Note, these are not reviews, rather recommendations so your mileage may vary with some of these titles. This week’s post will include a brief synopsis and links to each game so you can add them to your gaming library! You don’t have to break the bank to enjoy your hobbies, so save a little bread and check out this week’s thrifty gaming picks!
AniCon: Animal Complex – Sheep’s Path (2018) – Zeiva Inc
Cost: $7.99
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!
– Synopsis
AniCon-Sheep’s Path is the second route in the romance comedy indie otome game series, AniCon: Animal Complex, developed by Zeiva Inc. Each installment focuses on a new love interest and features a story unique to that pursuable characters. Because of this you do not need to play the first installment, Cat’s Path to enjoy Sheep’s Path. The game takes place over the course of one year and features a total of three unique endings. Your choices throughout will determine which ending you unlock, but in addition to the usual visual novel gameplay features, players can also perform tasks (cleaning around the circus) and interact with various other characters.
Blooming Panic (2021) – RoboBarbie
Cost: Free
Depressed day-in and day-out from a draining corporate job, you become invested in a fantasy webnovel and find a mysterious link to a fan server. Everyone is warm and welcoming, but three members take a special interest in you!
-Synopsis
Blooming Panic is a meta romance otome stylized like a modern messenger fanserver. The game was developed by RoboBarbie for Otome Jam 2021. Blooming Panic takes place largely within an interactive fanserver (similar to Discord) where players can interact with the love interests and other characters. There are also fun interactive character video calls (with English voice acting). Players can pursue 3 characters with a total of six unique endings and four epilogues.
Yrsa Major (2021) – Shibalist
Cost: Free
In a world governed by the laws of alchemy, where elementals called ishim live among humans, and alchemists are revered… the woodcutter Yrsa doesn’t care about any of that. Her village is too poor for alchemists or ishim, and monsters frequently menace it. All she wants is to protect her village however she can.
Then an encounter with a mysterious alchemist leaves Yrsa bonded to an ishim of her own. However, rather than being powerful or fierce, Uribel is a gentle pacifist, a water elemental with a love for all living creatures – and as a result is entirely useless to Yrsa, or so she thinks.
But as Uribel continues to aid her in his own way, could Yrsa eventually come to accept that there is more to strength than power, and more to love than the love she’d given up on?
-Synopsis
Yrsa Major is a short fantasy indie otome game developed by ShibaList for Otome Jam 2021. This is the team’s first visual novel project and features a straightforward healing romance with action, suspense, magic, and big creepy monsters. Romance one older male love interests and explore a rich fantasy setting—your choices throughout will determine which of the game’s three endings you unlock. There is roughly 2 hours of gameplay.
That’s it for this week’s thrifty buys, but, don’t worry I’ll have more titles for in next week’s post, so be on the look out for that next Thursday! But, if all that extra money you saved is burning a hole in your pocket and you just can’t wait for next week’s list, definitely check out some of my previous Thrifty Gaming posts, there are tons of games for gamers who like me are ballin’ on a budget!
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