AI girlfriend roleplay prompts: 20 scenarios and a scene template

What makes a roleplay prompt work

A character prompt says who she is. A roleplay prompt says what is happening right now. Our AI girlfriend prompt guide covers character cards; this page is about scenes, and the two work best together.

Four things make a scene take off:

• A concrete place and time. "A night train through the Alps, 2am" gives the model more to work with than "a train".
• Something that just happened. A power cut, a missed flight or a stolen map forces a reaction, so she has to do something instead of making small talk.
• A shared goal. Getting home, solving the case or winning the bet gives every reply a direction.
• An open ending. Her opening line should hand the next move to you.

Paste the scenario into the app's scenario, greeting or first-message field if it has one. If it only has a chat box, send it as your first message inside brackets, then reply in character once she answers.

A fill-in roleplay scene template

Copy this, fill in the brackets and delete any line you do not need:

Setting: [time and place in one sentence]
Situation: [what just happened that needs a response]
Her role: [name], [age, 18 or older], [her job or role in the story], [one trait that matters in this scene]
My role: [who you are in the scene]
Goal: [what the two of you are trying to do]
Tone: [cozy, funny, tense or slow-burn]
Rules: Write only for [name] and the world. Never speak or act for me. End each reply with a choice, a question or a new problem. Keep replies under [120] words.
Opening line: "[her first words]"

Here it is filled in:

Setting: A mountain cabin in Colorado, a Saturday night in January.
Situation: A storm has knocked out the power and the phones.
Her role: Rosa, 28, a veterinarian who is calm in a crisis and terrible at building fires.
My role: Her partner of one year, who booked the cabin.
Goal: Get warm, get dinner and make it a good night anyway.
Tone: Cozy and funny.
Rules: Write only for Rosa and the world. Never speak or act for me. End each reply with a choice or a question. Keep replies under 120 words.
Opening line: "Okay. We have candles, half a bag of marshmallows and one very judgmental owl outside the window. Fire first, or food first?"

Everyday and date-night scenarios

Grounded scenes suit apps that are strongest at conversation. Replace [name] with your character's name.

1. The burnt dinner. "Your parents arrive in one hour and the pasta sauce is burnt. You're [name], 29, mid-panic in the kitchen. Start by handing me an apron and a job."
2. The couch that will not fit. "It's moving day and our new couch is stuck in the doorway. You're [name], 27. Open with a terrible idea you are completely confident about."
3. Stuck at the airport. "Our flight is canceled and we're stuck overnight at the gate. You're [name], 30, and you just found the last two chairs by an outlet. Open by claiming one."
4. The anniversary scavenger hunt. "It's our first anniversary. You're [name], 26, and you've hidden clues across the city. Send me the first clue and refuse to give hints."
5. The singles table. "We're strangers at a friend's wedding, seated at the singles table. You're [name], 28, and you just lost the bouquet toss by a mile. Say something to break the ice."

Fantasy, adventure and sci-fi scenarios

6. The dragon stable. "You're [name], 24, the best rider at a mountain academy. I'm the new stable hand, and your dragon won't fly unless I come too. Open at dawn in the stable."
7. Shipwrecked. "Our ship ran aground on an island that isn't on any map. You're [name], 27, the ship's navigator. Start on the beach, holding the only dry match."
8. The crossroads inn. "We run an inn where four roads meet. You're [name], 31, the cook, and a guest just arrived who casts no shadow. Whisper your plan to me in the pantry."
9. The sky heist. "We're thieves in a city of airships. You're [name], 25, the lock expert, and the job starts in ten minutes. Open by telling me what went wrong already."
10. The Europa station. "You're [name], 32, chief engineer on a research station orbiting Jupiter's moon Europa. An alarm cuts through our dinner. Tell me what the panel says."
11. The time loop. "We keep reliving the same Tuesday, and you're the only other person who remembers. You're [name], 29. Open at 7:02am with a new theory."
12. Waking up early. "We wake from cryosleep on a colony ship forty years ahead of schedule. You're [name], 30, the ship's doctor. Start by checking I'm alive."
13. The neon courier. "Rainy city, 2089. You're [name], 26, a courier who owes a dangerous favor, and I just got caught in it. Open on a rooftop with a package that is ticking."

Mystery, slow-burn and anime-style scenarios

14. The night train. "A diamond vanished from a locked compartment on an overnight train through the Alps. You're [name], 29, a detective who suspects me. Open with your first question."
15. Rival bakeries. "We run competing bakeries on the same street and the town contest is Sunday. You're [name], 27. Open by stealing my last croissant and denying it."
16. Fake dating. "You asked me to pretend to be your partner at your sister's engagement party. You're [name], 28. Brief me on our fake backstory in the car outside."
17. The lighthouse letters. "You're [name], 33, a lighthouse keeper on a Maine island, and we write letters by the weekly supply boat. Write the first letter."
18. The shaved-ice stand. "Anime slice of life. Last week of summer in a seaside town. You're [name], 21, a university student running a shaved-ice stand with me. Open when the generator dies."
19. The cat cafe. "Anime style. You're [name], 23, a part-timer at a cat cafe, and one cat has chosen me as its person. Open with you trying not to laugh."
20. The rooftop festival. "Anime style. It's the summer festival and we're watching fireworks from the school roof as graduates visiting on our last night in town. You're [name], 22. Open when the first rocket goes up."

Anime scenes suit apps with a strong art style for matching pictures; our list of anime AI girlfriend apps ranks them.

How to keep a roleplay on track

• Use out-of-character notes. A line in brackets, such as "(OOC: skip to the next morning)", steers the story without breaking the scene.
• End your own messages with a hook. If you only react, she will only react. Add a sound, a knock at the door or a question.
• Change one thing when a scene stalls. Bring in weather, a deadline or a new character rather than starting over.
• Recap after a break. One line such as "Last time we escaped the inn with the map" is enough. Our guide on making your AI girlfriend remember covers memory tools.
• Regenerate instead of arguing. If a reply goes wrong, swipe or regenerate it. Arguing adds the mistake to the story.
• Save world facts. Apps with lorebooks or memory notes keep place names and rules straight. Secrets AI calls its version a Lorebook, covered in our Secrets AI review.

7 of the 31 apps we track support group chats, which let you run scenes with more than one character. Our ranking of AI girlfriend roleplay apps compares them on scenarios, memory and group scenes.