Games with fun mechanics are always top sellers, but games that target specific sexual scenarios a gamer is interested in may be purchased with less deliberation. Gameplay is a major factor, but the added element of sex makes customers more likely to act on their impulses, John Pickett, MangaGamer’s head translator and PR director told me.

“The most popular games are always those that are more of a video game with the addition of adult content rather than a porn game with some video game elements.” Hitchcock said he has spent up to $30 on a single game, while another fan I spoke to, who asked me to call him Z, said he spends “more than a couple hundred a year.”īut what makes some games top sellers in the marketplace? “Game popularity is definitely driven by gameplay way more than people might think,” said Wilson. They have a wide selection of free-to-play dating sims, action-adventure, RPGs and even puzzle games like the ones Hitchcock prefers. Nutaku is one of the major hentai platforms where fans can play games from developers like MangaGamer and Denpasoft. The actual sex scenes are probably the worst part.” Like HuniePop-it's a really good puzzle game that encourages careful planning and foresight.

“While there's nothing wrong with visual novels, games that are actually fun to play are always welcome. Our fans relate more to characters with a rich backstory that has depth and emotion,” Delgado said.Ĭhristopher Hitchcock, 26, said that a hentai game’s interactivity is the single most important factor in whether he buys it or not-even more so than the nudity itself: Some of our greatest selling titles are heavily story based. “I think a big misconception is that hentai games are all without story and people just want to see sex. Frances Delgado, a spokesperson for hentai game publisher Denpasoft, said this emotional connection is key. Games pull gamers into the story in a way that movies don’t, which explains why some fans develop an attachment to their favorite games. “Meanwhile, hentai animation always cut back to the male protagonist, which always got in the way of my enjoyment.”

“The ones that i've played tend to use the point-of-view style that leaves the protagonist as faceless and voiceless,” she said. Futura, a 26-year-old hentai game fan, said she got into games because she could insert herself into the storyline instead of watching a character who wasn’t her get to have all the fun.

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