I'm new to this subreddit, but I definitely want to meet fellow redditors who are into otome games as none of my friends currently are into this subgenre of visual novels. This is thread for self-introductions and favourite/recommended otome games.

Japanese Proficiency: Basic to Almost-Intermediate. I pretty much cheat for most of the games (except the first one I played) by visiting sites that review the routes and then play through the game with a clearer understanding.

The one that really got me into Otome Games was: Otomeki Kakumei Love Revo. The purpose of the game was to lose weight to stay health/get a guy, but the stories and characters/love interests were what got me hooked. Would totally recommend that everyone who can tolerate the premise try it out on the PC or PS2. DS version isn't worth it because it's not voiced. Hirarin moe~

Other ones that I've played:

• Heart/Clover no Kuni no Alice. Favourite character are Ace/Gowland (heh)/Boris/Julius
• Confidential Money - How to earn $300M in 30 days
• Tiny x Machinegun the game
• Black Wolves Saga - Bloody Nightmare
• TGMS - Girl's Side 1st/2nd/3rd Story - Good if you're into cute boys and high school settings with fluff, which is likely an overwhelming majority of people. And the blushing in the 2nd and 3rd! I played for the blushing and seiyuu.
• Arabians Lost - The Engagement on Desert: Good, but a long grind for results, but hey, this is Quinrose.
• Gekkan Ryouran Romance - It's like Ouran Host Club without the innocent veneer. Don't expect a Haruhi-like character, but I did like Wabisuke's route endings (did all of 'em).

Games where there is bishie skinship (if you're into that sort of thing >_> ahem):

• Drastic Killer - You kind of need to play this yourself to witness the awesome WTF-ness of this game. Hats off to the seiyuu. My mom walked in on me playing and heard the sound...probably thought it was a hentai game- LOL. So play it with headphones...and late at night...and it will look suspicious to other people (they don't understand, you're doing this to save the world!).
• Duel Love - Have not played but have heard hysterical things about this game.

R-18 ones (because LOL at the sound effects - only play if you're over 18 of course):

• Person-A: Based on the Phantom of the Opera, except everyone is young and good-looking.
• Chou no Doku Hana No Kusari: Chiba's PG-rated Bad End is the winz, other ones suck.
• Tsuki no Hikari Taiyou no Kage the Fandisc
• Sumire no Tsubomi Fandisc - Wouldn't recommend playing the fandisc.
• Infinite Loop - Red and Blue - Play for femdom?? Not much to the plot.

I've tried a tone of freeware but none of them have really made it onto here because most of them were not voiced. I've also watched LPs of ones that I don't want to spend my time playing (but I spend nearly the same amount of time watching someone else do it...nah, don't overthink this).

English Otome Games:

• A Troll's Fairy Tale - Totally recommend, I loved all of the characters in this, and that's pretty impressive for any game. Wholeheartedly agreed with the results of the character poll.
• Halloween Otome - This one is cute, and there's another thread on it - go check it out!
• Re: Alistair - My first otome game in English, great art and storyline.
• Second Reproduction - Play this right now. The plot is incredibly good in terms of what I've seen, and there is a patch.
• Princess Nightmare - There's a patch for this one. And I liked some of the routes.
• Sweet Fuse - Okay, but I recommend only playing your favourite routes unless you want to unlock the secret character, which is meh in my opinion.\
• Hakuouki - Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - This one didn't really click with me, despite having a tragic plot. Some might like it. Yamazaki's character design was among my favourites.

Mobile Games - Play if you're the type who doesn't obsessively check the phone every five minutes hoping for a recovery in "Energy levels" or "Tickets" (who am I kidding):

• ENG) Starstruck Love - Frustrating, wouldn't recommend, but the yandere...I played for the yandere.
• ENG) Arabian Nights Love Story - Only played Alibaba's route, worth a one time play.
• ENG) Shall we date? Mononoke Kiss Plus - Only played the tengu's route, but totally worth a one-time play.
• JPN) Seifuku no Oujisama - Into old guys? How about old guys in uniforms? Now how about the choice to go on a "seme" or "uke" route? You know you want to play.

Favourite seiyuus: Hirakawa Daisuke, Tomokazu Sugita, Satoshi Hino, Akira Ishida, Midorikawa Hikaru, etc.

Favorite types (might as well): The cheerful/athletic guy who turns yandere, the bookworm who is a secret rockstar, the awkward kid, the guy who-blushes-a-lot who is actually a demon.

Introduce yourselves or your favourites, just want to meet redditors that I can fansquee over otome game characters with!

Edit: Thanks for the responses! You guys are terrific :D!