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Where to watch I Thought They Were NPCs
Stream I Thought They Were NPCs free to start: the first 9 episodes are free on ShortMax, then episodes unlock with coins.
About I Thought They Were NPCs
I Thought They Were NPCs is a vertical micro-drama available on ShortMax only. After faking her death to cash out of an otome game, a cynical player is forced back into the supernatural realm as a lowly succubus to pacify the obsessed werewolf king and vampire lords she abandoned. The series runs to 60 episodes. The first 9 episodes are free on ShortMax. Its genres are Romance, Fantasy and Supernatural. Enemies to lovers, forced proximity and hidden identity are among its 6 tagged tropes. It is set in Three Realms, in a fantasy world setting. ShortMax showed 257K views on Nov 1, 2026.
- Episodes
- 60
Genre and tropes
Performance
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The story
After faking her death to cash out of an otome game, a cynical player is forced back into the supernatural realm as a lowly succubus to pacify the obsessed werewolf king and vampire lords she abandoned.
The system issues a critical alert that the player's abandoned love interests have shattered reality with their resentment, threatening her with real-world brain death.
Being desperately pursued and obsessively loved by dangerously powerful supernatural men driven mad by your absence.
- Setting
- Three Realms · supernatural otome game world · fantasy world
- Lead
- cynical player, reincarnated as a low-level succubus facing execution
- Antagonist
- obsessive yandere werewolf king (former game capture target)
- Hook
- death or danger
- Tone
- melodramatic, steamy, tense
- Audience
- female gaze, young adult
- Language
- Mandarin
- Content
- violence, sexual content
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- What is I Thought They Were NPCs about?
- After faking her death to cash out of an otome game, a cynical player is forced back into the supernatural realm as a lowly succubus to pacify the obsessed werewolf king and vampire lords she abandoned. It is set in Three Realms.
- How many episodes does I Thought They Were NPCs have?
- I Thought They Were NPCs has 60 episodes.
- Which app has I Thought They Were NPCs?
- It is available on ShortMax only.
- Is I Thought They Were NPCs free to watch?
- The first 9 episodes are free on ShortMax; the rest unlock with coins.
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