Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights is a solid otome game with flaws that keep it from shining as bright as ...

The Voltage and AmuLit otome games turned out to be really something so far. Each one of them feels like it prioritizes a ...

I mean, it depends on the genre. If someone wants a more traditional otome game, the visual novel Cafe Enchante Jenni is Editor-in-Chief at Siliconera and has been playing games since getting access ...

Charlie is a gaming writer and journalist who has been covering the video game industry for over a decade. He is also a regular contributor to various gaming magazines and websites, such as Game ...

One of the easiest ways to tell which series has broken through at a convention is by looking at the cosplays. At Anime NYC 2025, Love and Deepspace, developed and published by Papergames, was ...

Levana Jane is a writer and artist based in sunny South Africa who discovered a passion for writing whilst studying Fine Art. Her interest in Anime began much earlier, as her young mind was blown ...

LicoBiTs’ second all-new otome visual novel. “UN:LOGICAL” is a virtual reality game that can only be played by invitation. In this virtual world—where touch, taste, and pain feel real—adorable ...

This is the second of a three-part series on the changing norms of love and relationships in China. The rest of the series can be found here. While Black Myth: Wukong has dominated discussions of ...

A few months ago, I was interviewed by Ada Tseng for USC’s Asian Pacific Arts Bullet Train podcast. She introduced me to a topic which I’d never heard of before: otome, or romance simulation games.