About Price of Power
Ten years after you and Maria were torn apart by circumstance, you run into her by chance and the two of you set out as adventurers into the mysterious Southlands. Price of Power is an RPG visual novel that treats romance as something earned through time and conversation rather than rushed toward. You'll spend early hours exploring a world full of secrets, recruiting companions, and uncovering why the supposedly empty Southlands aren't empty at all. Like Where the Heart is: Season 2, it layers relationship-building over combat and exploration, making the pacing unhurried.
The game offers three romance paths: one focused entirely on Maria, another splitting attention between her and a second woman, and a full harem route. Maria remains your emotional anchor in each, but the game takes seriously the question of whether that's enough for you. Political intrigue and monster-hunting provide the frame for these personal decisions, though the slow burn means you're deep into the story before any romance moves past conversation.
Price of Power is available on Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with the latest update at Episode 30. It's suited to players who value patient storytelling and don't mind waiting hours for romantic payoff, who enjoy fantasy adventure scaffolding, and who want to think carefully about the relationships they're building rather than having outcomes handed to them.
Developer's description
You and Maria dreamed of becoming adventurers one day, but life had other plans. Stripped of your family, best friend, and dreams for the future, you had to forge your own path.
Ten years later, though you’ve become the youngest master hunter in history, you find yourself wishing for more. When you bump into your long-lost childhood friend on a routine trip to the store, she pulls you out of your rut and into the adventure – and romance – of a lifetime.
Price of Power features wholesome, slow-burn romance. If you’re looking for instant gratification, you won’t find it here; you’ll develop deep understandings of the world and women before you reach any climaxes.
Adventure
Explore the mysterious Southlands with your best friend, your childhood hero, and other companions you pick up along the way. Though you believe the Southlands have been abandoned for centuries, you’ll quickly discover that all is not as it seems.
You’ll rediscover ancient secrets, fight dangerous monsters, and navigate the subtleties of court politics. Fortunately, with the assistance of your trusty group of companions – all of whom happen to be gorgeous women – there’s no challenge you can’t overcome!
Romance
After ten years apart, the spark between you and Maria is stronger than ever. Your relationship will undergo a true trial by fire, but you’re confident that your love will overcome any obstacle.
And who knows, Maria may not be the only woman who’s interested in you… As you play Price of Power, you’ll be able to unlock one of three romance paths in the game: a Maria-only “purity” route, a Maria + Emilia “throuple” route, and a “harem” route.
Maria will always be your number one lady, but will that be enough to satisfy you?
Version History
Episode 30 Latest
Chapter 30 (Epilogue 5)
Two Steam Achievements (for Steam players)
Lewd scene for Maria-only path
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
IT’S FINALLY DONE!
Ep.30
Chapter 30 (Epilogue 5)
Two Steam Achievements (for Steam players)
Lewd scene for Maria-only path
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
IT'S FINALLY DONE!
Chapter 29 (Epilogue 4)
Two Steam Achievements (for Steam players)
Lewd scenes for throuple and harem paths
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
Handholding (as always)
Chapter 28 (Epilogue 3)
One Steam Achievement (for Steam players)
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
Fixed lack of music in epilogues
Chapter 27 (Epilogue 2)
One Steam Achievement (for Steam players)
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
Chapter 26 (Epilogue 1)
New lewd scenes (harem path only)
One Steam Achievement (for Steam players)
Minor spelling fixes to prior content
Chapter 25
Main plot completion
Major romance plot development
Three lewd scenes (one per path)
Grammar/spelling fixes
Three Steam achievements
Chapter 24
Major plot developments
Major romance plot choices and development (start of harem path)
Three lewd scenes (one per path)
Grammar/spelling fixes
Two Steam achievements
Chapter 23
Major plot and lore developments
Romance plot development
A slideshow
Grammar/spelling fixes
Two Steam achievements (for Steam players)
Really, there's a lot of lore and plot stuff going on, I can't say it enough.
