Saw comments of why buy visual novels when they're technically "free," but really this is the industry you want to support because of how niche it is.
These publishers, translators, editors, and other officially involved staff are down to chat with you, so your purchases and feedback actually do matter in regards to what they can bring in next.
Years ago, there weren't many options so fan translations really were the main ways to reads VNs, but a number of fans back then are now officially involved in bringing titles to the west and choose to stick with this industry because of their passion for the medium.
So definitely check out this thread of VNs on sale on Steam currently! And if your preference is owning games DRM-free or don't feel like going through the hassle of patching the games, there are other storefronts that also have sales going on right now:
- JAST: https://t.co/Hz9lWESDZH
- MangaGamer: https://t.co/iELgp7bNrD
- Denapsoft: https://t.co/Lqn2nksZxE
- Kagura Games: https://t.co/Lvg5g6ZOio
- Johren: https://t.co/OTALL1MfZB
- DLsite: https://t.co/2e7YRMG1tk
- Itchio: https://t.co/hOcMKTDwIA
- GOG: https://t.co/C2wRk9rY96
anyone who wants to be the guy on the right needs to understand the guy on the left is keeping your toys from becoming cheap garbage that suck to play with