People are modding Cyberpunk 2077 to have sex with Keanu Reeves' character

Well, I suppose it was inevitable, but less than two months after the release of Cyberpunk 2077 PC modders have found a way to swap character models – and naturally, people are using it for naughty purposes. Yes, that includes creating a way for the player to have sex with Keanu Reeves’ in-game character.

Over on Nexus Mods, a modder by the name of Catmino has uploaded several files allowing players to swap models in Cyberpunk 2077, along with an extended tutorial for how to do the process manually. The mod includes swaps for main characters such as Judy and Panam, along with swaps for Cyberpunk 2077’s “joytoy” sex workers. Many of these files are for characters you can romance in the game, but the mod also includes swaps for characters the player wouldn’t normally be able to romance, such as Goro Takemura… and Johnny Silverhand.

Although Johnny Silverhand has some sex scenes in the game, these are all viewed from the player’s perspective, so modding the game is the only way to “romance” Silverhand yourself. By swapping Johnny into the place of a joytoy you can enter a sex scene with Keanu Reeves – of a sort. The model remains fully clothed and can be a bit glitchy, while you’re also hearing the voice of the joytoy rather than Reeves. It’s also just a bit awkward. Still, as one mod user put it, “this is as close as we can get to romancing Johnny”.

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From looking around social media, it seems people are using model swaps to continue canon relationships post-game, romance previously un-romanceable characters, or create abominations like Adam Smasher as a joytoy. I guess the name checks out. But the fact you can use this to have sex with a character who bears the likeness of Keanu Reeves – outside of CD Projekt Red’s control – is what caught my attention. Cyberpunk 2077 has a number of celebrity cameos, and I couldn’t help but wonder if CDPR and the celebrities involved would be entirely happy about some of these model swaps. So I decided to investigate further.

The model swapping process, for those wanting to do the whole thing manually, is surprisingly fiddly. It requires the use of CP77Tools – a modding tool that allows you to extract and then re-pack modded files into the game – along with a hex editing process to trick the game into loading a different model. Think of it this way: it’s like sneakily unwrapping a Christmas present, swapping out the contents for something else, then re-wrapping the whole thing as if nothing happened.