Tribulations of a Mage

Name: Tribulations of a Mage
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.0 (20 reviews)
Author: Talothral

by Talothral

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Versionv1.0.0

EngineRen'Py

Released2026-01-13

Updated2026-04-09

LanguageEnglish

3DCG Anal Sex Creampie Exhibitionism Fantasy Graphic Violence Harem Lesbian Male Protagonist Mobile Game Monster Monster Girl Oral Sex Pregnancy Romance Vaginal Sex

Follow and shape the journey of Tomas as he tries to reclaim a soul that was stolen.

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v1.0.0 2664 renders Implemented the epilogue Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Horny Toad, Bernie64GER, OBE, DocWhoJ, Oaiki, Digitalzig, Jaike) v0.50.0 360 renders Implemented the next part of the story 2 hidden images Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Horny Toad, Bernie64GER, OBE, DocWhoJ, Oaiki, Digitalzig, FrankDaGreat) v0.49.0 658 renders Implemented the next part of the story Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Horny Toad, Bernie64GER, OBE, DocWhoJ) v0.48.0 467 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Bernie64GER, OBE, TheNecromancerWendigo, Draco, Lt_Walke, MG.) v0.47.0 326 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, MorteRivenditore, Bernie64GER, OBE, DocWhoJ, MurderBear) v0.46.0 351 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, NastyKilla, Gingko19, OBE, ravendarklocks) v0.45.0 350 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Abs, Chris2606, OBE, Sylaan, Bernie64GER, ravendarklocks) v.0.44.0 343 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Basihiron, Orion, OBE, ravendarklocks) v0.43.0 414 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Codex updated Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Michael Hamill, Orion, Digitalzig, DocrWhoJ, Draco, Cipher) v0.42.0 385 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Codex updated Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Michael Hamill, Orion, Fey) v0.40.0 365 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, mat_cauthon, MG, Orion, OBE, Elhemeer) v0.38.0 677 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, Orion, OBE, Elhemeer, ratonbox) v0.37.0 386 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, DocWhoJ, Orion, OBE, Bernie64GER, Jadeus08) v0.36.0 329 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, DocWhoJ, Orion, Bernie64GER, Volt) v0.35.0 297 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, DocWhoJ, Orion, DavidCF, Draco, OBE, Lt_Walke) v0.34.0 320 renders Implemented the next part of the story Updated the codex 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, DocWhoJ, Orion) v0.33.0 297 renders Implemented the next part of the story Updated the codex 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Horny Toad, DocWhoJ, Kanzhar, Bashiron) v0.32.0 205 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Draco, Horny Frog, DocWhoJ, OBE. boomario) v0.31.0 312 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, Draco, Horny Frog, DocWhoJ) v0.30.0 266 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image A bunch of fixes to things. Special thanks to for finding stuff that needed fixing: Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Death, Oaiki, OBE, DocWhoJ, DavidCF, Orion, Doovel, dogswithguns. v0.28.0 230 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex 1 hidden image A bunch of fixes to things. Special thanks to for finding stuff that needed fixing: Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, OBE, Draco, DocWhoJ, Lt_Walke, MG, DavidCF, Orion, Abs, Anon1234, Doovel, dogswithguns. v0.27.0 359 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex 1 hidden image A bunch of fixes to things. v0.26.1 Bugfixes v0.26.0 277 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Oaiki, OBE, Draco, Gambit, DocWhoJ, MG, Horny Toad, Anon1234) v0.25.0 324 renders (there are more, but I won't count the duplicates for the enhanced visibility) Implemented the next part of the story Updated the codex, should be up to date for now. 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, Oaiki, Abs, Obe, Merlin, Gambit, DavidCF, DocWhoJ, MG, Eddie, Horny Toad) v0.24.0 385 renders (there are more, but I won't count the duplicates for the enhanced visibility) Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, Oaiki, Abs, Merlin, Gambit, DavidCF, MurderHobo, Horny Toad) v0.23.0 374 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, Oaiki, Abs, DavidCF, dogswithguns, MurderHobo, Horny Toad) v0.22.0 230 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, Anon1234, DavidCF, Boomario, MurderHobo, Horny Toad) v0.21.0 372 renders Implemented the next part of the story Fixed the puzzle 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, Anon1234, DavidCF, LT. Walke. mat_cauthon, Horny Toad) Known issue: There is a crash issue with the puzzle due to missing images (forgot to copy them, whops), but it's fixed in 0.22.0, if encountered can ignore it, but shouldn't be an issue as it only shows it idles for 90 seconds. v0.20.0 308 renders Implemented the next part of the story Small update to codex 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, dogwithguns, Tesander) v0.19.0 361 renders Implemented the next part of the story Small update to codex 1 hidden image v0.18.0 224 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, Khanzar) v0.17.0 191 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 hidden image 2 new music tracks added for future use Added a sound effect, check your sound channel volume level... Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, Anon1234) v0.16.0 374 renders Implemented the next part of the story 3 hidden images Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, CXX, Evsej, Anon1234, Eddie) v0.15.0 271 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex. 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, CXX) v0.14.0 599 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex. 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, ElectroKnight22, Draco, Vortex, Chipher, Canto, CXX, Evsej, DavidCF) v0.13.0 199 renders (+24 auxiliary renders) Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex, bit more work on the secrets screen. Added debug screen 2 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, ElectroKnight22, Draco) Ehhh... got to hate my net at times. It works most of the times then randomly switches to crawl. Meh, anyway, stuff got done in a more or less timely fashion. A bit earlier than normal. v0.12.0 205 renders Implemented the next part of the story Added things to the codex, bit more work on the secrets screen, hopefully the issues are sorted. 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, Jaimy) v0.11.0 361 renders Implemented the next part of the story Some codex work (more below) and small update to the "secret" image screen 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, DavidCF, MurderHobo, OBE, Thron) v0.10.0 341 renders Implemented the next part of the story Some codex rework: fixed the image locations (mostly few needs more tweaks), added framework for additional features. 1 hidden image Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion) v0.9.0 317 renders Implemented the next part of the story Small codex update 1 hidden image, and added another chance for a hidden image from earlier update that was behind a choice Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, OBE, CXX, Eddie, Zelphir, teabaiseach) v0.8.0 270 renders Implemented the next part of the story 2 Hidden images Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, Orion, MG, OBE, and Tesander) v0.7.0 283 renders Implemented the next part of the story 3 Hidden images Grammar, spelling, and other fixes. v0.6.0 287 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 Hidden image Codex update (Gods, added missing side characters, more to come.) Added third font as UI font (Ren'py default font) Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, Bread, ElectroKnight22, and Orion) This one isn't that huge render wise, text wise depending on the choices. It's about the same as other updates. Anyway, was relatively painless update to make. v0.5.0 449 renders Implemented the next part of the story 1 Hidden image Small Codex update Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, and Bread) v0.4.0 290 Renders The next portion of the story implemented 1 hidden image UI work: Additinal UI font (will add one more in 0.5.0), hidden image hint (the rose next to the dialogue box when hidden image is available), Outlines to the scene transition text. Implemented walkthrough for Android (this is a work in progress, more for 0.5.0, mostly graphical cleaning and unifying) Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, and Bread) v0.3.0 339 renders 1 hidden image. A bit hard to see in the darkness, but that is intentional, and no, it's not the stag... Codex updated (added a character, global unlock for Ella if you've seen the scene) Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, and Bread, ThronIowa, DavidCF, Jaike, distractedFreek, betatester) v0.2.0 856 renders, including utility renders and other similar images. Story renders around 800. Added hidden images (3 locations) Initial release of the Codex, it isn't complete. There is a lot more information that needs to be added when the time comes to it. Grammar, spelling, and other fixes (Thanks to Adry, Shaddy, BryonSmothers3DX, and Bread)

