A Dash of Black Girl Magic in Every Review
This year has been really good to the otome games fandom in the West! In 2023 there were 16 otome game localizations released on the Nintendo Switch! Since I started this site back in 2015 the English language otome fandom has only grown, now there is so much variety in…
Every Saturday over on my Twitch channel I play Stardew Valley—and let’s just say things get a bit chaotic. Because of that, my chat has taken to calling it Outta Pocket Valley. During last week’s stream, I finally kicked Alex to the curb to be with my first love, Shane.…
BL gamers rejoice! There is a new BL game localization headed our way in the New Year! Publisher Chiffon Games announced that they will be releasing B-cluster’s Re;quartz Raid in English and Chinese in the Spring 2024! Re;quartz Raid follows Unity, a young man trapped in a time loop, reliving…
In early November the team announced the game was officially open for pre-order. Thanks to the awesome folks at Paper Games I was able to participate in the closed beta for their upcoming sci-fi 3D mobile otome game, Love and Deepspace! The closed beta testing ran from December 15-21, 2023.…
The NU: Carnival team announced via their Twitter that they would be releasing a safe for work version of their popular R18 mobile game titled NU: Carnival Bliss. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past year and a half, NU: Carnival is a social simulation RPG that follows…
A Summer’s Tale About “Regret” and “Redemption” Shanghai Summer is an adventure game developed by FUTU Studio and published by Astrolabe Games. Set in the millennium, our protagonist, Baichuan, goes through a series of “anomalies” over the length of twelve days. In his pursuit of the truth, he found that…
A few weeks ago, HuneX dropped a teaser image for a proposed fandisc for the 2016 steampunk otome game, Steam Prison. Well, today, the official HuneX English Twitter (X) account gave us a bit more than a teaser—we have a tentative release date and a first look at Cyrus’s glow…
Otome gamers, get your wallets ready, Goodsmile just opened preorders for the Amnesia Memories Ikki Nendo! Kent’s best friend and the desire of all women, Ikki is now one step closer to being yours! For those of you not familiar with nendoroids, they are palm sized (usually) budget friendly figures.…
A modern Japanese-style fantasy story involving Yue, a young boy born and raised at a shrine, and his friendship with the “Ayakashi” spirits. Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri (Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino) is a fantasy visual novel, that was released on PC in Japan in 2011 by…
On December 6th Wholesome Games team hosted a fun-size version of their Wholesome Direct, Wholesome Snack: The Game Awards Edition 2023. The showcase featured premiers, demos, and game announcements for a whole host of cozy games! As one of the official co-streamers for the event I reacted live to all the announcements over on…
Otome gamers, get your wallets ready, Goodsmile just opened preorders for the Amnesia Memories Toma Nendo! The rest are coming soon, but Amnesia’s Cage-kun is now within reach! For those of you not familiar with nendoroids, they are palm sized (usually) budget friendly figures. “The Nendoroid series features cute, chibi-style…
The Voltage Inc. detective otome game, Metro PD: Close to You is now available on the Nintendo Switch and on PC, via Steam! Metro PD: Close to You is an action-packed romance starring a young detective who, through solving dangerous cases alongside her new boss, falls in love. First arriving…
Exciting news otome gamers!! During their just chatting stream today, Idea Factory International announced that the long-awaited fan disc in the Cupid Parasite universe, Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling , will launch physically and digitally on Nintendo Switch™ in 2024. The highly anticipated follow-up to the divine romantic comedy…
My Next Life As A Villainess All Roads Lead to Doom – Pirates of the Disturbance – or Hamefura Pirates (because that name is a mouthful) has finally made its way to the West! Based on the popular light novel, manga, and anime series, My Next Life as a Villainess: All…
Groundhog Day meets Doki Doki Literature Club in the Replay Boys, a visual novel from indie studio, Split Narrative where you have to wrangle the members of an up and coming boy band. I went in expecting to navigate boy band blow outs over music and crazed fangirls vying for…
The PS Vita reigned supreme as the go to otome console, but after years on top, Sony finally pulled the plug on the much beloved handheld. Sure, the Nintendo Switch has picked up the slack, supplying us with a flood of new otome games. Publishers like Aksys Games and Idea…
An Otome romance game where you pursue love with Japanese animal gods. Exciting news from the indie games space, Loca Games announced a month ago that their fantasy otome, Yukar of the Abyss would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. Early this morning the team announced that Yukar of the…
Can Hell Guardian Rin and her team of reformed sinners fulfill their dangerous mission in the Human Realm? Otome gamers we have an exciting announcement from Aksys Games about Tengoku Struggle -Strayside-, the highly anticipated comedic fantasy otome adventure from the team that created Olympia Soirée. Slated for launch in April…
Indie studio Nochi Studios launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for a planned PC update for Sifting Thyme. Originally released in 2020 for mobile, Sifting Thyme was the studio’s first release–check out the full review for more details. Take on the role of the newest transfer student at…
Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the danmei/Boys’ Love novel series Run Wild: Sa Ye by Wu Zhe. In this novel series originally released in Chinese—and which inspired a number of multimedia adaptations—two disaffected young men stuck in a run-down city discover that everything changes once they…
Growth is a normal part of life. I am not the same person I was a year ago, a week ago, or even yesterday. Everybody goes through changes and so too do our our tastes. Some things remain constant over the years, while others don’t. What I liked yesterday, I…
Just in time for the holidays, the long-awaited predecessor to Gahkthun of the Golden Lighting—Sona-nyl of the Violet Shadows—will be seeing its release at last! The all-ages adaptation, Sona-nyl of the Violet Shadows Refrain will be available on Steam and the original adult version with all the bonus Refrain content will be available on MangaGamer. Both will be released…
Virche Evermore: Error Salvation is a dark fantasy otome game developed by Otomate and published in English by Aksys Games for the Nintendo Switch. Dive into the depths of despair and embrace the pain in this dark and angsty story about a young woman’s fight against her own tragic fate!…
