How is the game monitized?

[Icepick UK]

The free to play tag is very concerning

[Knight Alone]

Zero monetization whatsoever. Literally just free. A sweet, short, honest game that just wants you to have fun.

The creator had a craving for sharply dressed demon girls so he made the perfect game to attract a lot of artists to draw fanart. Genius.

[ImperialForce9]

The only thing that can be bought is the Artbook (on steam),
or just supporting Vanripper on patreon

[Chilled Nomi]

You pay in pancake ingredients in futile attempts to get women to like you.

[playtechAqua]

not even a live service game, the question is useless.

[DaimeneX]

Originally posted by ImperialForce9:

The only thing that can be bought is the Artbook (on steam),
or just supporting Vanripper on patreon

You don't even have to pay for the artbook. If I remember correctly completing the game or 100% it (which is easy) will give you a link to it for free.

[StarGlowQ]

^artbook code is free at the end of the secret ending. The dlc artbook is just a way to support the dev

[Kain]

He gets payed in "Fanart".

[Oupzzy]

Originally posted by Icepick UK:

Originally posted by playtechAqua:

not even a live service game, the question is useless.

Not sure what communist country you are from in that it is common to release a game for free for nothing but altruism.

Damn, I guess we already forgot the era of free flash games

[Rhyming_Rogue]

I agree that free-to-play is a red flag. Most of the time, free-to-play really means pay-to-win or pay-to-avoid-grinding. However, there some exceptions. Some games really are free. Helltaker really is a free game.

On the other hand, there is Helltaker merchandise available for sale, so the developer is not completely altruistic. Perhaps you could consider the game to be an advertisement for the merchandise.

[Vulkan]

Originally posted by Icepick UK:

The free to play tag is very concerning

clear bait. try harder. private profile with nothing better to do.

[Vapor Dosh]

"Free" and "Free to Play" are two separate things on Steam, there's a difference and the community tags aren't always accurate anyway.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1289310/Helltaker/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/440/Team_Fortress_2/

[ravenredzone]

Originally posted by Icepick UK:

The free to play tag is very concerning

this is a full free game for fandom. No BS required. Just gotta brace yourself for a lot of suffering in the actual game LOL

[frogger]

there is a $10 (USD) DLC
it only contains content that is available in the artbook that you can download for free from the dev's itch page

[Timur2345]

Originally posted by Icepick UK:

The free to play tag is very concerning

You say it like free to play games are a bad thing. Nothing wrong if the creator didn't want to put a full-price on this game(considering how ridiculous most of the games have put it, and it feels like they didn't deserve the full-price), so its a blessing that the creator made this game for free!

[Icepick UK]

Originally posted by Vulkan:

Originally posted by Icepick UK:

The free to play tag is very concerning

clear bait. try harder. private profile with nothing better to do.

You might enjoy getting sexual gratification from unloading your bank account into weeb gacha ♥♥♥♥ but that isn't the case for me. As it stands, i'm satisfied with the serious responses in this thread and all the moronic replies is making me look like a troll so we can drop the discussion now.