Shad0wB 2026-03-27 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I just finished the game in version 1.0.3 final. Here's my review and rating. First of all, prepare yourselves for a REALLY long journey. Without a doubt, this is the longest AVN game I've ever played, and in fact, the longest game with adult content, regardless of technology and gameplay type, among those I downloaded from the F95. As for the story quality, it's quite good, especially in the first few hours, when the entire game world, its mythology, pantheon of deities and beliefs are new to the player. After that, things vary – but it's true that you'll visit quite a few different areas and experience a rather rich spectrum of events. I rate the overall story quality a 3+ or 4/5. Unfortunately, from a certain point on, it becomes predictable, and the very ending of the main storyline... well, if we were expecting epic events, we might be a bit disappointed I also have some reservations about the "ease" with which the author guides the MC through the plot's adversities. The MC is essentially an unstoppable superhero, everything works out for him, he loses nothing, well, after all, he's "guided" by several different deities (omg-lol). The graphics and music. Oh - this is going to hurt. The NPC models are, how shall I put it - mediocre. We have representatives (mostly female representatives) of a dozen different - more or less mythical - species here. I admit, the author's inventiveness in this regard is worth appreciating, but unfortunately, pretty female models are in the DEFINITE minority. Of course, I understand that it's hard to imagine a "pretty" ogress, a female orc, or representatives of several other mythical races, but the 3D models unfortunately don't help. Their quality is uneven. Sometimes I felt like the same NPC model had several different versions throughout the game, with the later versions being weaker than the earlier ones. Strange. The sound design is okay, just like the OST. And now we come to the adult content... my impression is this: there are TOO MANY of them, and half of them are UNNECESSARY ! They don't follow a logical sequence of events, which is a serious flaw in the game. The sex animations are a complete disaster; they're poor, wooden, and they worked (at least for me) in the opposite way than they should (if you know what I mean...). Honestly, I'd even prefer a static slideshow to these animations. The visuals and sound design deserve a 3+/5 at best, the animations are mediocre - a 2/5 at best. Time to sum things up. Is "Tribulations of a Mage" worth playing ? Definitely yes. Is it some kind of revelation or masterpiece among adult games ? Definitely NOT. If you want to experience a long and mostly interesting story, you'll find it here. If you're hoping for adult content, well, it's undoubtedly one of the game's main features, but will you be satisfied ? I'm not... to put it mildly. The final score is 3/5. The story and lore elevate it, while the technical aspects and execution of the adult content lower it. Choose what's more important to you. Two final notes. Firstly, I downloaded two other games by this developer and am currently deleting them because I no longer have the desire for more content, which I'd rather expect from him. Secondly, the final sequence of "Tribulations of a Mage" is simply impossible to watch with a straight face. I won't spoil it, but I don't think the author himself could have easily completed it without a strong alcoholic beverage.

