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Best AI Models for Roleplay

Discover and compare the best large language models for roleplay, creative writing, and character interactions.

All ModelsRoleplayCodingMath & LogicLong ContextCheapestOpen SourceDaily Use
Zhipu

GLM 5.2

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$1.40 in / $4.40 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.7 Plus

qwen

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.42 in / $1.68 out
/M Tokens
Stepfun

Step 3.7 Flash

stepfun

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.20 in / $1.15 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.8

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
5% off
$4.75 in / $23.75 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.7 Max

qwen

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$2.38 in / $7.13 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemini 3.5 Flash

google

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
5% off
$1.42 in / $8.55 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B DarkIdol

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Garnet V2

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Gemopus

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B K1 v5

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Larkspur v0.5

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B MeroMero

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Musica v1

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B Queen

google

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B Anko

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B BlueStar v3 Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B BlueStar v3 Derestricted Lite

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B Infracelestial

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B Marvin DPO V2 Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B Marvin DPO V2 Derestricted Lite

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B NaNovel Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27B RpRMax v1

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Flash

deepseek-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.12 in / $0.25 out
/M Tokens
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro

deepseek-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$1.57 in / $3.13 out
/M Tokens
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V4 Pro (Routed)

deepseek-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.44 in / $0.87 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.6 27B

qwen

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.54 in / $3.24 out
/M Tokens
xiaomi provider icon

MiMo V2.5

xiaomi

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.14 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
xiaomi provider icon

MiMo V2.5 Pro

xiaomi

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.43 in / $0.87 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.6 Max Preview

qwen

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$1.17 in / $7.41 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.6 35B A3B

qwen

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.27 in / $1.57 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.6 Flash

qwen

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.18 in / $1.04 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.7

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
5% off
$4.75 in / $23.75 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

GLM 5.1

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.83 in / $2.48 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.5-27B BlueStar v2 Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.5-27B BlueStar v2 Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.5-27B BlueStar v2 Derestricted

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 26B A4B

google

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.11 in / $0.36 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B

google

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.11 in / $0.33 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 4 31B (Free)

google

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.00 in / $0.00 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.5 27B Musica v1

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen3.5 27B Vivid Durian

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $0.28 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 122B A10B

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.37 in / $2.94 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 27

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.28 in / $2.20 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 35B A3B

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.18 in / $0.46 out
/M Tokens
AlibabaCloud

Qwen 3.5 Flash

qwen

Vision
Reasoning
LLM
$0.09 in / $0.37 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)

google

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
5% off
$1.90 in / $11.40 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Sonnet 4.6

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$2.85 in / $14.25 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

GLM 5

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.30 in / $2.55 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.6

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$4.50 in / $22.50 out
/M Tokens
MoonshotAI

Kimi K2.5

moonshotai

Vision
Function Call
Reasoning
$0.34 in / $2.17 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

GLM 4.7

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.15 in / $0.80 out
/M Tokens
DeepSeek

DeepSeek V3.2

deepseek-ai

Function Call
LLM
$0.25 in / $0.39 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

GLM 4.6

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.43 in / $1.75 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507

z-ai

Function Call
LLM
$0.18 in / $0.70 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking 2507

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.18 in / $0.70 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$13.50 in / $67.50 out
/M Tokens
Anthropic

Claude Opus 4.1

anthropic

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$13.50 in / $67.50 out
/M Tokens
Zhipu

GLM 4.5 Air

z-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.10 in / $0.10 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 3n 2B

google

Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.03 in / $0.02 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemini 2.5 Flash

google

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.27 in / $2.25 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemini 2.5 Pro

google

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$2.25 in / $9.00 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 3n 4B

google

Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.05 in / $0.04 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 3 4B

google

Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.01 in / $0.03 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 3 12B

google

Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.03 in / $0.10 out
/M Tokens
Google

Gemma 3 27B

google

Vision
Function Call
LLM
5% off
$0.04 in / $0.15 out
/M Tokens
DeepSeek

R1 Distill Qwen 32B

deepseek-ai

Function Call
Reasoning
LLM
$0.30 in / $2.93 out
/M Tokens

Best AI Models for Roleplay & Storytelling 2026

Discover the top LLMs for immersive roleplay, character chat, and creative writing.

Access the best roleplay AI models through Routeway's unified API — including Claude Opus 4.8, Grok 4.3, and top open-weights merges. Enjoy zero-latency streaming and easy integration with SillyTavern, Agnaistic, and other popular frontends.See the full Roleplay Integration Guide.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best AI model for roleplay in 2026?

Models from Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek currently lead for immersive, emotionally intelligent roleplay. For open-weights options, fine-tuned Qwen ro Gemma merges deliver outstanding character consistency and creativity.

How do I connect Routeway to SillyTavern or Agnaistic?

Routeway uses a standard OpenAI-compatible API. Simply select 'OpenAI' or 'Custom', set the base URL to https://api.routeway.ai/v1, and enter your API key. Full step-by-step instructions are in our integration guide.

Are there free models good for roleplay?

Yes. Routeway offers several open-weights models completely free (marked with the Gift icon), perfect for testing and casual roleplay.