The world’s earliest NSFW video games look practically prehistoric compared to the current landscape of raunchy, animated offerings. Gone are the days of dull, text-heavy dating simulators and glimpses of glitchy, pixelated boobs. Now, there are hundreds of X-rated games to choose from, and the horned-up list keeps growing every day.

Much of this progress comes courtesy of platforms like Steam, a digital storefront jam-packed with games created by independent artists and studios. While blockbuster video games have pearl-clutching morality crusaders and strict regulation to contend with, Steam allows creators a little more freedom with their smutty creativity.

Admittedly, the majority of what you’ll find on Steam are still visual novels — fairly straightforward games that allow you to cycle through a story with limited options, and the plot of said story is usually just “you’re trying to win over this hot woman.” Dig deep though, and you’ll find not-safe-for-work gold — from anthropomorphic dicks to soda cans fizzing to the point of orgasm.

Think of everything below as your North Star of sexed-up gaming, an introduction to the weirdest and most wonderful NSFW titles that the down-bad internet has to offer.

A is for ‘Acting Lessons’

Released in 2018, Acting Lessons lets you step into the shoes of a down-on-his-luck crypto bro browsing the grocery store when bam, an amateur actor — Megan — asks for your help. Naturally, she’s smoking hot. The game then plunges you into a series of choices, and the chance to hook up with a string of busty, CGI strangers: the horny nurse, the women in the nightclub desperate for a threesome, etc. Will you be Megan’s loyal Prince Charming, or will you fuck your way through a cast of back-up characters? Only you can decide.

B is for Big Naturals

When it comes to animated tits, it seems pretty clear that bigger is better. “OMG! The girl with the big titties is too hitting on me!” reads the tagline for the pretty creative puzzle game, Body Pay. It’s a slogan that could apply to basically 80 percent of the X-rated games on Steam, seemingly designed to push jiggle physics to their absolute limit.

C is for Catgirls

Searching the term “catgirl” on Steam comes up with a whopping 168 results — apparently, pussy is popular. They range from the cutesy and innocent to the mega horny Cat Girl, the tale of Ginka, a SWAT team officer by day, Silver Cat by night. On the hunt for the stolen Emerald Gem, she gets lured into the mansion of a notorious dominatrix who’s “crazy about whipping, bondage, shocking and wax-dripping.”

D is for ‘Doki Doki Literature Club’

On the surface, Doki Doki Literature Club is a cutesy visual novel filled with hot women. In reality, the wildly popular game is a pretty dark and sinister tale of mental illness, so read the trigger warnings: One reviewer describes it as a “game made by therapists to get more patients.” It’s not 18+, but the characters are clearly lusted after by countless fans — so much so that there’s a million different porn spin-offs. It’s a behemoth of the “visual novel” and “dating simulator” genres so beloved by NSFW game developers, and one that still deserves a mention.

E is for Exorcism

Uh-oh, you’re a professional exorcist trapped in a haunted house with a mystery demon, and she’s desperate to bang you! If you’ve ever watched Paranormal Activity and thought, “hmm, how could we make this horny?“ then The Sexorcist is the game for you. It’s a novel idea, and you even get to customize your own succubus. Those who have dreamed of being pinned down and fucked by a demon in a garter belt are in for a treat.

F is for Furries

You knew this was coming, right? There aren’t many furry porn games on Steam, but the handful that do exist are works of pure genius. Released in 2023, Beat Banger is probably the best of the bunch: a “raps-to-bitches” story of a hero determined to work his way to the top of Beat Banger Studios, “a rhythmic pornography company in desperate need of some assistance.” The gameplay trailer is just 29 disorienting seconds of furry blow jobs and big catgirl boobs jiggling to an EDM soundtrack. How could you not be intrigued?

G is for ‘Glory Wall’

You’ve heard of glory holes, drilled into the walls of public restrooms and sex clubs for guys to poke their dicks through, ready for an anonymous blow job. Glory Wall! is the same, only it’s hot anime chicks poking their naked butts through a wall, offering themselves up to you. It’s a straightforward clicker game, offering an array of different dildos — from animal print to ribbed, for her pleasure — to use on these extremely trusting women.

H is for Hentai

Hentai loosely translates to “perverted” in Japanese, but this term for anime porn is more than just a word, it’s a global phenomenon. If you’re looking for NSFW games on Steam, you’ll quickly notice a formula: cutesy animation, exaggerated moans and doe-eyed virtual girlfriends.

I is for ‘I Love You, Colonel Sanders’

Okay, so this one isn’t actually 18+, but I Love You, Colonel Sanders is worth a mention because you need to know that a) KFC released a game and b) that game allows you to romance an extremely fuckable young Colonel Sanders. Fans have been begging for an X-rated spin-off, desperate to squirt their barbecue sauce all over the hunky chicken connoisseur.

J is for Jousting

You probably won’t be jerking off to it, but Genital Jousting is a slice of good, old-fashioned crude humor. The hero of this story is John, a big, wiggly dick just dragging his balls through corporate life in search of true love. The script has all the toilet jokes and penis puns you could ever hope for, but between scrolling through the Weiner dating app and posting to Buttstagram (John posts a photo of himself sprawled on the floor, with the caption: “Old penises can’t get all the way up. SAD!”), you get to play addictive-looking minigames such as the “genital jousting” of the title. Undeniably, Genital Jousting is a stroke of creative genius.

K is for ‘KoboldKare’

This farming simulator game is a silly, weird and welcome addition to the world of X-rated games. You get to create and control Kobolds — think of them as like adult-sized, anthropomorphic frogs — in their bizarre little world, contorting them into strange sex positions, making them lay eggs and, naturally, fuck each other.