Rundmck 2026-03-03 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The second half gets excruciatingly slow and pointless and that takes away from the good in the first half. While I appreciate the dev knowing how to make-and more importantly-complete stories, at this point, a little more ambition will be good. This is a retread of the other stories made by them and that comes with it's own positives and negatives. The world for the most part is well crafted and the first half does manage to grab your attention with the threads about the MC's past, court intrigue and the mystery of the vampires. The dialogue drags but there's enough to pay attention. Sadly, other aspects are totally mediocre. The sex scenes all have the same poses from start to finish. None of the girls get any chance to shine in this story. The MC being a total wet blanket doesn't help. It's a power fantasy without getting the chance to ever indulge in your fantasy. Sure, you impregnate lots of girls and sure, you(the player) want to fuck but what does our avatar in the game want? He could not care less about anything going on. Totally robotic character and you can't mold his personality in any way. Congratulations on finishing another game I guess.

The_Phantom 2026-02-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Really enjoyed the game, up until the quick forced ending from version 0.50 or something like that to final 1.03. One massive jump in version with not much meaningful content. Until then, I really enjoyed the actually story, more than the adult portions of the novel.

Hersom9912 2026-02-09 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Amazing, i even decided to apply for patreon.....(Taboo for me) It's a VN with a STORY and adult content as a bonus. Liked every bit and every game made by this developer. If i would rate it goes like author posted his games: Terminus reach 1 -> Sorcerer - > Terminus Reach 2 -> Tribulations of a Mage (I started from Tribulations of a Mage so a small downgrade when I started playing Terminus reach 1) Every new title was better from both storytelling point and technical point. Story(stories) 5/5 For the most part? MC is always the same (his character and even his outer appearance). Set and setting is always different, girls are different but there are some look alikes and crossovers. MC usually has the main girl or at least the one who is slightly higher than others in MC's harem. (Tribulation of a mage was less obvious whilst Terminus was straight and blunt) What makes these VN's great? It's a mature power/wet fantasy. I cannot stress it how rare it is to find mature content that also keeps a perfect balance between eros and story. Normal dialogues with a lot of good humor which makes it feel real and fluid. Rarely if ever was i kicked out of escapism while playing it (by inconsistent storytelling or illogical things). Renders 4/5 They are not great but they are improving with every new game title. General graphics are still the same but there are improvements. There is no animation, only renders (action-renders that replace some action scenes and sex scenes, basically like comics but with more fluidity due to more renders imitating animations). Overall: A good game (series from this dev). If you are okay or like harems? Give it a go, i don't see any drawbacks. It is mature and good storytelling. Girls are very different from pixies to trolls to even titans......(Pick whatever you want, author gives you OPTIONS to bed almost any female creature irregardless of their age (+18 and to infiniti) ) P.S. This review is for all VN's from this creator. I decided to post them and even subscribed for Patreon even though i don't like that system, i think this game is worth it.

