Perverse Incentives

Perverse Incentives Play Perverse Incentives, an adult visual novel RPG where Taira survives a dystopian planet ruled by “sperm” currency. Make romance, blackmail, and betrayal choices that shape society.

Perverse Incentives

Perverse Incentives is a visual novel built for adult audiences, blending role-playing with a tense, character-driven storyline. You play as Taira, a young man who ends up on the planet Equalis by accident—and must survive in a society where the male-to-female ratio is dangerously skewed.

On Equalis, the Equalis virus has devastated male fertility. Natural conception is nearly gone, and sperm reserves have become essential to the planet’s “sustainable” development—turning biology into the most valuable resource of all.

Step into this dramatic adventure and decide how far you’re willing to go to stay alive.

Gameplay

Resource Management

• Keep track of Taira’s health, stamina, and his “sperm reserves”.



• Overusing resources can trigger a dangerous physical collapse.



• Holding back may protect you, but it can also limit your access to money and leverage.

Dynamic Relationships

• Develop bonds through romance, blackmail, or betrayal—often with classmates.
• Your dialogue choices can influence major outcomes such as stock market behavior, political control, and Taira’s mental stability.

Ethical Dilemmas

• The narrative critiques capitalism and gender inequality.
• Key themes include bodily autonomy, systemic corruption, and the commodification of human biology.

Key Features

The Equalis Virus Pandemic

• A deadly outbreak wiped out much of the male population, leaving natural childbirth close to extinct.
• Equalis operates on the “Sperm Standard”, where sperm functions as currency.
• Men are treated like living vaults—valuable, monitored, and controlled.

The Sperm Economy

• Because fertility is scarce, men like Taira hold unexpected power.
• Each ejaculation is valued far beyond gold, drawing attention from elites, governments, and black markets.
• Your body becomes the center of competing interests.

A Closed Society

• Equalis is presented as a dystopian utopia: impressive tech and rigid class rules hide growing desperation.
• Citizens wear biometric monitors to measure resource usage.
• Dissent can result in exile, making resistance costly.

Survival vs. Exploitation

• Taira must weigh sudden wealth against equally sudden danger.
• Alliances can protect you—or become chains.
• Classmates such as Ren (seductive), Mizuki (manipulative), and Stephanie (ruthless) push to exploit Taira’s “gift,” testing his limits at every turn.

Moral Choices

• Your decisions can reshape the economy.
• Donating sperm supports the community, while selling it can finance illegal operations.
• Even a casual taunt—like “Get in loser, we’re rigging the stock market”—signals deeper conspiracies.

Identity Crisis

• Is Taira a hero fighting back, or a piece being used by a broken system?
• You decide whether to turn his rarity into leverage—or fight for autonomy.
• Your path changes relationships and can determine the planet’s future.

Story Overview

Perverse Incentives is a sci-fi survival RPG/visual novel where a broke Earthling named Taira crashes onto Equalis, a quarantined world with very few men—and where sperm fuels the economy.

As a top-tier resource, Taira’s biology becomes a target for manipulation, seduction, and greed. Throughout the game, you’ll navigate economic sabotage, twisted relationships, and the real moral cost of staying alive.