Korean Role-Playing Game “Idle Princess” Faces Extreme Criticism For Its Pedophilic Illustrations

Idle Princess, a PG-15 role-playing game published by I&V Games, promotes itself as a “wild adventure of a game, between a newbie father and his daughter“.

The game’s main page reads, “Tap anywhere to begin.” | I&V Games

The game initially gained attention for its eye-catching TV commercial, featuring former I.O.I member Kim Sohye…

Kim Sohye | @@idleprincess_IW/Twitter

… dressed up as one of the characters and calling the player “appa” (dad) — to go with the game’s catchphrase “Want to try raising a daughter?”

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Unfortunately, since its release in September, the game has gone viral and is now facing a tremendous amount of criticism for having pedophilic in-game illustrations.

Illustrations from “Idle Princess”. The caption reads, “The illustration can be changed (at a certain level).” | I&V Games

The said illustrations, of different “daughters” from the game, feature young girls (set around 8+ years old in the game) posing in revealing costumes. These girls react when tapped…

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… by saying things like, “How come you want to see my underwear so badly?“…

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… or “Stop! Stop molesting me!”

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One game reviewing YouTube channel 윤쿵쿵TV pointed out, “This game is actually extremely inappropriate” and questioned, “how did this even pass the app reviewing process?”

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Look at this, she says “You can touch for a little bit” and then her face blushes like this. How… how is this acceptable? Look at their facial expressions and their lines. This couldn’t possibly be okay…

— 윤쿵쿵TV

In fact, Idle Princess continues to garner negative reviews — as more irritated players leave one-star ratings calling out the developers for being “filthy“.