Toramizu 2026-02-05 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good game, with an interesting story and good cast. Small downside with the cast being quite big and most character being a bit too smart-ass, but nothing too bad with that. Keep in mind that it's a "gotta fuck 'em all" type of harem where you collect one of every race and ethnic group, with a few extras along the way. Some of them feel a bit rushed because of that. MC is also a bit too powerful, being the smart guy and best combat mage around and chosen by multiple gods. He wins most fights easily, or he coughs a little but has a magic potion to restore himself afterwards. Nothing ever felt at risk at any point. For the visuals, everything was of good quality, with many different races looking exotic enough for a Daz game. Lighting and composition were nice with good effects for the magic. Combat was a bit chaotic and hard to follow since it's a slideshow, not a video, but it did its job. What removed a start were the sex scenes. Frankly, there weren't interesting and I think it's mostly due to them being too numerous because of the large number of love interests and optional since they can be disabled in the options. Nothing happens when a sex scene starts, the story comes to a halt for a while until it's over. Most of them simply take place in a bedroom and had no interesting context. And the worst part were the dialogue. Almost all of them can have their dialogue interchanged and you wouldn't notice anything. "Aaah", "Ooh", "You're so sexy", "Claim me", "Breed me" and that's it, no matter the girl. Almost wanted to disable them in the epilogue since you've got to have a turn with each of the collected harem girls. I still give it a 4/5 as I enjoyed the story and general quality, but if you treat it as a porn game, it's closer to a 2.

Mellt 2026-01-16 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

One of the best games i played so far. it has one of the best storys and good plot twists. A Wonderful work. And the best part is that it is finished what is realy rare for a VN. Thx for all your hard work you put in for this VN.

JustKing 2026-01-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good game, a bit rushed at the end and some romances were rushed as well, but in the end, the story is complete. Positive and fun experience. I hope to see more of this universe being explored, whether related to Tribulations of a Mage or not.

koksy 2026-01-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Great game overall. I didn't finish it yet, but I loved it so far. Unlike avlot of games this one actualy focuses on story and has good renders to back it up. Doesn't really focus on sex, but it is there where it makes sense.

