Hello all you wonderful Heroes and Travelers, it’s Thrifty Thursday and that means another Thrifty Gaming, 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!!
Hatoful Boyfriend- Holiday Star
The loveable birds of Hatoful Boyfriend are back in the remastered holiday-themed sequel Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star! Travel to fantastically styled worlds, meet interesting new chickadees, and find romance in the elegantly designed winter wonderlands. Dust the snow off your wings and take flight with familiar faces and new friends alike in extraordinary adventures hatched from the whimsical mind of the series creator Hato Moa and developer Mediatonic!
-Synopsis
Hatoful Boyfriend- Holiday Star is a commercial GxB(ird) fantasy romance visual novel and the sequel to Hatoful Boyfriend (2014). Unlike traditional otome games that feature a diverse cast of male (or female) love interests, the romanceable characters in Hatoful Boyfriend are birds.
Sengoku Darling
- Publisher: NTT Solmare
- Genre: Historical | Fantasy | Romance
- Cost: Pay Per Route ($4.99)
- Where to Play: Game no longer available
The loveable birds of Hatoful Boyfriend are back in the remastered holiday-themed sequel Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star! Travel to fantastically styled worlds, meet interesting new chickadees, and find romance in the elegantly designed winter wonderlands. Dust the snow off your wings and take flight with familiar faces and new friends alike in extraordinary adventures hatched from the whimsical mind of the series creator Hato Moa and developer Mediatonic!
-Synopsis
Sengoku Darling is a pay per route GxB historical romance mobile otome game. There are currently a total of six love interests. While the prologue is completely free to play, each of the main stories, the individual routes cost money. This app uses a coin based route purchasing system, that streamlines in app purchases without the need to go through the app stores for each purchase. Each main story route is 500 coins, which is roughly $4.99 USD.
Cinderella Phenomenon
- Publisher: Dicesuki Games
- Genre: Fairytale | Fantasy | Romance
- Cost: Name Your Own Price
- Where to Play: Windows, Mac, Linux | Steam
Four years after the end of the Great War and the loss of her mother, Crown Princess Lucette of Angielle is still struggling to come to terms with her new life and step-family. Cold-hearted and bitter, Lucette fails to recognize the suffering of those around her as she is consumed by grief and resentment. But Lucette’s life is once again turned upside down when she becomes a victim of the Fairytale Curse.
Join Lucette as she goes from riches to rags and journeys to regain her life and break her curse.
-Synopsis
[Full Game Review] English Otome- Cinderella Phenomenon
Cinderella Phenomenon is a fantasy English language visual novel from indie game developers, Dicesuki. Like their previous game, Locked Heart, Cinderella Phenomenon borrows elements from common fairytales
Cinderella Phenomenon is a fantasy visual novel with five pursuable love interests and a total of TEN endings (two per love interest). At the start of the game, two of the routes are locked (Fritz and Waltz), however, once players complete at least two of the three unlocked routes, the locked routes will be available to play. Dicesuki Games has released a recommended play order that attempts to keep spoilers to a minimum: Rod→ Karma→ Rumpel→Fritz→ Waltz
