History Main / RomanceGame

Games that don't fall into any of the above categories, or fall into all of them. Often times these games let the player choose the gender of the protagonist or their gender is left ambigious. Although not always the case, there are typically mixed-gender love interest options.[[note]] Some games in this category tend to take cues from otome games and are sometimes referred to as "amare games". This term originated from disputes within the Western ren'ai community about whether the otome genre should expand its definition to include queer romances, with "amare" being coined as a compromise between both sides of the debate. The term has since gained such widespread use that "amare" is now an official tag for visual novels on itch.io. [[/note]]

* "VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi''

''Otome'' (maiden) games cover any game aimed at a female audience that is not a BoysLove game; the majority are {{Visual Novel}}s with romantic elements. Many are made by departments or subsidiaries of bishoujo game companies; for example, ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' has an otome game spinoff, ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorialGirlsSide''.

Games aimed at a female audience that feature [[BoysLove male-male romance]]. Like otome games, most are {{Visual Novel}}s and many are made by departments or subsidiaries of bishoujo game companies; for example, ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'' was made by [=Nitro+ CHiRAL=], a subsidiary of {{Creator/Nitroplus}} .

* ''VisualNovel/TheDivineSpeaker''

* ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi''

Games which feature [[YuriGenre female-female romance]]. Unlike the other genres on this page, the term "yuri" does not imply a particular target audience; games aimed [[GirlOnGirlIsHot at a male audience]] and games aimed [[QueerMedia at a female audience]] are both included under the "yuri" label.

* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess''

Games which don't fall into any of the above categories. Some of the titles on this list include games focused on male/male pairings that are aimed at a queer male audience as opposed to the typically female audience of [=BL=], while others include games with customizable player character genders and/or mixed-gender love interest options[[note]] Games in the latter category that take genre cues from otome games are sometimes referred to as "amare games". This term originated from disputes within the Western ren'ai community about whether the otome genre should expand its definition to include queer romances, with "amare" being coined as a compromise between both sides of the debate. The term has since gained such widespread use that "amare" is now an official tag for visual novels on itch.io [[/note]].

* ''VisualNovel/ComingOutOnTop''

* ''VisualNovel/DreamDaddy''

* ''VisualNovel/BloomingPanic''

** ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII''

Games which don't fall into any of the above categories. Some of the titles on this list include games focused on male/male pairings that are aimed at a queer male audience as opposed to the typically female audience of [=BL=], while others include games with customizable player character genders and/or mixed-gender love interest options[[note]] Games in the latter category that take genre cues from otome games are sometimes referred to as "amare games". This term originated from disputes within the Western ren'ai community about whether the otome genre should expand its definition to include queer romances, with "amare" being coined as a compromise between both sides of the debate [[/note]].