cyphre 2026-01-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

TL;DR: Overall i would say this game is a very definition of mid, but the longer it went on the bigger the cracks got. A decently written but generic and shallow story with very little emotion that took me 2 or so days to read, and some of the worst adult scenes i've ever seen in any VN. So if you ever try it it's for the story, not the adult content. Aight, let's talk in more details. First of all, what this game is. Essentially it's a DM's first DnD campaign, with world and characters being as monumentally basic as it can possibly be. It's a pretty long pureblood fantasy adventure that's about as fresh a a 1974 rulebook would be nowadays. Goblins, orcs, ogres, dragons, trolls, magic, thieves, undead, priests, dryads, pretty much everything you could imagine in the most basic DnD campaign for a first time player. Essentially you are a mage who got part of his soul stolen by a necromancer, and you chase necromancers all over the place, getting new allies and figuring out what's going on overall. It might seem like i'm trashing on it already but despite the complete lack of originality the story itself isn't bad. It has a ton of issues, some plot points are completely dropped, ignored or left for the supposed sequel (the whole Alignment thing, THE main conflict, is just left for future games for example; the whole vampire queen stuff is completely dropped), the pacing is abysmal (i will talk about it separately), BUT the general storytelling is competent and coherent and it's not awful to read. Language is a bit too dry for my liking, lacking in details and build-up, but if you enjoy reading those cheap generic fantasy novels as your guilty pleasure, you will be right at home here. It won't win any awards but it clearly doesn't try to. Sadly, the story is the strongest point of the game, and outside of it it just falls apart. While characters are likable and varied, this game critically suffers from unreasonable amount of love interests which means sometimes you need to wait 10-15 hours of reading before your favorites get another moment to shine, plus all of them, even the main ones, are insanely underdeveloped, and a lot of side ones are just kind of forgotten. Even worse, almost all of them are completely irrelevant to the main story, or hell, even side stories (looking at the halfling thief, did she even do anything in the entire story?) Point is, all of the relashionships feel rushed and hollow. And the sex scenes don't help, jesus christ they do not help. Several bad things happen here, first of all, our MC is a passive vegetable and 99% of scenes is him reading in the room, then female barges in, they do the specific formula and it's done. He doesn't chase any of the love interests, doesn't really do anything to acquire their attention, he just kinda pulls in people like a black hole for no reason. Second of all, the formula i mentioned above is: you magically lose clothes, do 69, do cowgirl or reverse one, then it's missionary/mating press. In rare cases some sideway action but 99% of the scenes follow this exact formula with same animations and just different models. There isn't A WORD in those scenes either, you just click through ot hold Ctrl through those because without any intimacy it's just ridiculous pistoning action (although it does look really funny when you skip them on speed up). So with characters that didn't get any attention or buildup beforehand you also get a ton of hollow wordless moving gifs that do more damage to the atmosphere than good. It's geniunely one of the worst presentations of adult scenes i've ever seen. And while the story is decent, the pacing is anything but. Holy SHIT this is a lot of talking for very little result, the writing is outlandishly overly bloated, and what it could say in 5 sentenses it does in 50 for no real reason. First half is also mercifully fluid because our party is actually adventuring and chasing the leads, but the second half is just 2 actual adventures with 90% of it being slice of life and lifeless sex scenes in our mage tower. By the time i was first told about our next departure to dwarf kingdom i was all "hell yeah, let's go", but after good 5+ hours of reading nothing it changed into "can we just please go already for f*ck sake". Overall it's a pretty competent but bloated and shallow story with equally bloated and shallow characters. It definitely went for quantity over quality and it sadly defined the entire experience, with both romance and storytelling. If you read every other harem story out there and literally got nothing else to read, sure, you can try it out, but i would put this one in the absolute end of the backlog if you got literally anything else to do.

sentaibandwagon 2026-01-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

As a fantasy AVN, the story and world building in 'Tribulations of a Mage' are good. Stakes, motivations, and rules are all pretty clear and compelling. Our mage has had half his soul stolen by a necromancer; he needs it back. His dwarven best friend is going to ride or die, and he'll be happy if somewhere along the way he can also sneak back to the kingdom he was exiled from to maybe rescue his old flame. There's also a fire pixie with a crush on the mage. And a panther who also loves the mage. (Obviously, you are the mage, you loveable guy.) Meanwhile, some kind of cosmic balance is approaching where the forces of evil and death will vie with everyone else for control of the planet, so preparations must be made and alliances struck. –If you were to gauge this as a novel... it might be best not to. It would fall somewhere between throwaway paperback with its cover missing and a backup feature in some old, trashy magazine. This is (nominally) a porn game with a good bit of visual content (if not flair). It is perhaps unfair to judge its writing without the context of naturally lowered expectations.– The characters range from interesting and fun to just ok. The main cast mostly feel like actual adults with history (between eachother as well as personal backstory), which stands out among AVNs. You slowly grow out your crew, connections, and understanding while tracking down the necromancer. And that's enough for a playthrough to be enjoyable. ...Maybe this sounds like the kind of AVN that would still be worth playing without sex scenes. Yeah, unfortunately, it would be much better if it didn't have them. They're all similar, mechanical, wordless (even with poor visuals, you can use words to make hot scenes, man), and unsexy . And there are soooo many of them. It destroys the game's pacing, and often means the scenes themselves suffer from a lack of buildup. Sensuality, tension, romance, and sexiness are all in short supply, despite the quite varied harem. The visual direction of the game in general is poor, not just in sex scenes. Action sequences are typically ill composed and hard to follow. Long discussions feel a bit bland because you're basically watching wooden action figures with occassional small shifts (the timing of which is inscrutable, making them easy to miss). How about the ladies? There are a lot of women you can sleep with in this game. Whatever your idea of beauty, you'll likely find someone attractive. From relatively young to quite old; muscled, chubby, or nubile; different colors of skin and hair; human, elf, dwarf, halfling, sundry monstergirls (some about twice your size)... Would you like to sleep with a 20 year old Japanese fox girl with blazing eyes of blue flames? Done. And you can accept or reject any of them. This is great. And most of your LIs are (initially) built up to have some kind of emotional resonance and (at least minor) plot impact, which is truly nice. But the sheer volume of women means you might start to lose track of who's who. It also means there is less time the further in you get for each LI. And the drive to leave room for each one means gameplay often boils down to looping through short, bland scenes with a brief convo followed by rote, wordless fucking, possibly a quick cuddle, fade to next scene doing the same 10 times over, or more. It made me wish I could just skip the sex with interesting ladies It's too bad. With better pacing and visual composition, this could have been an easy 4 stars. If the sex scenes weren't empty and repetitive, that also would have been good for another star. 'Tribulations' is still worth playing, despite its glaring weaknesses.

