Archive: English otome game releases (2023)

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Note: Some of the game synopses have been shortened for readability purposes. Go to the official site for the full synopsis.

The Crimson Flower That Divides: Lunar Coupling

✤ Dev/pub: dramatic create

✤ Character design: Omame Tsukino 

✤ Multi-language subtitle options available (Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese)

The story unfolds on a continent where the number of women has drastically decreased due to an incurable disease known as “The Rot.” A young girl, Naala, lives in the southern country of Rus. Her mother is abducted by the northern country of Nasla, leaving her as an orphan. 

Several years after the tragedy, Naala was welcomed into the royal family, and began to feel at ease in her life as Auri’s bride to be. However…the nightmare begins again, as a decision will have to be made in front of the Nasla army that is kidnapping women.

Will Naala’s future be one of subordination, or…?

[Source: dramatic create]

Buy this game:

Switch – Amazon JP | AmiAmi | CDJapan

PC – Steam

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Norn9: Var Commons

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Teita (full figures) & Satoi (chibi)

✤ This release is a Nintendo Switch port (English version).

While on a school field trip, child prodigy Sorata Suzuhara wanders off after hearing a mysterious song and then passes out. When he comes to, he finds himself in unfamiliar place, and encounters a girl who informs him that he’s currently in turn of the century Japan!
 
In order to help him get back to his own time, Sorata follows her to a round aircraft that flies using technology that is beyond Sorata’s imagination.
 
Before Sorata can even begin to take stock of his situation, the airship is attacked, and the mystery surrounding the airship only deepens.
 

[Source: Aksys Games]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU | Amazon US

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Dormitory Love

✤ Dev/pub: Hase im Haus x PLiCy

✤ Character design: Mirin

✤ This release is a Nintendo Switch port (English version).

The protagonist, Jun Minase suddenly finds herself working as a manager in a dormitory in Tokyo, where students from overseas reside.

There are six love interests in the game: the calm and serious German Felix, the selfish femboy French Guillaume, the star basketball player Josh from the United States, the taciturn Chinese Ling with a mysterious background, the gentle and carefree photographer Russian Sasha and the cynical British nerd Sean.

From spring to the end of summer, you can enjoy seasonal events such as cherry blossom viewing, hot spring trip, water park visits, and summer festival with the residents.

Alongside romantic moments, there are also many laughs and a few tears.

[Source: Hase im Haus]

Buy this game:

Nintendo e-Shop

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Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Team.Nagaoka

In 1716, “Oniwaban,” a secret group, was tasked with keeping the monsters under control and maintaining peace in the city.

11 years later, a girl born with special powers in a village far from Edo has been driven out into the snowy mountains by the terrified townspeople. The girl sees a “black thread” whenever a disaster will occur, her unsettling ability predicating calamities with absolute certainty. 

Soon, the girl’s power, which previously only brought her misfortune, will become an invaluable asset to the Oniwaban and their efforts against the monsters… 

[Source: Aksys Games]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU | Amazon US

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Butterfly’s Poison; Blood Chains

✤ Dev/pub: PROTOTYPE

✤ Character design: Amano Chigiri

Tokyo, 1918. World War I is coming to an end. Yuriko Nomiya, aristocratic by birth, is suddenly struck by a series of misfortunes. Is this fate brought about by the changing times, or is someone plotting against her? The dark, bittersweet tale of Yuriko and five young men is about to unfold…

[Source: Steam]

Buy this game:

Switch – CDJapan | Amazon US

PC – Steam

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Jack Jeanne

✤ Dev/pub: Broccoli x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Ishida Sui

Kisa is about to give up her dream of becoming an actor when she is given the opportunity to enroll at the prestigious All Boys Univeil Drama School that she has always admired and dreamed of attending. She is granted admission with two rigid conditions: be chosen as the lead in the final performance and hide her identity as a girl!

[Source: Aksys Games]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU Amazon US (SE) Amazon US (LE) 

*Note: The limited editions include Bronze, Silver & Gold. See Aksys website for full details.

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Charade Maniacs

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Idea Factory Int’l

✤ Character design: Teita

A mysterious figure abducts Hiyori Sena, transporting her to a strange world with nine other abductees and welcomes them to a world called Arcadia.

Everyone must act out “dramas” for a chance to escape, all whilst avoiding the trappings of a traitor.

Conduct your own investigations to search for clues—and find romance along the way!

[Source: Idea Factory Int’l]

Buy this game:

IFI (SE) | IFI (LE)Amazon US

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Radiant Tale

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Usuba Kageroo (main), Miko (side characters)

Today’s customers at Rebel where Tifalia works, are a unique group of people who call themselves the CIRCUS. Tifalia was forced to join as an assistant and producer.

