Hello all you wonderful Heroes and Travelers, it’s Thrifty Thursday and that means another Thrifty Gamer, the weekly post series where I spotlight three otome games/visual novels for gamers on a budget. Whatever your financial situation, I’m here to bring you affordable games that won’t break the bank!! All of the games on this list are $10 or less (does not include limited time offers and sale items), so no more weepy wallets!!
This week’s post will include links to the games and a brief synopsis, but let me stress that these are not reviews, but recommendations… so your mileage may vary! Now that that’s out of the way lets get on to this week’s list!!
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AniCon: Animal Complex – Cat’s Path
- Publisher: Zeiva Inc.
- Genre: Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
- Cost: $7.99
- Where to Play: Windows, Mac, Linux | Steam
Clena, your normal everyday girl, finds herself in front of a circus filled with lovely animals. However, she quickly discovers that they are not ordinary animals – They are actually human boys who can transform into animals!
A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel – filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more – all in one package!
Official Synopsis
AniCon: Animal Complex – Cat’s Path romance comedy visual novel with one love interest (the others will be released at a later date). There are a total of three unique endings. In addition to traditional visual novel features, players can perform various tasks, that help advance the plot.
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War
- Publisher: Michaela Laws
- Genre: Mature | Fantasy | Romance
- Cost: $10.00
- Where to Play: Windows, Mac, Linux | Steam
Seduce Me 2: The Demon War is the sequel to the popular free-to-play otome game, Seduce Me the Otome. It follows the story of Mika Anderson as she is suddenly thrown into the Abyssal Plains right before she is about to be married to one of the five Incubi Brothers featured in the first game. What’s even worse is that she is thrown there in the middle of a Rebellion against the Evil Demon Lord and must not only assist Diana and the Rebel Leaders in the war, but must watch as the man she loves fights alongside them after he comes to rescue her.
Official Synopsis
[Full Game Review] English Otome- Seduce Me 2: The Demon War
In this sequel, Mika Anderson finds herself torn away from her incubus lover just before their wedding and thrown into the Abyssal Plains. Civil war is at hand and Mika finds safety in the most unlikeliest of places. An old foe becomes ally as the war that will decide the fate of the Demon World takes center stage.
Seduce Me the Otome is a GxB supernatural romance Original English Language Visual Novel (OELVN). The game features five main male potential love interests and one additional female love interest with a total of 20 unique endings. Seduce Me features some implied sexual situations, which the player can choose to play through or skip, without effecting the progression of the story. There is also a poly option for one of the potential love interests!
100% Orange Juice!
- Publisher: Orange Juice
- Genre: Multiplayer | Board Game | Indie
- Cost: $6.99
- Where to Play: Steam
100% Orange Juice is a digital multiplayer board game populated by developer Orange Juice’s all-star cast. Characters from Flying Red Barrel, QP Shooting, Suguri and Sora come together with all-new characters to duke it out… with dice.
This is a world where dogs, people and machines fly through the air. In that world, a small patch of darkness was born. Infinitesimal at first, it gradually began to envelop everything…
A youth named Kai, led by the mysterious life form known as Marie Poppo, begins a journey that will span worlds. The black, bottomless darkness of desire slowly eats away at both Kai and the world itself…
Let Marie Poppo lead you into a mysterious world to play. Grab your deck of cards and let the games begin!
Official Synopsis
100% Orange Juice is a four player digital board game. Play alone, team up with friends, or battle against AIs in this turn based free for all. Choose battle cards to boost character stats, circle the virtual game board while avoiding dangers and of course other players.
Hanabi also redeemed themselves in my eyes post-DESCENDENTS, haha. Their new title, Love Ghost, is pretty good. And Daniel makes a cameo! Hahaha.
Awww snap!! I might just have to get into this new one!! I’m not playing any free games rn so this might be the one! XD
Awww yeah 100% OJ! That’s a party game if I ever saw one.
Keep up the great work~
XD indeed it is! A friend convinced me to get the game, back when it was on sale and I honestly had way more fun than I thought I would mercilessly taking out everyone else’s characters!
Awww thanks Remy! 😀