L is for ‘Leisure Suit Larry’

In 2018, Leisure Suit Larry — one of the world’s best-selling X-rated game franchises — made its way to Steam with Wet Dreams Don’t Dry. The middle-aged antihero makes his way through a new world of hipsters and social media, still looking to get his dick wet with as many women as possible. It’s a horny adventure game with a gag-heavy script-writing: keep an eye out for the randy llama, who begs his pal to “please, spit in my mouth.”

M is for MILFs

Borrowing heavily from the Hallmark Christmas movie genre, MILFs of Sunville — a game popular enough to have several follow-ups — features a guy who leaves his swanky city life behind to move to the small oceanside town of Sunville. Upon arrival, he’s inundated by sexy MILFs just as he’s navigating some serious daddy issues. It’s not groundbreaking or complex — it’s a bunch of hot moms in swimsuits and bunny ears — but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

N is for Nuns

Titles don’t get much better than Nunholy, especially when the gameplay involves kick-ass nuns with gigantic tits battling violent vampires. There’s no nudity in this — the busty nuns just “wear revealing outfits” and “strike sensual poses“ — but you’ll be hypnotized nonetheless. If you like your nun-themed content a little dirtier, there’s Hyper Hentai Sister Nun, described surprisingly as a “relaxing puzzle game.” A relaxing puzzle game with semi-naked hentai nuns, of course.

O is for ‘OnlyCans’

If there were an award for the most hilariously creative X-rated game, it would surely go to OnlyCans: Thirst Date, if only for the genius tagline: “feel the fizz inside you.” Never have animated soda cans looked so sexy! If you hadn’t guessed, the aim of the game is to shake these fizzy drinks as they moan, groan and drip with condensation, leading to an explosion that’s sure to leave you sticky.

P is for Pornhub

Playing X-rated games can be fun — you sometimes have to really earn the nudity — but if you just want to jerk off, it’s a pretty safe bet that content creators have made porn videos offering a glimpse at the hottest moments in games like VR Kanojo, as well as hentai scenes inspired by Doki Doki Literature Club.

Q is for Queer

Sure, the vast majority of X-rated games on Steam are filled with animated tits and super-hot women, but there are a few queer offerings out there. SPORTCON lets you control the minds of hot jocks, Morningdew Farms is the self-described “gay farming game” in which you can seemingly hook up with a hunky wolf, and then there’s the fairly self-explanatory Men Bang. However, it’s pretty much all guy-on-guy — there’s a real gap in the market for other horny queer games.

R is for Reptile Temptresses

Humans Are Not That Against Lizard Women is truly wild. The synopsis says it all: “Once again vile lizards descended upon the lands of Hyperborea, and their plans are as wicked and perverse as ever! It’s time to take a swig of the fortifying waters and repel these reptile temptresses! We’ll push them against the wall and show them the true might of our heroic spears!” There’s really nothing else to add, other than the fact that you will see lots of towering, sexy lizard women in various states of animated ecstasy.

S is for ‘Senren*Banka’

“Bought it for the waifus but finished for the story,” reads one review of the hugely successful Senren*Banka. The “waifus” are hot virtual girlfriends, but eagle-eyed fans realized that the final version of the game had all the sex scenes cut out, so the developers — following massive demand — released them in an update. As of early 2024, this game has sold a staggering half a million copies, making it the gold standard of horny visual novels.

T is for Toys

Actually helpful or instructive school sex-ed lessons are virtually nonexistent, but the newly-released Adult Education poses the question: What if they were sexy? Forget fear-mongering lessons about gnarly STIs, this game offers a “lesson in lust,” sex toys and all.

U is for UncleNeighbor

A few years ago, a dating sim called Dream Daddy — basically a daddy dating simulator — sent the internet into meltdown. UncleNeighbor is similar, but hornier. Expect straining bulges in office pants, point-of-view foot worship scenes and ginger lumberjack bros in tighty-whities.

V is for Virtual Reality

VR porn has been talked about for years, but it’s still in its infancy — and the same can be said for X-rated VR games. Arguably the best-known example is the 2018 release VR Kanojo, in which you try to win over a hot girl-next-door named Sakura. It’s pretty straightforward stuff, with VR controllers allowing you some degree of control in sex scenes, but there’s surely a whole world of horny VR possibilities out there just waiting to be uncovered.

W is for Witch

Yes, of course there’s a game — Horny Witch: Hunt — where you play a nympho witch who can only build her strength and power by fucking innocent victims. It’s the internet! There’s also variety: from Forbidden Sex Hex to Witch Story, Steam is filled with many a horny sorceress.  

X is for XXX patches

When it comes to NSFW gaming, it’s sometimes the case that you need to download 18+ “patches” to access the good stuff. Patches are downloadable software updates usually used to fix bugs in newly-released games, but Steam community (forum) users sometimes share XXX patches for their favorite titles, or developers cater to fans keen to get dirty in their fantasy worlds. XXX patches are the glue that keeps this X-rated world together.

Y is for Yakuza

It might sound niche, but there’s more than one yakuza-themed NSFW game on Steam; whether you’re managing an underground massage parlor or teaching clandestine self-defense classes because you pissed off a yakuza boss, there’s no shortage of risqué yakuza content.

Z is for Zombies

Nothing says sexy quite like a zombie apocalypse. In Seed of the Dead, you get to unleash hell on dozens of flesh-eating zombies with a giant machine gun, and you get to sleep with hot heroines when you’re done.