A crazy dragon that loves to tickle, a spikey clown that doesn’t make you laugh, a water creature who doesn’t want to use water magic, an acrobat who doesn’t know how to entertain, a drunkard furball, an unmotivated leader, and an amateur producer who just joined.

Will they be able to perform successfully in front of crowds?

[Source: vndb]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU | Amazon US

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Norn9: Last Era

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Teita (full figures) & Satoi (chibi)

1) Concerto –Kyousoukyoku–

Sun Concerto – a story written about you and your beloved boyfriend’s day-to-day life. Moonlight Concerto – a story about fastening the traces of the past, present and future together.

2) Fuga –Tonsoukyoku–

The meaning of that kiss and embrace on that day… This is the original story told from his perspective.

3) Fantasia –Gensoukyoku–

What if the girls’ love had never blossomed? This is a “what if?” story written about a single scene from a certain trip…

[Source: vndb]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU | Amazon US

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Taisho x Alice: HEADS & TAILS

✤ Dev/pub: Prototype

✤ Character design: Mero

TAISHO x ALICE ALL IN ONE introduced us to the topsy-turvy fairytale land of Looking-Glass World, where we encountered gender-flipped characters inspired by Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and more, and unraveled their twisted tales!

Now, the fandisk TAISHO x ALICE: HEADS & TAILS gives the fans more to love on the Nintendo Switch™! Discover previously untold tales of the Looking-Glass World!

[Source: Official e-Shop Page]

Buy this game:

CDJapan  |  Amazon JP  

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Hana Awase New Moon

✤ Dev/pub: Woga x dramatic create

✤ Character design: Yura

A maiden’s prayer shall make the flower bloom.

There is a card game called “Kasen”, which is played with cards known as “Hanafuda”. Only a handful of people, known as “Kaei”, can call on and draw the power of the “flower”. With most Kaei are men, the five students who possess the most power within the academy are referred to as the “Gokou” and are revered.

This is a story about a maiden who has dedicated herself to five male students aiming to become one of the Gokou, set in Kasen National Academy, which is a school that produces many individuals with rare talents.

[Source: vndb]

Buy this game:

Switch – CDJapan | Amazon JP

PC – Steam (not yet available)

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Even if Tempest Dawning Connections

✤ Dev/pub: Voltage

✤ Character design: Norita

“Fate’s final verdict, illuminated by love.”

At the edge of despair, the flower of hope begins to bloom…

When death stole her last breath, the girl reached for the witch’s hand.

She did it to change herself after being deceived and despised.

To get revenge on the detestable people that scorned her.

But in the end, what she wished for was neither power nor honor… but love.

[Source: Official Teaser Trailer]

Buy this game:

Nintendo e-Shop

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Virche Evermore -Error: Salvation-

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Aksys Games

✤ Character design: Yomi

In Western Europe is a small island called Arpéchéle. The people are born with a “death curse” and are doomed to die before age 23. To combat the rapidly shrinking population, a super technological advancement was created to allow them to clone someone’s memory and body in the process called “ReLife”. 

Meanwhile, there was a girl known as the “God of Death,” as everyone she comes in contact with dies faster than normal. Just as she is about to end her life in regret, a mysterious man who calls himself the “Watchman of Death” appears before her… 

[Source: Aksys Games]

Buy this game:

Aksys US | Aksys EU | Amazon US

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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

✤ Dev/pub: Idea Factory (Otomate) x Idea Factory Int’l

✤ Character design: Hidaka Nami

Catarina Claes, a noblewoman with memories of her past life, finds herself reincarnated as the Villainess in the otome game “Fortune Lover.” In a world where exile or death await her, she manages to survive until spring break. During this time, Catarina and her adopted brother Keith board the luxurious Vinculum liner, where their friends also happen to be. However, their journey takes a dangerous turn when pirates attack and hold them hostage. Catarina realises that this event mirrors a storyline from a Fortune Lover fanbook, hinting at a doomed ending. 

Will Catarina and her friends be able to return to Sorcier safely?

The curtain rises for a new twist in this doom-flag-evading romantic comedy!

[Source: Idea Factory Int’l, shortened]

Buy this game:

IFI (SE) | IFI (LE)Amazon US

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yukar from the abyss

Yukar from the Abyss

✤ Dev/pub: Loca Games

✤ Character design: Mabato Mae 

An Otome romance game where you pursue love with Japanese animal gods.

Outside of our human world, there is another, Kamuy Mosir, the home of the Gods. When the Gods descend to the human world, they transform themselves into animals and plants, sometimes bringing blessings and other times disaster. Some Gods decide to take human form and make contact with us.
 

[Source: Official e-Shop Page]

Buy this game:

eShop – US  |  UK / Europe  | AU / NZ

PC – Steam

Mobile – iOS

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