Role play of various kinds is an important topic in many sexual relationships. Role play makes it possible to live out your own ideas and desires together with those of your partner and to empathize with another role. Role-playing games are in the BDSM area, but are by no means limited to this. Very often, curiosity, breaking taboos or even a certain fetish play a major role in role-playing games. A special category of role-playing games are so-called rape games, in which the boundaries are very often barely recognizable to outsiders.

In role-playing games, there is usually a power imbalance, which is experienced particularly intensely through role-playing. The classic role play is the game between dominatrix and slave or between BDSM master and slave. Both partners take on a role that highlights a clear difference in power between the participants. 

However, this does not necessarily mean that this power imbalance also plays a role in reality. It can often be observed, for example, that people who have to exercise a lot of control and make decisions at work prefer to take the position with less power and allow themselves to be controlled when role-playing. Such a power imbalance is not always as pronounced as in this SM variant, but as a rule such imbalances always exist. 

However, this does not necessarily mean that this power imbalance also plays a role in reality. It can often be observed, for example, that people who exercise a lot of control and have to make decisions at work prefer to take the position with less power in role play and allow themselves to be controlled. Such a power imbalance is not always as pronounced as in this SM variant, but as a rule such imbalances always exist. 

Particularly popular role-playing games include
- Baby adult play (AB/DL)
- doctor games
- Abduction games
- School education
- Secretary and boss
- and much more

There are hardly any areas that cannot be simulated by role-playing games. Ideally, if both partners have similar wishes and ideas, many role plays can be realized without much preparation or equipment. Sexually charged role-playing games depend on the imagination of those involved and how well and realistically the various fantasies can be realized. For example, an examination by a horny nurse can be just as tinglingly erotic as a visit from a handyman or dictation on the boss’s lap. There are hardly any limits to role-playing games and they always have to be individually tailored.