I notice we can buy the game now, but not on steam, do you guys plan on releasing there? For me it would be better since I can buy it there on my country's currency.
Hi yes, it was free to play up to Episode 8, before 9's release.
But they explained in their latest monthly public Patreon newsletter about how having a price on it would help them in putting extra work into making the last episode and epilogue in having the best ending that it'll get.
It's a pretty understandable thing for a lot of Visual Novel games to do as it grows with each new update and features. :)