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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Cute Demon Crashers

• Publisher: Sugar Script
• Genre: Mature (NSFW) | Fantasy | Romance
• Cost: Free
• Where to Play: Windows, Mac, Linux

While university students are out enjoying themselves, Claire* is stuck at home and having spring break blues.
After wishing for a fun fling, she suddenly finds herself in the company of four sex demons!
Three incubi and one succubus to be exact.

Maybe spring break won’t be so boring after all…

Official Synopsis

Cute Demon Crashers  is a supernatural romance comedy original English language visual novel (OELVN) with four love interest (three male, one female) with a total of eleven endings. The game features partial voice acting for all routes and a scene replay feature. Note that this game does feature explicit sexual situations, however there is a stop feature that can be initiated at any time during all sex scenes.

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Red String of Fate 

• Publisher: Ebullience Games
• Genre: Slice-of-Life | Fantasy | Romance
• Cost: Free
• Where to Play: Ebullience Games Disbanded, All Downloads Are No Longer Available

Few understand Valerie’s determination to someday make her dream of traveling the world come true, but that’s because she has never shared the real reason. Born with the ability to see every person’s red string of fate leading them to their soulmate, Valerie is tortured by the fact that her own string is either conveniently invisible to her or so faint that it can hardly be seen, which can only mean that her soulmate is on the opposite side of the Earth. Of course, Valerie chooses to believe in the latter.

Now starting her first year in university, Valerie is struggling to balance her studies and her multiple part time jobs to save up for the money to fund her travels to search for her soulmate. Even though she has no intention to meet anyone and fall in love, it seems like fate has other plans for her–and she might just meet someone who will make her question what she has always wanted and believed in.

Official Synopsis

Red String of Fate is a GxB slice of life romance Original English Language Visual Novel (OELVN). The game features two main male potential love interests with a total of 4 unique endings (2 each).

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Solanaceae: Another Time 

• Publisher: Dark Chibi Shadow
• Genre: LGBTQ+ | Fantasy | Mature (NSFW)
• Cost: Free
• Where to Play: Windows & Mac

After bumping into a strange witch, Sal is told he was once the witch’s lover in a past life. Though doubtful, Sal takes a leap of faith and gets his fortune read by the witch. What he learns sends him on a month long journey of self discovery and magical encounters…

Official Synopsis

Solanaceae: Another Time is a BxB fantasy romance Original English Language Visual Novel (OELVN). The game features one main male potential love interests and two gameplay modes: R18 and PG-13. This is a short title, featuring roughly 30-40 mins of story. This game features some optional sexual situations that may not be suitable for individuals under the age of 18.

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