m00nsh1ne 2026-01-14 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Talothral is extremely good at creating a world/setting with interesting characters to meet and interact with. The use of older, more established MC's is also a breath of fresh air. I think too many VN's use "fresh faced" MC's way too often and playing a more mature, grounded MC is so refreshing. This game is definitely for those people who love immersion and fantasy. Everything is pretty well thought out and nothing is just there to be there (aside from maybe a race or two). The vast offering of romanceable options is also a huge bonus and none of them are forced onto the player. Don't like Orcs? Don't have to be anything other than friendly. If I was going to point out a negative then personally it would be the sex scenes themselves. The use of limited looped pictures and limitied dialogue just isn't up to par with some of the best within the VN genre. I would recommend either doing better still image renders with more dialogue or go for more fluid animations with the current amount of dialogue. I think going halfway on each is just hurting the game overall. Aside from that, I can't recommend this game enough. Excellent work, and congrats on completing another game.

xevx 2026-01-03 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Lets get any negatives out of the way Negatives -Almost every sex scene is the exact same 69/oral into girl ontop into missionary cumshot this is literally 99% of the sex scenes -The writing almost feels robotic making it feel some what emotionless and makes the personalities of everyone feel kind of dull and flat. -Combat scenes feel a little underwhelming. I get you are a powerful mage but i never felt like the MC every had a chance of loosing its always walk in throw a couple spells win. But i will say even with these issues i really enjoyed reading through this. The story is interesting it for sure is nothing groundbreaking but was an enjoyable read. I look forward to a sequel as you never really see the culmination of one of the major plot lines. But this game does have plenty going for it as well. Positives +A very diverse group of LI's +Li's Look good +Decent renders +solid story +Really well built world and lore +Solid MC But probably Biggest positive of them all +Developed by Talothral This Dev is top notch as far as communication and work ethic. They are as consistent as anyone could ever ask for, They don't have some stupid high pricing or huge wait times on their patreon or spend all their time selling wallpapers and custom renders. They also actually complete their games which is rare these days and don't go missing for months at a time. I look forward to the dev's next game.

GibboBtw 2025-12-12 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

If I had stopped and written this review in my first couple of days of playing, then it would definitely be a 4* or 4.5*. As the story, the LIs and the potential of the game at that point had really hooked me. The world is a lot of fun, and really felt like something different and new compared to the other fantasy AVNs that I've played. But somewhere along the line, it feels like it loses its self a bit, in more ways than one. And then just becomes a cycle of. >random dialogue with people about preparing for the end of the world coming. >cut to evening and MC in his bed reading/meditating. >enter LI of the night to engage in a really hollow, and barebones sex scene, that will follow almost the same exact patterns as the ones before it (probably starting with a 69.) And then rinse and repeat. It's a shame, because you can tell this dev does work hard on his game, what with the insane amount of stills he creates, to try and really show what's going on. His use of different outfits, and of unique models. Even his writing is above average from some other games I've seen. I think he just needs to think a bit more about his overall flow of the story to better develop some of his LIs, and keep the story feeling interesting. As I am losing interest, just after we went and collected Sanya from the south. And also to really... REALLY... Work on his dialogue for the sex scenes. Because what he's given us so far, is so bad and underwhelming. That it just kills any enjoyment in the already medicore sex scenes for me. So with all that said, I would give this a 2.75* if I could, but as I can't. I've got to give it a 3*. As it's nowhere near bad enough to deserve at 2*.