Chapter 22
One Maria-only path lewd scene
One throuple/harem path lewd scene
Important plot progression
Very important romance plot progression and choice
Two Steam achievements
Chapter 21
Various spelling/grammar fixes
Chapter 20
Various spelling/grammar fixes
One Maria-only path lewd scene
One throuple/harem path lewd scene
Important plot progression and choice
Two Steam achievements
Chapter 19
Various spelling/grammar fixes
Romance plot choice
One Maria lewd scene
Important plot progression
One Steam achievement
Mandatory handholding
Chapter 18
Various spelling/grammar fixes
Big romance plot progression
One shared lewd scene
One Maria-path lewd scene, one throuple/harem path lewd scene
Important character developments
Two Steam achievements
Chapter 17
Major, major plot progression
Important plot choice
Important character developments
Two Steam achievements
Chapter 16
Major romance path choice
Important plot choices
Two Steam achievements
Plot and romance choices
Major romance path progression
Very important plot and character progression
Slideshow
Chapter 15
One lewd scene
Three new Steam achievements
A ton of plot development and world building
Various grammar and spelling fixes
Extra little dev note: I originally planned on having more romance plot progression in this chapter, but after you all play, I think you'll agree that there was already enough going on plot-wise. Don't worry, you can expect all that originally planned romance plot content to appear in Chapter 16.
Chapter 14
Two new romanceable characters!
One lewd scene
Two Steam achievements
Plot and romance choices
Very important plot, character, and lore progressions
Handholding
Chapter 12
Two lewd scenes
One Steam achievement (if you play on Steam)
Romance plot choice
Important plot and character development
Wholesome friendship content
Chapter 11
New character - Eve!
One lewd scene
Two new Steam achievements (if you play on Steam)
Important romance plot choice
Major main plot and romance progression
Various grammar and spelling fixes
Chapter 10
One lewd scene
Two new Steam achievements (if you play on Steam)
Major romance path choice
Lots of main plot and romance progression
Various grammar and spelling fixes
Chapter 9
Two lewd scenes
Two new Steam achievements (if you play on Steam)
Major plot choices
Lots of main plot and romance progressions
Various grammar and spelling fixes
Minor graphical updates to some past animations
Chapter 8
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
Chapter 8 content!
Minor grammar/render fixes for past content, but nothing that will affect save games/playthroughs
Chapter 7
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
Chapter 7 content, lots of animations
Headpats. Need I say more?
Chapter 6
Minor fixes to past content (typos, bad renders, etc.)
New main menu
One of the longest chapters yet
Act 1 Bugfix:
Fixed odd/bad renders throughout Chapters 1-5
Fixed broken animations in Chapter 4
Updated GUI
Chapter 5:
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
Chapter 5 content (approx. same length as Chapter 2)
New GUI option - text shadowing
Redid Chapter 4 animations and some renders to improve Maria's nipple textures
This chapter concludes Act 1 of 6, so we're officially 1/6th of the way through the story! We're finally getting into the meat of the first major arc, so expect lots of drama and cliffhangers in this and the next few chapters.
EDIT: Maria groping animation from Chapter 4 is known to be borked, I'll fix it post-honeymoon. Sorry!
Chapter 4:
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
Chapter 4 content (approx. same length as Chapter 3)
Minor improvements to how I'm displaying images, which will hopefully improve performance on lower end machines!
Chapter 3:
Dev Note:
I made minor spelling/grammar updates to previous content and (hopefully) improved the functionality of some of the text options. Saves should be unaffected.
Added in Chapter 3 content (approx. same length or slightly longer than Chapter 2 depending on reading speed)
Minor GUI/UI improvements - should hopefully make the text size options work better, but I guess we'll find out!
Chapter 2:
Dev Note:
I recommend playing the game from the beginning since there's music added, some graphical improvements, and some minor code changes - you will still be able to use your Chapter 1 save, but for the best experience, you should play from the beginning.
Added in Chapter 2 content (approx. same length or slightly shorter than Chapter 1 depending on reading speed)
Retroactively added music/sound effects to all of Chapter 1 as well as Chapter 2
Code and graphical updates to Chapter 1
GUI/UI improvements - you will now be able to change font size, font color, textbox style, and textbox opacity. Also added a quit button and made some other small GUI improvements.
Initial Release:
Chapter 1: An Unexpected Arrival
The developer did not publish a changelog for this version.
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