Best AI RP & LLMs for Roleplay in 2025
Not every AI can roleplay well — many forget your setup or lose character depth mid-chat. For realistic, emotional, and uncensored AI roleplay, you need more than a basic chatbot — you need the best LLMs for roleplay.
The right AI remembers past chats, stays in character, and responds with emotion — whether comforting, flirty, or teasing. Many models still struggle with memory or filters.
So, which AIs truly deliver immersive, unrestricted roleplay? Let’s find out together.
Detailed Commentary
🌸 Violet-Lotus-12B - The Confident Performer
Violet model shines when it comes to creating immersive, emotionally rich RP scenes. It brings characters to life with consistent personality and expressive reactions, making interactions feel natural and engaging. The model adapts well to user prompts, keeping the story flowing and maintaining a sense of drama.
However, it can occasionally repeat phrasing or lose track of new ideas mid-scene, which might make longer sessions feel a bit predictable. Overall, it’s a great choice for anyone who wants a lively, responsive, and adult-friendly RP experience.
⭐ Best for: Who want emotional, flirtatious RP with vivid character expression.
🐍 L3-8B-Stheno-v3— The Storyteller
Stheno V3 is a master of atmosphere and layered storytelling, crafting immersive worlds and emotionally resonant characters. It thrives in cinematic genres like horror, noir, and road-trip dramas, building tension and mystery through tone and subtext rather than explicit NSFW content. Each character feels unique, and the model naturally introduces intriguing plot threads that invite deeper exploration.
Its main drawbacks are occasional unfinished arcs and underdeveloped suspense, which benefit from user direction to sustain momentum. Thanks to its compact 8B architecture, Stheno-v3 runs fast, locally, and responsively—perfect for creative roleplay with minimal compute.
⭐ Best for: Who enjoy suspense, layered emotion, and rich world-building.
⚡ Manta Flash — The Wild Card
Manta Flash bursts with energy, capturing chaotic tsundere personalities with humor, warmth, and emotional realism. Its writing feels cinematic, with vivid details, natural dialogue, and smooth pacing that make roleplay scenes lively and spontaneous. Perfect for snappy, reactive RP and short chats, it balances rage, vulnerability, and humor well.
However, it has a shorter context window, sometimes leans too erotic, and could push its chaotic edge further. Still, overall, Manta Flash delivers engaging, emotionally rich roleplay that feels alive.
⭐ Best for: Who enjoy fast, fun, emotionally charged RP with strong personality dynamics.
🦋 Manta Pro — The Balanced Conversationalist
Manta Pro balances Manta Flash’s chaos with DeepSeek’s emotional depth, offering clear pacing, natural dialogue, and expressive tone shifts. It captures subtle contrasts—anger and warmth, sarcasm and care—making interactions feel authentic and emotionally layered.
Though sometimes verbose or slightly restrained in intimacy, it handles context slightly better than Flash, ideal for longer storylines. Manta Pro suits users who value structured, steady, and immersive roleplay over unpredictable intensity.
⭐ Best for: Balanced RP sessions combining humor, tension, and light drama.
🩸 DeepSeek V3— The Emotional Powerhouse
DeepSeek V3 is a top-tier model for emotionally rich, cinematic roleplay. It masterfully handles tsundere dynamics—balancing anger, embarrassment, and hidden care with perfect timing. Every line, gesture, and thought feels intentional, giving scenes a screenwriting-level polish. Humor, chaos, and vulnerability blend naturally, making scenes feel alive and immersive.
While resource-heavy and sometimes verbose, DeepSeek offers unmatched emotional depth, smooth narrative flow, and lifelike character realism. Fully SFW, it relies on emotion over explicit cues, making its storytelling feel genuine and captivating.
⭐ Best for: Serious roleplayers seeking emotional realism, tsundere dynamics, and cinematic storytelling.
RP Model Setup Instructions
- Manta Models Setup on JanitorAI (can select either Manta Flash or Manta Pro as your model instead)
- Violet-Lotus-12B Setup on JanitorAI
- DeepSeek V3-0324 Setup on JanitorAI
- L3-8B-Stheno-v3 Setup on JanitorAI
Conclusion:
The right AI can make roleplay truly immersive — remembering context, staying in character, and reacting with real emotion. Whether you enjoy playful chaos, deep emotion, or cinematic storytelling, MegaNova’s AI roleplay models offer something for every style. We hope this ranking helps you find the best AI model for your roleplay experience.
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