reveredwings replied to your post “Note: I got this question in a message and I think I should post it....”
I think it should be noted that otomes feature a primarily male cast to romance. If the female heroine is romancing a cast of other females, that's a different genre.
I didn’t realize I left that out! I have updated the post and commented about this in an update note at the bottom.
And, as odd as this is going to sound, I don’t consider a game where you can play as any gender and/or date any gender to be an otome game either. Otome is exclusively female heroine/MC and male love interests. Bishoujo game/Galge is exclusively male hero/MC and female love interests. Girl’s Love/Yuri is exclusively female heroine/MC and female love interests. Boy’s Love/Yaoi is exclusively male hero/MC and male love interests.
Any game that mixes any one of those either by letting the player choose their gender or letting the player read different pre-matched couples, I consider a LGBTQ+ romance sim.











