I may have forgot I implemented... · Simple walkthrough added to the pack. IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE · Some file's structure has changed. If you're updating from a previous version I recommend to delete the old files before dragging the new ones (Don't forget to keep your saves!) v0.18 · David's story. · Brandon's story, with multiple variations. · Marina's story. · Chance for MC's scenes with Sofia and Jason. Yes, you can stop yelling, MC can get some love too. · New characters to interact with. · A new location to explore, the night club. · Progress with Marissa, Chiara, Penelope, David, Kira and Rina. · NPC's stories have been reworked. You can progress the game just by reading those once, no need to replay anything you don't want to. Except Thomas' one, that dude obviously doesn't know how to tell a story · Now you're choosing your MC's gender at game start. · New game intro and new extra lore. · Added a market place to unlock missing scenes. · Revamped UI, menus and a proper logo. Game looks a little less cheap · 827 new renders. · 127 new animated loops. ·138 new character sprites. · 10 new music tracks. · Kira's story now has an extra alternate ending. · More stuff I may have forgot I implemented... v0.15 · Penelope's story is completed. · Tarja's story, with multiple variations. · Jeff's short story. · Sofia's story with different endings. · Two new places to visit and interact with new characters. · First person scenes with the MC, involving, Sofia, Mercedes, Chiara, Claude and Tess. Story is progressing and building up. · Unveil MC's gender and be surprised... (or not! That depends on your choices...) · Added a quest tracker for sandbox mode. · 667 new renders. · 154 new animated loops. · 115 new character sprites. · 10 new music tracks. · Minor visual improvements, like the chance of unlocking new main menu backgrounds as you're unlocking achievements. · Other stuff I can't remember right now... v0.1 Initial Release · 1429 renders. · 274 animated loops. · 188 sprites. · 23 music tracks.

Player reviews

Player rating 2.0 / 5 · 6 ratings
Written reviews 6 · avg 2.7★
Positive (4–5★) 33%
Latest review 2025-05-01

What players say

Mostly negative reviews; two praise unique concept and animations, four criticize writing, grindy sandbox, and MC passivity.

5★ 2
4★ 0
3★ 0
2★ 2
1★ 2

Players like

  • Unique concept and varied writing
  • Fluid animations praised by some players
  • Developer responsive and committed to vision

Common complaints

  • Writing and plot criticized as poor
  • Grindy sandbox and limited choices
  • MC rarely participates in sex scenes

Best for players who like unusual concepts and varied writing

Summarised from 6 written player reviews.

Samken 2025-05-01 ★★★★★
The game began as an ambitious project where you take on the role of a male MC, although a female option has since been added. In this role, you interview various characters about their sex lives and eventually become personally…
Lerd0 2024-06-28 ★★★★★
review for v0.25 a fuckin mess. interesting idea and concept, shit execution. meh renders, some are terrible, some be good. animations are nice. writing is ass tho, and that's where the game falls apart. still good luck to the dev…
Whofellnow 2024-06-10 ★★★★★
This game has really become one of my favorites. The writing style and format takes some adjustment, but there are tons of variations built into the writing. Having the game focus on other stories plus the mc’s interactions really allows…

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