CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

"Love is both poison and cure, both knife and remedy." Set in 18th Century France, this is a gothic romance tale about loss, revenge and the different faces of love.

CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel is a free to play and visual novel game developed by Fervent and published by Afterthought Studios.
Released on March 04th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,300 reviews of which 1,127 were positive and 173 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel into these genres:

Free to Play Visual Novel Indie Female Protagonist Anime Romance Horror Simulation Singleplayer Dark Psychological Horror RPG Story Rich Choices Matter Otome Multiple Endings Mystery

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System requirements

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Windows

OS: XP
Processor: 1Ghz
Memory: 512 MB RAM

MacOS

Processor: 1Ghz

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2017

One question why is this not a paid VN? I ask this question because this VN was really good to play through.Let's just say that I loved everything about this VN. I love the characters, art, music. BG, and storyline. Quite honestly it's tough to pick out which is my favorite in this VN. If I had to pick out my favorite it would be the very lovely soundtrack which was very good to listen too. I loved the parts where the music would get creepy as fuck at times. They did a good job with the creepy soundtrack parts:) As others have said this VN is not for the faint of heart. This VN has a lot of dark themes. I don't usually play sad/dark themed visual novel's a lot but man this VN was just that good even for me to play. Oh I also enjoyed the bonus content in this VN. I wish there was more in the bonus content to play through. There is also a mature filter Off/ON which having in means less and off means more. Actually to unlock all images u have to play both mature filter Off/On. 100% play this VN if u don't mind the sad/dark themes of Cupid.

Feb. 2017

Ok, I finish the game once and really keep me thinking and meditating about a really broad spectrum of philosophical and life things... This VN is catalogue with Adult or mature theme and not because of a childhood thinking of: "oooh this have hentai or sex scenes and fan service" if not because of what is about. The content is deep, and really dark sometimes, and the topics goes from certain humans ideals to sexuality, friendship, Love and self-conciousness, so this is not for everyone that not have at least a basic responsibility of thinking to explore the game and the differents routes. The english is a fancy and elaborated one, so be patience. The game is FREE so take a hint of culture and deep thinking and read it, because the Music is a classic and elite one. PD1: Don't mind my play time because i finish it in my vacations in off-line mode, like a pillow-book jeje PD2: Para aquellos habla hispana que sepan ingles tendran que poner esfuerzo (o traductor a mano xD) para lograr entender bien esta VN, pero se las recomiendo, en serio te deja pensando hacia dentro. (y afuera dependiendo del caso)

Feb. 2017

I'm really not sure how to describe my feelings about this game. I guess, at the risk of sounding like a paid "critic" from gaming mags of bygone years, I could only accurately describe "CUPID" as...compelling. It's an odd sort of feeling, playing this game. It wasn't comfortable or enjoyable in the least, but the story that unfolded was interesting enough to quell the repulsion. Fortunately I am down with the Romantic movement and all things terrible and sublime, so this unsettling feeling was right up my alley. Seeing that it has multiple endings adds a bit of longevity to an otherwise extremely short game. The question is, am I enough of a jackass to pursue them all at the expense of the poor protagonist? All in all, a great game for those with a fascination for the emotionally grotesque.

Jan. 2017

Cupid is not for the faint of heart. It's a dark, gritty, tainted look at love. It takes what we see, and throws it on itself. But is it worth a play? Yes, absolutely. The game is sick. And will make you feel as such, but still, I could not tear myself away. Highly Reccomended.

Jan. 2017

Visual novels are not really my prefered game type. With that said, this one was definitely interesting. The music was quite good and it surpassed my expectations for a free game.

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Free to play

8.3

1,127

173

Online players

Developer

Fervent

Publisher

Afterthought Studios

Release 04 Mar 2016

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