A House in the Rift

About A House in the Rift

A House in the Rift starts with the male lead thrown into a dimensional rift with no obvious way back. Other castaways from different realities arrive one at a time and settle into the same house, forming a bond built on trust, friendship and physical intimacy. The premise splits each day in two: women from various fantasy dimensions fill the daylight hours, and the night belongs to expeditions into rift oddities. The cast includes a succubus, a pirate captain and an acolyte studying magic, and later updates added residents such as Blair and Yona to the household. Naomi, Cait, Rae and Lyriel form the core group, with Blair entering the house at version 0.6.0.

The build is version 0.8.15b2 on Ren'Py, packaged for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. English is the only language listed and the content is uncensored. The release date is 15 September 2026 and the most recent update is 29 September 2026. The version number still sits well below 1.0, and no file size is given for any of the four packages. A technical upgrade at 0.6.15r3 restored the hi-res build on Android after a period when it was unavailable.

The 0.8.15 line shipped twice, as r1 and then b2, and both builds centre on bath time with Blair: two massage animations, a Blair scene in the bath gated on having pampered her, and a new story event for her. The b2 notes state that more content is coming and that Blender work remains difficult. Before that, 0.8.14a1 added another Blair story event and a new Lyriel scene, while 0.8.13 added a Blair event, a remastered Rae scene, reading in bed level three and breakfast levels one and two with Cait, plus a rework of the sleepover system. Version 0.8.12 added a fully voiced dream sequence with Eurydice, a new pool hangout level with Rae and beanbag reading scenarios for Cait.

Interaction is organised around intimacy levels and repeatable activities rather than a single campaign spine. Reading in bed, breakfast, pool hangouts, dishwashing and television watching each carry several scenarios, and the level attached to a character decides which of them open. A lewdness system tracks progress and the in-game Love App holds each resident's page. Nights send the lead through rift oddities instead of the house, with quest lines that include puzzles, fights and dungeon crawling alongside the Cait heist.

A House in the Rift is ongoing. Version 0.8.15b2 remains the current build, the public release is dated 15 September 2026 and the record shows an update on 29 September 2026. The changelog holds a dense run of releases from 0.4 through 0.8, with letter and number suffixes for hotfixes such as r1, b1 and a1, and new scenes keep arriving for characters already in the house rather than the story closing. Recent technical notes discuss save compatibility between revisions, since systems such as lewdness were rebuilt during the 0.8 line.

Features

• Animated 3DCG Ren'Py visual novel.
• Dimensional rift premise with castaways from other realities.
• Harem structure across several residents.
• Intimacy levels gate activities and scenes.
• Repeatable activities such as reading and breakfast.
• Night expeditions into rift oddities.
• Windows, Mac, Linux and Android builds.
• English only, uncensored release.

How to install

Unzip the build for your platform and run the executable from the extracted folder. Install the Android package separately on the phone.

Requirements

Windows, macOS, Linux, Android — English only, uncensored. Built on Ren'Py.

FAQ

What version of A House in the Rift is current?

The tracked build is 0.8.15b2. The last recorded update is 2026-09-29.

Is A House in the Rift free to download?

Yes. The build is free, and the files here are version 0.8.15b2.

Does A House in the Rift have an Android version?

Yes. An Android build is listed next to the Windows, Mac and Linux files.

Tags

See also animated games, Ren'Py games, Zanith.