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otome_gamesI decided to check out both the Japanese and US Voltage apps (both in English) and had a lot of fun.
Here's my review of the apps in general including discussions of the freemium payment structure etc.
From what I can see, both always have female protagonists, and have "free" romance phone games that encourage you to spend money but you can genuinely have fun with for free by slowly accruing currency or playing free games. They all also have autoplay, so you don't have to click too much.
Voltage USA:
Mildly diverse, has some games with female or even non-binary love interests.
You mostly spend money to avoid inconvenience, and have to go through the same rigmarole to replay episodes.
Voltage Inc:
VERY tropey and heterosexual, like interactive illustrated Harlequin romances.
You generally pay for a route outright, and can replay it at will, but there's some with the "pay to avoid inconvenience" model. Has free games.
And here's the games I played a chunk of:
Love and Legends: Altea Chapter 1 f/f with a cute wizard
"Irresistible Mistakes", mostly Shunichiro m/f after a drunken hookup with a coworker
After School Affairs- Shinichi m/f forbidden affair between teachers. This uptight maths teacher is free for the rest of January.
Here's my review of the apps in general including discussions of the freemium payment structure etc.
From what I can see, both always have female protagonists, and have "free" romance phone games that encourage you to spend money but you can genuinely have fun with for free by slowly accruing currency or playing free games. They all also have autoplay, so you don't have to click too much.
Voltage USA:
Mildly diverse, has some games with female or even non-binary love interests.
You mostly spend money to avoid inconvenience, and have to go through the same rigmarole to replay episodes.
Voltage Inc:
VERY tropey and heterosexual, like interactive illustrated Harlequin romances.
You generally pay for a route outright, and can replay it at will, but there's some with the "pay to avoid inconvenience" model. Has free games.
And here's the games I played a chunk of:
Love and Legends: Altea Chapter 1 f/f with a cute wizard
"Irresistible Mistakes", mostly Shunichiro m/f after a drunken hookup with a coworker
After School Affairs- Shinichi m/f forbidden affair between teachers. This uptight maths teacher is free for the rest of January.