Degrees of Lewdity

Degrees of Lewdity is an erotic text-based sandbox role-playing game which takes place in a contemporary setting with fantasy elements. It features a wide variety of sexual fetishes, everything from vanilla sex to anal to monsters and even more extreme fetishes such as watersports, rape, and bestiality, but an in-game disclaimer states that "Everything is consensual role play, and any animals are actually people in costumes".

The protagonist is an 18-year-old orphan living in an orphanage under the tutelage of Bailey, who demands a weekly tribute of cash for housing them. The primary goal is to raise this money each week while navigating the challenges of adolescence in a town where many individuals have lustful intentions. The player character can be customized extensively, including their gender (male, female, or intersex), appearance, physical attributes, and even specific fetishes. Their appearance can be changed with clothes and cosmetics acquired throughout the game.

The gameplay involves making decisions that affect the protagonist's path, such as whether they choose to go to school on time, develop romantic relationships, find honest work, engage in criminal activities, or resort to selling their body. As a vulnerable young adult, the player may enter situations where they will be assaulted, causing them to enter a combat state. In a combat state, the player can decide whether they want to respond with violence, flirtatiousness, begging for mercy, or more. The protagonist's experiences will affect how they feel about certain actions and fetishes, and stress, trauma, and fatigue can accumulate over time and must be managed.

Many aspects of the game can be customized, such as which fetishes may be in the game as well as the traits of NPCs. The genders of the named characters is randomized by default at the start of a new playthrough, but the player can also select each character's gender manually.