Inzoi-spillere spør: "Hvor er alle de homofile zoiene?" Studio innrømmer at det er et kjent problem

So, you’re a few hours into Inzoi, trying to build your perfect simulated world. You’ve designed your Zoi, moved into a cute neighborhood, maybe started mingling with the locals—and then it hits you: why is everyone so straight?

If you've felt like your world of Zois is oddly lacking in queer representation, you’re not imagining it. It’s real—and Inzoi Studio has now officially acknowledged that, yep, gay Zois simply don’t spawn in the wild.

No surprise the topic came up, since inZOI Hits Early Access with Strong Player Numbers and Positive Feedback on Steam — after such a successful public launch, it was only a matter of time before modern-day issues caught up.

While Inzoi technically allows you to create gay characters manually by tweaking their romantic preferences in the character creator, that queerness doesn’t exist naturally in the game's world. The pre-made NPCs—the ones you meet at the coffee shop, run into at events, or flirt with in the park—are hardwired to be straight. That means no gay dating, no spontaneous same-sex crushes, and no cozy queer domestic drama unless you do some setup work yourself.

The issue was flagged pretty quickly by players, many of whom expected a life sim in 2025 to include, you know, life.

Reddit user GimlySonOfGloin summed up the experience pretty well:

“4 hours in, haven’t found a single gay Zoi. Every Zoi of the same sex repels my romantic advances.”

It became a bit of a meme across forums, with users joking that Inzoi might be set in some kind of alternate dimension where everyone’s stuck in a heteronormative time warp.

To their credit, Inzoi Studio hasn’t ignored the feedback. In a blog post about known issues, the devs confirmed that the lack of same-sex romance is on their radar. According to the team, “the inability for gay Zois to spawn” is among the bugs they’re already working on fixing, alongside some less existential issues like localization hiccups and UI weirdness.

For now, players who want LGBTQ+ representation in their Inzoi experience will need to build it manually—either by customizing romantic preferences or creating premade couples themselves. But that obviously misses a huge part of what makes life sims fun: the organic interactions, the random sparks, and the drama you didn’t plan for. As it stands, spontaneous queer love stories just aren’t happening in the game.

As we’ve reported earlier, inZOI’s rise to viral fame has come with some unexpected moments — like the now-infamous ability to run over children – that clip making the rounds online. It was real. But don’t get any ideas — the devs just dropped a patch removing the feature entirely, clearly trying to reel things back before things get too unhinged.

Commenter mahboilucas chimed in with a sentiment many others shared:

“I haven’t bought the game yet when I read about it. Waiting for the patch, and then once everything is super gay, I am going in.”

And honestly? Fair. It’s 2025. If your game is about simulating real life, and you can have a career as a DJ-slash-cheesemonger while living in a UFO-shaped house, it’s not asking much to also let two dudes fall in love by accident.

The broader issue here isn’t just about one missing feature—it’s about how queerness often gets sidelined or made optional in games that are supposed to reflect human experiences. While many life sims now include LGBTQ+ options (shoutout to The Sims 4 and Coral Island), not all of them treat queer lives as default or equal in the game logic. And players are calling that out more than ever.

By the way, speaking of competitors, will The Sims remain the top life simulator after inZOI reaches its full potential? After 25 years of dominance in the life sim market, The Sims could very well lose its crown to inZOI.

Hopefully, Inzoi Studio will roll out a fix soon. The game’s got a lot of charm, and players are vibing with its aesthetic and mechanics—but a world that claims to mirror real life shouldn’t be limited to one version of love. Until then, some players are holding off, waiting for a patch that brings a little more rainbow to their virtual neighborhoods.

And when that day comes? We’ll all be ready to go full drama mode with our gay Zois in tow.