Along with the localization of the game itself, its spin-off anime and movies have also seen a North American release. Hakuouki represents the biggest marketing push for an Otome game in the United States. With that being said, let’s take a look at ten of the best that the genre has to offer. Initially these titles were a rarity outside of Japan, but the advancement of independent publishing through platforms like Steam, and mobile app stores, has allowed for a substantial increase in the amount of Otome games available online. ![]() Since gaming was a male dominated activity at that time, the designers assumed female gamers wouldn’t have much experience or knowledge of advanced control schemes or difficult gameplay, so a visual novel seemed like the perfect fit. The 1994 Koei title, Angelique is a pioneer in this field, being one of the first games to be designed by women, for women. Popular consensus thinks of otome games as mostly a visual novel kind of experience. ![]() Translated from its native Japanese, ' otome games' means ' maiden games.' I know what you’re thinking, “Well why is that so special? All games are “made in” some country! (insert laughter here) In a gaming world of first person shooters, MMORPGs, MOBAs, and everything in-between, there sits the genre of Otome.
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