Adult games in September 2026

Each month we look at the adult games that first appeared in the catalog during that month: how many there were compared with the month before, how they are sold, what they are about, and how often unfinished games still get updated.

Fewer new games than in August

September brought 7.5% fewer new adult games than August. A game counts as new in the month it first became public: for games developed in the open, the day the development thread was opened; for finished releases, the release date.

Free, paid and where they come from

More than half of September’s new games are free to play, mostly early builds released while the game is still in development. Paid games make up 41.6%, and only 3.2% let players pay what they want.

More than half of new games are free. September's new games by how they are distributed

About a third of new games, 34.9%, come from the Japanese commercial market; the rest are Western releases.

A third of new games come from the Japanese commercial market. September's new games by market segment

What new games are about

The most common tags barely move from month to month. Big breasts appear on 40.3% of new games, a male protagonist on 39.9%.

Big breasts and a male lead are still the default. Most common tags, share of September's new games carrying each

Shifts show up further down. Compared with August, corruption’s share of all tags on new games rose by 59% and futanari’s by 53%, while femdom fell by 37% and tentacles and censored releases by 43% each.

Corruption and futanari gain ground, femdom and tentacles lose it. Change in each tag's share of all tags on new games, September vs August

We compare each tag’s share of all the tags on a month’s new games, not the share of games that carry it. Tags keep being added to a game for weeks after release, so a fresh month always looks less tagged than an older one; the share of the mix cancels that out.

AI-generated art

16.9% of September’s new games use AI-generated art, up from 14.2% in August and the highest share since March. The share dipped to 11.3% in June and has been climbing since.

AI art is back up after a summer dip. Share of each month's new games made with AI-generated art, 2026

This counts games made with AI art only, not games whose story is about artificial intelligence.

How recently games are updated

Many adult games are released as a series of development builds. Of the unfinished ones that appeared since the start of 2025, 21.5% received an update in the last 30 days. 18.6% have not been updated for more than a year.

Only one unfinished game in five was updated in the last 30 days. Unfinished games released as development builds since 2025, by time since their latest update