Queen's disGrace is an HTML text-based interactive novel by Endless_Effrontery. You play Marguerite, a queen on an unstable throne while fractious nobles challenge her and a foreign king threatens her borders. Her secret forbidden passion, condemned by the Church, becomes a tool for an anonymous blackmailer who draws her into increasingly dangerous games. The story mixes court intrigue, faction management, economic growth, and military building against invasion, with adult themes such as BDSM and corruption.
The latest build is v0.40, released June 10, 2023, and the changelog shows continued updates. This English, uncensored game adds Chapter 7 and lets you reject Prince Gailen's marriage proposal, triggering an alternate path with four endings. It also introduces a rumors and reputations tab to track what people say about the queen.
Developer's description
Queen Marguerite sits unsteadily on her throne. Her nobles are fractious and insolent and a foreign king is hungrily eyeing her borders The only relief she has from her stress is a forbidden passion that the powerful Church disapproves of. When her secret is revealed, an anonymous blackmailer pushes her towards ever more dangerous games. Manage factions, grow your economy, and build a military able to withstand foreign invasion in this exciting interactive novel!
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Changelog
v40
Added Chapter 7 and the ability to reject Prince Gailen's marriage proposal. Doing so will trigger an alternate path that has 4 ends. Also added a 'rumors & reputations' tab to keep track of what people are saying about the Queen.
v37
A few more bugfixes, and cleaner code for the display thanks to Riven.
v36 fixed a bug at the start of day 5.
v35
Added chapter 6. Added a light/dark mode (thanks ChatGPT!) upgraded the military system so that noble support now impacts how powerful your military is. Also added a 'quality' factor depending on how well you arm your troops. This will later impact how battles turn out. I had hoped to add some early ends if you refuse Gailen's suit or tank noble support, but that will have to wait for the next update!
v.30
More quality of life improvements. Shortened the passages so there are not as large blocks of text. Add some flavor to the transition links so they're a little less boring. New portrait for Marguerite and an image each for the Day 5 scenes in the stables and at the Silver Belle thanks to Barneydog.
v0.25
Changed the color scheme and made most of the dialogue color coded. Also added a Dramatis Personae link to the side menu which contains pictures of the principle characters. I'm quite happy with Buiscard!
v0.20
Initial Release
Player reviews
Player rating4.5 / 5 · 10 ratings
Written reviews10 · avg 4.1★
Positive (4–5★)80%
Latest review2023-08-07
What players say
Most players praise writing and story, while some criticize weak choices and limited visuals.
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Players like
Strong writing and detailed story
Believable characters with clear motivations
Engaging plot built around intrigue
Common complaints
Stats and choices have little impact
Limited or missing visual support
Queen has little agency or control
Best for players who enjoy text-heavy intrigue, blackmail, humiliation, or BDSM themes.
Summarised from 10 written player reviews.
brichouse2023-08-07★★★★★
There's no character progression for the queen. There's no corruption. The blackmailing doesn't even matter, really, because the queen is spineless. Also, I think the coding is off, unless I just missed being forced to do something I chose not…
Velrix2023-07-26★★★★★
The Queen is a failure before even the start of the game. The stats change absolutly nothing, she's a moron and we can't control anything. "You have made your bed – now you have to lie in it." Thanks but…
Smellfire2023-05-10★★★★★
So far so good. The start could be expanded a little further but its a good premise written very well. The stat based system isn't very good at the moment and not sure it actually does anything but this is…
★★★★★(10)
