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Collections/Roleplay

Best AI Models for Roleplay (RP) and Creative Writing

Model rankings updated June 2026 based on real usage data.

Discover the top AI models for roleplay (RP), character chat and creative writing, ranked by real usage data on OpenRouter. These LLMs excel at maintaining consistent personas, rich dialogue and immersive storytelling across long-context sessions.

Whether you're using Janitor AI, SillyTavern or another frontend, or building your own character chatbot or interactive fiction engine, OpenRouter gives you access to the best roleplay models through a single API.

LLM Leaderboard for Roleplay Models

1.
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Deepseek V4 Flash
by deepseek
969B
23.0%
2.
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Deepseek V3.2
by deepseek
841B
20.0%
3.
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Deepseek V4 Pro
by deepseek
438B
10.4%
4.
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Gemini 3 Flash Preview
by google
163B
3.9%
5.
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Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
by google
128B
3.0%
6.
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Gemma 4 31B IT
by google
128B
3.0%
7.
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gpt-oss-120b
by openai
121B
2.9%
8.
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Gemma 4 26B A4B IT
by google
114B
2.7%
9.
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Mimo V2.5
by xiaomi
109B
2.6%
10.
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Others
1.2T
28.5%

Top Roleplay Models on OpenRouter

Based on top weekly usage data from millions of users accessing AI models for roleplay through OpenRouter.

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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Flash

4.93T tokens

DeepSeek V4 Flash is an efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 284B total parameters and 13B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window. It is designed for fast inference and high-throughput workloads, while maintaining strong reasoning and coding performance.

The model includes hybrid attention for efficient long-context processing. Reasoning efforts high and xhigh are supported; xhigh maps to max reasoning. It is well suited for applications such as coding assistants, chat systems, and agent workflows where responsiveness and cost efficiency are important.

by deepseek1.05M context$0.09/M input tokens$0.18/M output tokens
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Xiaomi: MiMo-V2.5

4.74T tokens

MiMo-V2.5 is a native omnimodal model by Xiaomi. It delivers Pro-level agentic performance at roughly half the inference cost, while surpassing MiMo-V2-Omni in multimodal perception across image and video understanding tasks. Its 1M context window supports complete documents, extended conversations, and complex task contexts in a single pass, making it ideal for integration with agent frameworks where strong reasoning, rich perception, and cost efficiency all matter.

by xiaomi1.05M context$0.105/M input tokens$0.28/M output tokens
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MiniMax: MiniMax M3

3.89T tokens

MiniMax-M3 is a multimodal foundation model from MiniMax. It supports text, image, and video inputs with text output, a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agentic work, coding, and tool use. It is built on MiniMax Sparse Attention (MSA), which replaces full attention with KV-block selection to cut per-token compute at long context — roughly 1/20 the cost of the previous generation at 1M tokens, with substantially faster prefill and decode while retaining quality across most tasks.

Trained as a native multimodal model on interleaved data and tuned for multi-turn, production-like collaboration via an interactive user-simulator framework, the model is oriented toward sustained, multi-step tasks rather than single-turn execution.

by minimax1.05M context$0.30/M input tokens$1.20/M output tokens
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Owl Alpha

3.57T tokens

Owl Alpha is a high-performance foundation model designed for agentic workloads. Natively supports tool use, and long-context tasks, with strong performance in code generation, automated workflows, and complex instruction execution. Compatible with Claude Code, OpenClaw, and other mainstream productivity tools.

Note: Prompts and completions may be logged by the provider and used to improve the model.

by openrouter1.05M context$0/M input tokens$0/M output tokens
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Tencent: Hy3 preview

3.51T tokens

Hy3 preview is a high-efficiency Mixture-of-Experts model from Tencent designed for agentic workflows and production use. It supports configurable reasoning levels across disabled, low, and high modes, allowing it to balance speed and depth depending on the task, while delivering strong code generation and reliable performance across multi-step, real-world workflows.

by tencent262K context$0.063/M input tokens$0.21/M output tokens
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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.7

2.44T tokens

Opus 4.7 is the next generation of Anthropic's Opus family, built for long-running, asynchronous agents. Building on the coding and agentic strengths of Opus 4.6, it delivers stronger performance on complex, multi-step tasks and more reliable agentic execution across extended workflows. It is especially effective for asynchronous agent pipelines where tasks unfold over time - large codebases, multi-stage debugging, and end-to-end project orchestration.

Beyond coding, Opus 4.7 brings improved knowledge work capabilities - from drafting documents and building presentations to analyzing data. It maintains coherence across very long outputs and extended sessions, making it a strong default for tasks that require persistence, judgment, and follow-through.

For users upgrading from earlier Opus versions, see our official migration guide here

by anthropic1M context$5/M input tokens$25/M output tokens
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DeepSeek: DeepSeek V4 Pro

2.13T tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro is a large-scale Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 1.6T total parameters and 49B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window. It is designed for advanced reasoning, coding, and long-horizon agent workflows, with strong performance across knowledge, math, and software engineering benchmarks.

Built on the same architecture as DeepSeek V4 Flash, it introduces a hybrid attention system for efficient long-context processing. Reasoning efforts high and xhigh are supported; xhigh maps to max reasoning. It is well suited for complex workloads such as full-codebase analysis, multi-step automation, and large-scale information synthesis, where both capability and efficiency are critical.

by deepseek1.05M context$0.435/M input tokens$0.87/M output tokens
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Z.ai: GLM 5.2

2.09T tokens

GLM 5.2 is a large-scale reasoning model from Z.ai. It supports text input and output with a 1M-token context window, and is suited for long-horizon agent workflows, project-level software engineering, and complex multi-step automation.

Reasoning efforts high and xhigh are supported; xhigh maps to max reasoning. It is particularly strong at coding and tool use across long-running tasks, able to maintain engineering context and follow standards consistently through a full development workflow, from requirements to multi-platform deployment, in a single task.

by z-ai1.05M context$0.95/M input tokens$3/M output tokens
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Anthropic: Claude Opus 4.8

2.04T tokens

Claude Opus 4.8 is Anthropic's most capable generally available model in the Opus family. It supports text, image, and file inputs with text output, with reasoning support and a 1M-token context window. It is suited for highly autonomous agents, long-horizon agentic work, knowledge work, and memory-driven tasks where coherence over extended sessions matters.

It is particularly strong on multi-step reasoning, complex coding, and end-to-end project orchestration - large codebases, multi-stage debugging, and long-running asynchronous agent pipelines. Beyond coding, it handles knowledge work such as drafting documents, building presentations, and analyzing data, maintaining quality across very long outputs.

by anthropic1M context$5/M input tokens$25/M output tokens
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StepFun: Step 3.7 Flash

1.56T tokens

Step 3.7 Flash is StepFun's latest high-efficiency multimodal Mixture-of-Experts model. It pairs a 196B-parameter language backbone with a vision encoder for native image and video understanding, activating roughly 11B parameters per token. The model supports a 256K context window and exposes selectable reasoning levels (high/medium/low), letting callers trade off speed, cost, and depth of reasoning.

Designed for coding, agentic workflows, structured outputs, and long-context productivity tasks.

by stepfun256K context$0.20/M input tokens$1.15/M output tokens