The Long Way is a Ren'Py adult game by Muffin Maker with 3D CG visuals. It is set in thirteen galaxies left in limbo, and you play a male protagonist whose goal is to overturn established power, weaken the strong, and make leaders into controlled puppets. The design leans into sci-fi, harem, and monster girl themes, using sandbox and RPG-style systems. Its mechanics are built to support a very large cast of characters and locations, even though the current amount of playable content remains small. Future work is aimed at improving how characters relate and building the first worlds.
The current release is version v0.18.0, dated July 17, 2025, and development is ongoing. It runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Android, with English text and no censorship. The latest update adds a unique scene for Aacat. Earlier updates expanded the roster with new ships and characters, unlocked locations such as The Palace and Aacat, and fixed issues with missing images, crew swapping, and objects.
Developer's description
With the 13 Galaxies in limbo, your quest, if you choose to accept it, is to turn order into chaos, strength into weakness and leaders into puppets.
While there is still very little content (understatement of the year), the mechanics of the game have been resolved to allow for an almost infinite cast of characters and locations.
Our next target for the game is character interactions and creating the first of many worlds.
v0.18.0
Aacat gets a unique scene.
v0.17.2
Bugfix for missing Sentinel Station on Bina.
v0.17.1
Bugfix for missing images.
v0.17.0
A New ship with 4 new characters.
Aacat unlocks
v0.16.0
A New ship with 5 new characters.
The Palace umlocks
v0.15.0
A unique scene for Ruby
v0.14.0
A unique scene for Linda
v0.13.0
A unique scene for Cammie
v0.12.0
A unique scene for Zeyley
v0.11.1
Fixed Bina's images for wake up event.
v0.11.0
A unique scene for Dellane
v0.10.1 - Bugfix
Bugfix for Crew swapping and objects not activating (may need to replay event
v0.10.0
A unique scene for Xena
A unique scene for Joslyn
A new character (only available on characters screen for now)
v0.09.3
Bugfix for Objects not activating (may need to replay event).
v0.09.2
Bugfix for Crew swapping.
v0.09.1
Bugfix for Bina's Captain's room scene repeating after clicked events.
v0.09.0
A unique scene for Cammie.
The first Captain's Quarters scene with Bina.
v0.08.0
A new enemy character.
v0.07.1
A new character called Greva
200 additional images
3 new animations and
5 new events added since
v0.07.0
A new planet in a new galaxy
3 new characters, Kashish, Walish and Tehrah.
Nude dance scenes for character profiles when their Love reaches 50.
v0.06.4
A new character, called Codah.
v0.06.3
Bugfix for replay events on planets
v0.06.2
Bugfix for Bina's sex scenes
v0.06.1
BJ scenes for Cammie and Morrita.
BJ and sex scenes for Bina.
v0.05
5 new characters.
A new ship.
A new planet.
v0.04.2
Fixed all bugs for new Sandbox/Visual Novel style play.
v0.04.1
Next event button added allowing game to be played as a visual novel or as a sandbox game.
v0.04.0
Bjs for Dellane and Uhura
Yvette's second sex scene
Initial character interactions
v0.03.1 - v0.03.5
Bugfix
v0.03.0
A new planet
A new character
Zeyley's first sex scene
v0.02.5
Bugfix
v0.02.4
Bugfix
v0.02.3
N/A
v0.02.2
Bugfix
v0.02.1
Bugfix
v0.02.0
A new planet
2 new characters
Yvette's first sex scene
Initial character interactions
v0.01.0
Improved navigation
Dellane gets out of her cell
Xena gets a sex scene
v0.00 Demo
Initial Release
Player reviews
Player rating3.0 / 5 · 7 ratings
Written reviews7 · avg 2.6★
Positive (4–5★)14%
Latest review2026-03-21
What players say
Most reviews are mixed to negative, criticizing janky free-roam and repetitive content despite some sci-fi appeal.
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Players like
Interesting sci-fi empire setting
Different alien and human character designs
Common complaints
Unnecessary free-roam with little to do
Static or stuttering animations
Repetitive or disjointed content
Best for players who like sci-fi empire settings and tolerate janky free-roam.
Summarised from 7 written player reviews.
Danford Ambrosia2026-03-21★★★★★
I was drawn to this VN because it looked like there were different races. I really like original looking characters, which is why I'm drawn to scifi and fantasy settings. I don't know whether I'm doing something wrong, but the…
sgb32026-03-20★★★★★
I like sci-fi but there's a lot of issues with this beyond the expected lack of content. As another reviewer said, what's the point of the free roam? There's a 'teleport to next event button' which is an outstanding feature…
kameohawk2025-04-03★★★★★
It's interesting as a concept but it's incredibly janky in its execution. The stuttering "animations" are just completely unnecessary. It adds nothing but does make you think the game's about to crash. The sandbox is also completely unnecessary. Perhaps it…
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