Staying at Home is a Ren'Py adult visual novel by Sven Vlad, rendered with animated 3DCG visuals. You play a second-year medical student named Michael or choose your own name, returning home after a household tragedy. The story follows him and his roommate Alice, also customizable, as they care for one another while coping with grief. It is a character-driven narrative in which each person develops over time, centered on romance and cheating.
Development is ongoing in version v0.3.0.2, released August 4, 2026 for Windows in English and Portuguese, with no censorship. The update adds 873 new renders, 12 animations, and 15 gallery images. It introduces an avoidable first sharing scene and a NTR Mystery Mode that lets you disable the female main character’s perspective while keeping NTR scenes, sometimes giving suspicious pictures. That sequence has four outcomes based on a kept secret and jealousy, using nearly 200 renders. It also includes light exhibitionism and content for players focused on the love route.
Developer's description
You take the role of Michael (or whatever you wanna name him), a second-year college med student, who recently went back home after a tragedy in your household. It's up to you now to care for your roommate Alice (or whatever you name her) while both of you deal with grief and loss.
Staying at Home is a character-driven story where all of them have their own arc of development.
v0.3.0.2
-873 new renders
-12 new animations
-15 new renders for the gallery
- The first sharing scene of the game.
It happens in the recent past, but that doesn't mean we won't see more of her.
It is avoidable.
- Featuring a new NTR Mystery Mode.
You'll be able to disable the FMC's perspective without disabling the NTR scenes. In return, you might receive some suspicious pictures...
- 4 different outcomes for the NTR scene.
The fact that you kept a certain secret and the amount of jealousy will matter here. Nearly 200 renders just for this sequence.
- Some light exhibitionism.
It will expand into a lot more in the future.
- But if you're in it just for the love route, I got you covered too.
- There's still more, but I'll leave it here. Hope you enjoy it. Please report any bugs, errors, or other issues.
v0.2.2
Added 138 new renders
3 unique animations
There's a very important choice near the end if you're in the NTR Path. If you want MC to do new stuff with FMC before Nick, keep increasing her jealousy while keeping the NTR points low.
There are now a total of:
931 new renders
Plus 113 that were re-rendered
7 unique animations
v0.2
112 renders re-rendered from the first version. The beginning of the game was slightly changed, but your old saves should still work.
795 new renders
4 new animations
9 new special renders for the gallery
Total: 1010 renders (I'm including the renders from the animations here)
New Menu added - Accessibility Options
Brazilian Portuguese translation added
New Sounds and Musics
Tons of grammar and bugs fixed
v0.1fix
Fix for an error with audio and an image.
v0.1
initial zone release
Player reviews
Player rating3.0 / 5 · 3 ratings
Written reviews3 · avg 3.7★
Positive (4–5★)33%
Latest review2026-06-05
What players say
Mixed reviews: one liked visuals and story, two found it competent but unremarkable.
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Players like
Cute, sexy female models with varied renders and expressions
Story has proper dialogs, meaningful choices, and some humor
Adult themes include romance, incest, and planned threesomes
Common complaints
Some renders look grainy
Alice has doll-like large irises and makeup-like skin
Overall content feels average and not remarkable
Best for players who like cute adult models, branching romance, and light humor.
Summarised from 3 written player reviews.
m0us3r2026-06-05★★★★★
Pro: The female models might be not the most original, but they are very cute and sexy. Plenty of renders with a good variety of posing and facial expressions. Lots of skin. The story is well done, with proper dialogs…
mintan2026-03-05★★★★★
Alice looks like a doll, unlike other characters. Her irises are too large. Her skin is looks like a triple full body makeup job. The story might be interesting, too early to tell. Character dialogues seem fine.
N0madS0uL2026-03-04★★★★★
VERSION: v0.1 SUMMARY: Not horrible, but nothing remarkable or really interesting either. RATINGS: (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐ NOTE: The following categories and scoring method are my own criteria and may require more context. Additionally , scoring is based on the…