Welcome! Feel free to introduce yourself here.

[magnuschase]

 community created by magnuschase 

 

 

Welcome to Otomeworld! Here are some resources and rules.

RULES

 

 

1. No attacking others for their ships or route choices. Ignore anything you don't like, and move on.
   
2. Fan content (fanfics, fanart, etc), reviews, or just screaming over something is all welcome here.
3. Feel free to advertise here when you post a review on another website, like your personal website or tumblr.
4. Also, feel free to advertise your own otome games! We'd love to see your creations.
5. Please do self-introductions on this post.

As long as you're polite, nice, and don't spam, you're welcome here! 

RESOURCES FOR NEWCOMERS

What the heck is an "otome game"?
An otome game is a romance game that targets women, though men and nonbinary folk have also been known to play them. There are typically multiple "routes", which are the stories of the characters you choose to romance. These characters are usually men, however sometimes there will be nonbinary or female characters as options too. Some games even have bad endings, so make sure to do your research and be careful with your choices if you don't want to sit there going "wow, did that really happen?"

Where do I get games?

PC Gaming - Steam and Itch.io 
iOS and Android - Here is a list of games currently available on these two platforms in English. If you'd like another language, simply click the filter button and change the language.
PS Vita and other handheld platforms - Check out your local gaming store, or simply order it online. "Aksys" is the main source of English otome games.
 
What otome games are there?
VNDB is a site where you can find out what visual novels there are, and included is an otome category that I have linked to without any language or platform filters. Caution: There are a LOT.

Ok, so I like this one character type. Do you have any recommendations?

Feel free to ask in a weekly thread I'll be hosting every Saturday! If you can't wait, don't worry and just make a thread. More discussion is always welcome!

 

 

 

Introductions

 

Introduce yourself here! Use this format if you'd like.

Name, pronouns, and age:
Other sites you are on:
Favorite otome game:
Other interests: 
Anything else you'd like to tell us about yourself?:

 

Comments

[godhaunt]

Name, pronouns, and age: sei, she, mid-20s
Other sites you are on: :T
Favorite otome game: ha... haha... i've.... never played one....
Other interests: manga and anime, some arts & crafts when the planets align, bts
Anything else you'd like to tell us about yourself? sooo... i never played an otoge-- actually, no, i played one once, but i failed (? lol), and just wasn't up to playing it again. i tried playing other visual novels twice, but they were long and tbh not that interesting to me. thing is, i don't have patience for games. there's a few i'd like to play, but i know i'd give up, bc i'd rather watch something than be part of it. BUT. i really wanna give it another go with otoges, and when i saw this comm i thought "hey...... that's a sign." so here i am. just a humble beginner, with barely any experience under my belt.

[magnuschase]

Welcome!

Haha, I'm pretty impatient with games too. I have to play in short bursts at a time. If you feel you're too impatient for longer otome games, there's an option on VNDB to search by length.

Here's the "very short" option or otome games: https://vndb.org/g542?fil=length-1.lang-en&m=0
and heres the "short" option: https://vndb.org/g542?fil=length-2.lang-en&m=0

There's also the option of playing mobile otome games. I find that ticket otome games are pretty good on days I'm too busy to play otome games, because they give only so many episodes a day. That means you can be done with that day's reading very quickly, and then you just have to wait until the next day for more episodes. Ciagram, Shall We Date, Cybird, and Dearead are good publishers for that.

However, if you DON'T want to space your otome gaming out over the course of a month but you're still interested in mobile games, there's always the option of buying your routes. I don't recommend doing that in freemium games such as The Arcana because it can get pretty expensive, but I've found that Love 365 (there are temporary free titles if you want to get an example of their storytelling) isn't too expensive, and there's an entire line of paid apps on Shall We Date's website:

http://shallwedate.jp/en/paid.html


Hope you find something that you'll like!

[godhaunt]

ohh thank you! i didn't even remember vndb was a thing... gonna make use of those filters. a few listed titles caught my eye, i'll try one this week! (not gonna lie, "get dumped ✩" got me curious... and it's free!)

i got a little overwhelmed with the mobile system, but i'll try digging around to see how it works.

thank you for all these recs and resources!

[magnuschase]

Yeah, VNDB is one of those sites that I forget about too until I actually need it, haha...

And you're welcome! Glad you found a game. :D