BL and Gay games showcase: Consensual Sex Only Edition
Welcome to the first Boys Love and Gay games showcase!
This “showcase” is about adult BL/Gay video games that only feature wholesome, consensual sex scenes between two or more male characters. That means no dub-con, non-con, or other possibly cringe-inducing content that may ruin an otherwise sexy scene.
Onwards to sexy and safe adult games!
Coming Out On Top by Obscurasoft
Download the Demo | Official website | Steam
Probably the most famous title featured here. Coming Out On Top (or COOT for shorts) is a dating simulator that puts you in the shoes of Mark Matthews, a gay college student who one day decides to come out of the closet, make up for lost time, survive college with his two best friends and find love.
On top of featuring no less than 17 dateable characters of various personalities, background, and ethnicities, COOT’s dialogues are hilarious and you’re sure to get a few good laughs during your playthrough.
Coming Out On Top is the very first gay-themed video game to be crowdfunded, Its Kickstarter campaign, back in 2012, received overwhelming support from LGBT gamers and BL fans.
Teach Me Onegai! by Boy Laugh +
Download | Official website | Twitter
Teach Me Onegai! is the short story of how Semel Brösel, a student who just graduated, helps his former teacher and crush Luke Onegai recover from a hangover during the graduation ceremony. Confessions are made, clothes come undone and if you make the right choice, they can have some sexy times.
This game puts an emphasis on consent, and Semel makes sure Luke sobers up before even attempting his love confession.
Teach Me Onegai! was created during the Yaoi Game Jam 2017, a video game jam hosted on itch.io in which creators have two months to create from scratch, a BL or gay-themed video game.
Tomai by DarkChibiShadow and Arcade Party
Download | DCS tumblr - itch.io | Arcade Party tumblr - itch.io
Tomai is a young man from a fishing village where humans and aquatic creatures live together in harmony. In two weeks will take place the annual Night Festival, after which Tomai will have to take his father’s place as the village Chieftain. You get to choose who he will spend his time with during these two weeks: his dad, his best friend Burdoc, his other best friend Malik, or The Lady, the village second-in-command.
If you like cute monsters or are looking for something fun and fluffy, then Tomai is for you! Should you choose the 18+ version at the beginning of a new game, expect Tomai to get some sexy times with either or both of his dear friends– who can become his boyfriends depending on your choices.
Liked Tomai? Are you into tentacles? Then check out Yarrow Valley and DCS’s other games while you’re at it.
Starfighter: Eclipse, by HamletMachine & Date Nighto
Official Website | Starfighter Comic | itch.io
Another well-known title, Starfighter: Eclipse, can be considered a spin-off of the famous Starfighter series, an erotic, free-to-read gay comic by HamletMachine. You follow Helios, a new “Fighter” aboard the starship Kepler, as he meets and interacts with Starfighter’s main cast as well as his “Navigator”, Selene, and tries to prevent aliens from invading the Kepler.
SF:E goes to great lengths to depict a healthy relationship between Helios and his potential partners. While Selene is the only character Helios can truly “romance”, other bachelors are more than willing to have a twosome or threesome with him, should he gain their trust.
Purchasing the game in itch.io gives you access to the Windows or Mac version, while a purchase on Date Nighto gives you access to the web version, which you can play on your PC or smartphone. You can play SF:E in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Russian.
See No Evil by BigFingers
Download the demo | Official website | FurAffinity profile
See No Evil is a retro-looking, point and click game of the “Bara” variety. You play as Orsino, a simple countryman who wakes up naked in a strange castle full of demons. He has to explore the place and interact with the demons and Satan himself in order to find clues about how he can get back home.
Contrary to Bara comics and games’ tendencies to depict some rather violent sexual content and power dynamics, See No Evil only features sex scenes in which both Orsino and the demons are willing and eager participants. SNE has been praised for its story immersion and quality writing.
BigFingers also made a Bara-flavoured tactical RPG called Bastard Bonds.