PR Mitter 2025-11-27 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

This VN should be used as a reference to WHAT NOT TO DO. The story is really good but the the pacing, the screenplay(dialogue) are as bad as it can get. If you actually know how to write a story then you can tell the entire story, without excluding any plot, you can do it using 10% of the word count he used. This is supposed to be a story focused VN and I call BS on that. There are so many problems with his writing that I can confidently say that even a gradeschooler can write a better one. 1. First of his many problems would be bad screenplay and dialogues. The dialogues are so bad, so bad that I am unable to give it a metaphor. When you wanna write a Fantasy VN, your dialogues should be simple and efficient. This guy complicates each dialogue by saying too much and as a result, everything goes over your head. He needs 200 characters(letters) when he can do it within 100 or so. 2. Secondly he lacks the sense of importance, all of the scenes are heavily streched, because of it, the readers are ubable to understand where to focus and thus making everything boring as hell. 3 . Thirdly, there is no true romance. All the characters are detached from the story. Pretty mundane. Given his claim as story focused, without romance that claim just falls apart. 4. Finally the main issue. He wasted all our times by just using rubbish words and the total story that was told was almost nothing and as I said before, the story can be said within 10% of time. He could have told us the whole saga(3 season) within the time he took from us. RENDERS Nothing needs to be added here. His stupidity conveyed to this part as well. He used so many useless render for every single scene. No need, either use that time to make animation or make 10-20 good renders instead of 200. The models are nothing to be desired, He cleverly/stupidly never really focused on the characters themselves to show some emotions or other vibe. I really liked the Sorcerer so, I had high hopes for it, but I suggest everyone to stay away from it. It will neither satisfy your carnal desire nor the literary mind.

Tomy75 2025-11-04 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

0.51 (only the epilogue remains, the main story is completed) This is the kind of game that, while it’s not perfect, is constant from A to Z. Let me explain: - it’s never been a fap game, the H-scenes are meh and are just intended to show a romantic relationship between the MC and one of his love interests, nothing more. - updates have always been steady, delivered on time since December 2023, 51 updates so far so do the maths. It also explains why there is no animation. - this VN has always been heavily story-focused and the dev prefers to offer a long journey through various adventures rather than yet another story about a teenager attending university, we have tooooooo many of those already. - the MC never changed, he always stayed the same mature man with his head on his shoulders, not a creep nor a pervert. But as I said at the beginning, it’s not perfect either because the story can get quite complex at times, keep in mind that there are a lot of male and female characters, from many different species and all of them have different gods, traditions, and abilities. Also, the English is not always fluid, which makes some bits of the story incomprehensible unfortunately. I just hope the dev will be a little less ambitious with his next VN and make it more user-friendly .

bot2 2025-10-15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Its good and its fun, story is interesting, choices are palpable in most instances (Death ones are eh because its just illusion of choice), pregnancy is tangible instead of teased, but it also is one of those games that is starting to experience 'harem creep', where its making the choice between adding gals to the story instead of expanding them out. It might change in updates but we'll see.

Kirk-X 2025-10-12 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

really like the game and all but please for the love of all that is good in this world please I beg you STOP MAKING THE CHARACTERS SAY "AYE" EVERY 2 SECONDS ! other than that looking forward to the endings, really liked Sorcerer and lookin forward to its sequel too.

