Horton Bay Stories - Jake
Game Information
Developer
Lumphorn GamesVersion
v0.6.9.1
Engine
Ren'Py
Release Date
Aug 12, 2026
Last Update
Aug 20, 2026
Censorship
Uncensored
Overview
Horton Bay Stories - Jake is a 3D adult visual novel with sandbox exploration for players who enjoy slow-burn drama mixed with casual and illicit encounters. The tone shifts between everyday small-town life and darker, riskier situations.
Story
Jake Rogers expects to finish school and head to university with his girlfriend and best friend, but a sudden upheaval derails those plans. He relocates to the coastal town of Horton Bay to start over, only to find himself drawn into new relationships, a job, further education, and an unexpected criminal conflict brewing beneath the town's surface.
Gameplay
Players guide Jake through daily life in Horton Bay, balancing work, school, and social choices that open up different relationships and story paths. Decisions affect who Jake grows close to, from casual flings to deeper romantic or illicit entanglements, with some encounters avoidable depending on the choices made. The sandbox structure lets players revisit locations and characters to push different storylines forward at their own pace.
Features
- Multiple relationship paths, including affairs, casual encounters, and longer-term connections
- Optional routes that let players skip or redirect certain encounters
- A recurring cast of townsfolk with their own side stories and objectives
- Animated 3DCG scenes throughout
Notes
The game includes themes such as infidelity, blackmail, and non-consensual elements (netorare) alongside its main relationship content; players sensitive to these themes should be aware going in.
Installation
1. Extract and run.
Changelog
v0.6.9.1
- Fixed: Can no longer invite Adel to watch TV with you if she’s stuck at work on her first day.
- Fixed: When offering Trent’s booze to Frankie, Adel or Margot, their stats are now correctly altered.
- Fixed: Bug during Nigel’s Dinner event causing the game to break.
- Fixed: Bug causing game to crash when attempting to view Ronald’s phone bio.
- Fixed: Several typos.
- Changed: Cash amount in your wallet, displayed on the top UI, is now truncated to avoid displacing the UI elements (credit to GetOutOfMyLab).
- Added: Party - Adel/Tracksuit hot tub NTR event (requires Adel dark path, or full corruption and too many drinks).
- Added: Party - Adel hot tub event.
- Added: Party - Tilly hot tub event.
- Added: Adel working at Jasper’s house on Saturday morning (if asked her to help with Jasper).
- Added: Adel/Jasper NTR event (With NTR on, this is currently only avoidable by using the ‘pause progress' feature during the event, or if Adel’s stats do not allow it - there is more content to come to deal with this).
v0.6.8.0
- Changed: During Lucas' Alpha path, you now have the option to remove him from the house (during the main objective) before allowing him to progress with Gemma.
- Added: Christine/Jeremy NTR catchup event. If you missed the chance to start it during Jake’s parent’s first visit, you can now set that arc in motion, during the repeatable Nigel’s Dinner event (requires at least 10 corruption points for Christine).
- Added: Party - Christine/Melissa/Trent event.
- Added: Warn Adel about Celeste’s contract (if asked Adel to help) - leads to sex if conditions are met.
- Added: Party - Christine/Jeremy/Nigella event.
- Added: Party - Christine/Jeremy/Molly event (requires Nigella too drunk to join in).
- Added: Party - Optional sex with Christine after pool.
- Added: Party - Optional sex with Molly after pool.
- Added: Party - Optional sex with Nigella after pool.
- Added: Party - Christine/Jeremy NTR event after pool.