Harry Potter and the Mysterious Thief by Rivars Studio
Official website & Download | Tumblr | Patreon
Yes, you read that right! While the Drarry (Draco Malfoy x Harry Potter) fanbase is long past its golden age, this ship is still going strong with more than 30,000 Drarry fanfics referenced on AO3 and new ones being posted every day.
Three years after the end of the Wizarding War, Harry becomes an Auror and winds up working with Draco to solve the “Mysterious Thief” case. During their investigation, he gradually grows closer to a reformed and more mature Draco. Harry Potter and the Mysterious Thief come in two parts, both of which involve some kissing and short sex scenes between, obviously, Harry and Draco.
Rivars Studio is currently working on another adult BL title: Indigo + Memory.
Tusks: the Orc Dating Sim by Mitch Alexander
Official blog | itch.io | Alexander’s website | Patreon
Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim is a game in which, as the title implies, you can choose to date a handful of friendly orcs of various body types, plus one human one selkie and a boar, in a semi-fantastic Scotland.
A great attention was given to Tusks’ worldbuilding and possible choices that affect what kind of relationship you want with your orc-ish partner; be it friendship, romance, or something else.
You can read Mitch Alexander’s Tusks info post and manifesto here.
Chess of Blades by Argent Games
Official website | Steam | Itch.io | Dev Patreon
Rivian Varrison is the introverted son of a famous nobleman who is forced to attend the King’s birthday celebration. He cannot wait for the five-day-festivities to be over, but things take a dangerous turn when a crime is committed within the King’s domain, and Rivian winds-up making his own investigation in hopes of finding the culprit and return home alive.
Chess of Blades is the closest thing to an Otome game you will find on this list. All of the paths you take involve a good amount of romantic buildup (and possibly some slow dancing) before Rivian and his love interest finally decide to isolate themselves in a room – and proceed to have some loving but kinky sex.
I am quite biased toward CoB, which in my opinion possesses all the qualities one would look for in a romance-oriented VN: good artworks, soundtracks and voice acting (because yes, CoB is fully voiced, even the sexy bits), a likeable, colorful cast and a protagonist who actually takes things into his own hands to save his ass and get things done. The different crime case and culprit for each route prevent CoB’s plot from being too repetitive, and the prose is good enough that you could read the game’s script on its own and still enjoy the story.
Now, just one -rather minor- warning: one character, in particular, may come off as pushy and a bit too touchy for Rivian’s taste at first, but said character ultimately respect his wishes and won’t force his presence on him.
Argent Games is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for their latest vampire-themed visual novel: Red Embrace: Hollywood.
Released on October 4rth: Seiyuu Danshi! by Meyaoi
The much-anticipated Seiyuu Danshi!, a dating sim about the world of voice acting was released last thursday. On top of a plethora of kinky, consensual sex scenes, SD features a foreplay mode in which you can tease and arouse your very eager boyfriend. You can follow their creator, the Indonesian developer Meyaoi, on Twitter for updates and sneak peeks. A patch that adds voice acting will be added in December.
This list is sadly quite short, but it may quickly grow in the near future with a handful of new adult games coming out before the end of 2018. If you’re looking for more safe adult games, then you may want to check these future releases:
Monstrous Lovers by Man Eater Games
A Werewolf Opportunity, Obviously (AWOO) by DCS & Arcade Party
Grand Damasu by Seram Studios
The Monster Brothel by GeekingLikeABoss
If you know about any other safe adult game or would like to add or correct something written in this post, feel free to message me so I can update it!
And more importantly, if you enjoyed any of these games, you are more than encouraged to leave a comment on their Tumblr askbox, Steam or itchio comment section. All these links below the games’ titles are here for a reason, and showing your appreciation for a developer’s work goes a long way to keep them motivated. Most of them do it as a hobby and cannot live off their works.
I hope this list is useful and you try out some of these games! Depending on the reception of this first “showcase”, I may make more in the future. Perhaps an Halloween-themed one in October.
Thanks for reading and happy playing~ :D