If these were on steam, what would you pay?

[ipps]

Lets assume fully finished games. No abandoned after patch 0.3. The final gig.

Also, nothing here is AAA. So lets keep it relaxed.
And lets break it down into tiers:

S tier: 15-20 bucks.
A tier: $10-15
B tier: $7-11
C tier: $5-10
D tier: $3-5
E tier: $1-5
F tier: No more than a few bucks.
I know some overlap. Point isnt to give a price point but a general feel.
Okay, fetish on the table so you understand the ratings. Fetish affects them: Female dom.

S tier: Being a dik. Storyline, humour, inventive mini games, real rpg choices, utterly unique. The high watermark of games here. Has fuck all relating to my specific fetish... well, bits of it. But damn, this dude created one of the few games i cant stop thinking about. I havent even played it for about 6 months. Its THAT good.

A tier: Tower of Trample and Monster Girl island. Monster island could seriously be S tier. Ive never seen a game here capture the innocence and absurdity of a zelda game. The robot dancing on her own was absolute charm. In fact, the whole game is full of charm. But that development cycle is a killer. Still... if i could imagine a time where its finally complete. Total S-Tier game. Its utterly unique.
ToT on the other hand: Stupid dumb game that taps into every aspect of fd fetish. Its literally the quintessential game of its genre. Id buy the 20 floor finished version easily at 10 bucks. Id probably even buy the DLC when koda gets round to actually bothering to do it.

B Tier: So many: Harem Hotel; Mythic Manor; Darktoz's Asylum and FD city; Corruption; Bastard Girls; Timestamps; etc etc.
These games share similar qualities: They keep you looking for the next scene. Theyre dumb for the most part. Most re-use comonplace assets, but they have a certain charm to them. They want to tell a fun involving story but dont quite have the know how or resources to break out of the standard formula. They're worth a few quid though. Whats that one on the boat? That one too. Basically resources are a mechanism to push the author's vision. This is like the brunt of every popular game on this site. And im not knocking them. I promise. I love these games. Theyre fun, engaging, and entertaining. But theyre also pretty formulaic: Do this narrative push; make an arbitrary/meaningless choice, enjoy this fun scene, go to map, choose to wander about a bit with x number of choices per turn, lose possible paths... its a formula. Sometimes its beaten by genuine humour (Spacecorps), sometimes its beaten by 'random' scenes (bastard girls), but all the time its the same basic thread. Worth a few bucks though for sure for a finished product.

C/D/E Tiers: wont delve into this. Decent average games. You played it. You probably enjoyed it. But its pretty much games you can throw a few bucks at and get some quick fix value from.

F tier: Pure experimentalism or pure trash. I hate putting that ludicrous futanari gym game in here because its so fucking good. But its also really short and might as well be a demo. So its here. But its SOOOOOOOOO good as the funniest most absurd fever dream game you will ever play. But i aint paying more than a few bucks for a demo. So i aint putting this into the real game category, (S-E). Theres also games out there that are fucking doomed... DOOMED by their reliance on bullshit grinding to see you through this, and im going to single out darktoz again for this: CBDE is a grind fiesta and shit gameplay. Scenes arent even replayable. You miss the trigger, its gone. GONE. Guess you should have grinded instead of wasting your time not buying water. Its the darksouls of femdom. But you really dont want have to begin again, fight through another million 'random' trash fights just to make that correct choice just to see a jankily animated scene. Its trash game play. It needs to be buried.

So, for love: Heres the list, copy and paste, add ancillary comments or not.

S Tier:
A Tier:
B Tier:
CDE Tier:
F Tier:

 

[Korder]

Can't think of any adult game I'd pay for, to be honest. They're just not very good compared to proper games.

 

[Procrastinator]

A lot less than what I pay now every couple of months for a build because I'm horny and/or want to share it here.

 

[kytee]

The funny thing is, I'd rather torrent the games if they were on steam, but I'd support them on Patreon if they were releasing monthly content updates. For me, steam is a more professional platform drowning in indie games so I don't feel bad when torrenting the games because there's a disconnect between the buyer and seller. I never get to know the people behind the game so there is less of a moral penalty for me when stealing their game. For Patreon, I'm as much paying for the game to be made as buying into the community and the developer. It's much more personal when you have the potential to communicate with the dev. You might even want to help the guy out even if you didn't like his game, if you liked the dev. The difference supporting a dev through Patreon and buying it on steam is, I'd never buy an indie porn game on steam, but I'd support a half-finished product on Patreon if I really liked it. Keyword "liked". I get to play part of the whole thing before deciding if I want to support it (most of the time, I don't). If I torrent the whole thing, kinda isn't any point in buying it afterwards unless the game is astonishingly good, which most of the games don't even come close.

 

[Buddawg]

Considering that on steam, the porn games have to meassure up against actual games... I think the best games here, validate around f/e tier at best. 95% being free, because they are nothing more than hobby projects bordering on just being mod like.
Porn games suffer from two mechanics that keeps them away from being worthy of higher tier.
No gameplay, just a story with pictures/animations.
Repetitive grind as only gameplay.

Neither are good. Yes its sometimes fun to read a good story with visuals... but dont call it a game. And if 80% of the time playing the game, youre doing grind mechanics.. then you absolutely failed at making a game, and is hiding/bloating it.

And almost every single game here falls into either category. There just isnt enough that treat the games as more than a side hustle, and it shows.
I still play the games, I still enjoy them, but quality wise, they do not meassure up to be on a gaming platform. A random few would meassure up to be in the lower tier indie game category. Maybe 3-4 a little bit higher. But its a far cry from being good enough overall.

If I bought a game that lasted 2hours (not counting grind into that, but enjoyable gameplay) with no actual replayability on steam, I would be livid. Even if I only paid a buck.