Kaintfm 2025-09-20 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tribulations of a Mage is quite the enigma. A combination of a rock-solid story and compelling world building coupled with offensively bad adult content made worse by the love interests being deliberately disgusting and unattractive. Despite it failing as badly as any visual novel I’ve read can fail in the adult content department, I must still give it high marks as I relish the story, albeit on an entirely “pants stay on” basis. I’m sure somewhere out there is a person who has a fetish for old ogre porn, but I’ve yet to meet one, and even they would be turned off by the horrendous fake animations, absence of any dialogue, and even worse, the inability to opt out of the scenes without knowing ahead of time to make poor love-interest choices. That’s right folks! If you’re even remotely nice to the ogre, you’ll end up in an inescapable, fake-animation gross-out sex scene with it, followed by much-needed eye bleach. Thankfully, once this caveat is known, you can make a point of choosing the romantic option for some dialogue before rewinding to choose the less kind option that, thankfully, has no real repercussions later. So why read through what amounts to a kinetic novel with choices that only really effect dialogue? One with absolutely abysmal adult content? Quite simply, the story is fantastic. You play as a combat-focused mage who, prior to the story, had part of his soul torn from him by a necromancer, this world’s “Big Bad” that drives much of the story. Told you have only a year or two before your remaining soul fails you, you continue your search for the necromancer that took part of your soul, along with a continually growing band of weirdos and misfits, which would be an understatement. Among your crew are a fairy, a dark dwarf, a woman who’s skin you can see through, an orc, a Titan, and the list grows and grows. This is, I believe, the author’s 4th work, two unplayed by me, but I was a big fan of Sorcerer for the same reasons that I’m greatly enjoying the story of Tribulations of a Mage. Strong writing, strong world building, and real end-of-the world stakes draw you in and leave you wanting more, and you won’t have to wait long as Talothral drops lengthy updates frequently. I haven’t quite finished Tribulations as of writing this review, but I’m a solid 15 – 20 hours of reading in with, it appears, another 10 to go, and this novel is only a couple years old. As an adult visual novel, Tribulations of a Mages fails spectacularly. Just like in his previous work, Talothral has figured out the worst and least attractive way to do sex scenes, with short frames continuing throughout with no dialogue, little continuity, and often involving deliberately unattractive love interests. Even if the latter is your fetish, the way it’s done ruins it. So why four stars? Because I’m looking forward to this evening when I’ll read another two hours of this fascinating story. What will become of Malgrin now that he’s found his lost love? What about the lich skull that you captured in the Dwarven mountain fortress? Is the Snow elf as she appears, or is she more sinister? I’m genuinely curious how the story will shake out, and what else can you ask for from a good story than drawing you back in to see where it leads?

omglazrbms 2025-09-05 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Where to begin? If you've played and enjoyed any of the creators other games, no need to read further, TOAM is up to par with that content, and you should play this game. If you haven't? Maybe this game is not for you. I can't bear to give this game lower than a 5 star rating based purely on the inventiveness of the world, and the intricacy of the plotting. Also the sheer fact that this creator is NOT a person afraid of true monster girls. The story - Very intricate, very detailed. Pulling up the codex and seeing some 30 gods and (by the end of the current update) well over a 100 named characters... you get the idea. Lots of detail, lots of plot. Perfect if you're looking for a harem centric fantasy world that's not as bland and cookie cutter as most. The adult content - this is where the game falters. Virtually every sex scene is the exact same as the previous one. The MC magics his clothes away, they kiss once or twice, they 69, the woman says she needs his dick, and then they bone. 3 to 4 variously posed static images, played on either a loop or to be clicked through, with regular sex dialogue (that cane be turned off in the options and also seems to be... recycled?), and then a shot of him creampie'ing the lady. If the game has one failing it is the sex. It's completely uninspired, and frankly, it feels like the creator doesn't really want to include them. I don't know if they DO want to include them or not, I'm just saying what it feels like. But on the flip side, the game has the widest variety in body type and monster girls I've seen in a game in a LONG time. I'm talking women with snake hoods instead of hair, deer faces, ogres, warts and all, and one lady who's literally see through. Not to mention the elderly fetish very obviously on display. It also appears that not a one is required to have a relationship with, which is a big plus for those who don't enjoy the above fetishes. I'll be honest and say I went with everyone, but some of the LI's were.. challenging. It's for these reasons - the range of different types of LI's, and the quite unique and interesting world - that I can't bear to give the game below a 5 star rating. If you're in it purely for sex, it's probably not for you. If you want some sex and romance to go along with your fantasy adventure, it MIGHT be right up your ally. Also P.S. how in the hell is Maryn not a Main girl. Best looking girl in the whole roster I swear, no way she should be a side character...

kurraz 2025-09-05 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Really boring game, I really liked the previous one (the Sorcerer). But this... story is so slow, so pointless, I just can't handle it. After a few hours I met just ONE pretty girl (well except fairy), and she happened unavailable looks like coz of my choices. Renders are good, obviously more advanced compared to previous game.