Gemma 4 31B for roleplay Relaxed, permissive roleplay, from Plus, or free each day.
Google’s Gemma 4 31B is the open-weights roleplay favorite, among the top ten models by roleplay traffic on OpenRouter and the base for dozens of community fine-tunes. It goes along with mature scenes readily, but its writing is middling on public tests and its characters bend to you too easily. Like every storyteller on LoreWeaver, it plays inside your world with your memories and lore cards in reach, and you can switch models mid-story.
- Speed
- Moderate
- Plans
- Plus and up
- Context
- Up to 64K
Gemma 4 31B
Relaxed, permissive roleplay
- Context
- Plus16K
- Pro24K
- Ultra48K
- Legendary64K
- Released
- Apr 2026, open weights
- Public boards
- Creative writing#85 of 140
- Long stories#80 of 140
- Arena votes#86 of 414
The short answer
Is Gemma 4 31B good for roleplay?
Google’s Gemma 4 31B is the open-weights roleplay favorite, among the top ten models by roleplay traffic on OpenRouter and the base for dozens of community fine-tunes. It goes along with mature scenes readily, but its writing is middling on public tests and its characters bend to you too easily. It is included from Plus at $7.99 a month, and free accounts can play it with their 25 premium replies a day, with 16K to 64K tokens of context, depending on the plan. Typical reply time: about 8 to 11 seconds, measured on real LoreWeaver stories.
Updated
- About 8 to 11 seconds
- Moderate
- tokens of context on its largest plan
- 64K
- the first plan that includes it
- Plus
- the year Google released it
- 2026
Gemma 31B in play
Where it shines, and where it slips.
Strengths
- Dark themes: Plays mature scenes readily, declining few on RP-Bench.
- Following direction: Very good at keeping replies to the length you ask for.
Drawbacks
- Characters and dialogue: Characters give in to the player too easily, which softens villains and rivals.
- Following direction: Wrote the player’s character more often than most models on RP-Bench.
- Long stories: Its quality slid across an eight-chapter story test.
Plans and context
What each plan gives Gemma 31B.
It is included from Plus at $7.99 a month, and free accounts can play it with their 25 premium replies a day.
Context is how much the storyteller reads before it writes: the latest scenes, plus the memories, recap, and lore cards the moment needs. Bigger plans give a model more of it, which helps most in long campaigns.
| Plan | Context | Price a month |
|---|---|---|
| Plus | 16K tokens | $7.99 |
| Pro | 24K tokens | $14.99 |
| Ultra | 48K tokens | $24.99 |
| Legendary | 64K tokens | $49.99 |
Outside the guide
How public boards rank Gemma 31B.
None of these boards tests roleplay, so the guide reads them beside its own notes from real stories rather than in their place.
A high rank on long stories tends to mean fewer slips late in a campaign; a high arena rank means people liked its prose in a blind vote.
| Board | Rank | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 85 of 140 | Short stories from 32 prompts, compared in pairs by an AI judge (Claude Sonnet 4.6). |
| EQ-Bench Longform | 80 of 140 | A planned story eight chapters long, judged chapter by chapter and as a whole. A model that fades late loses ground. |
| Arena Creative Writing | 86 of 414 | Blind votes from people choosing the better of two answers to the same creative prompt. |
Stories it suits
Where Gemma 31B feels at home.
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FAQ
Gemma 31B questions, answered.
01Can I use Gemma 4 31B for free?
Yes, within limits. Free accounts can choose Gemma 4 31B for their 25 premium replies a day, then carry on with the free storyteller. Plus, at $7.99 a month, includes it with a larger daily allowance.
02How much context does Gemma 4 31B get?
16K on Plus, 24K on Pro, 48K on Ultra, 64K on Legendary. Context is how much the model reads before it replies. LoreWeaver fills it with the latest scenes plus the memories, recap, and lore cards the moment needs, so a long story stays consistent after its opening chapters have scrolled out of view.
03How fast is Gemma 4 31B?
Moderate: about 8 to 11 seconds for a typical reply of 150 to 300 words. That is the median of real story replies on LoreWeaver in the week to October 16, 2026, start to finish.
04Is Gemma 4 31B good for dark or mature stories?
Plays mature scenes readily, declining few on RP-Bench. LoreWeaver allows mature themes between adults within its published limits, and you can switch models mid-story when a scene needs a different hand.
05Who makes Gemma 4 31B?
Google makes Gemma 4 31B and released it in April 2026. Its weights are public, so anyone can run it. On LoreWeaver it plays inside your world, with your lore cards, memories, and Loom threads shaping its replies.
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