OP of #15,910; @/ichbinmeltdown, we gotta figure out how to trade bubbles of the internet, stat-- I frequently want to play submissive/passive characters, and it's very rare for me to find them orz. Anyways, I can't really sort through all of my games (it would take a While), but lately I've been playing a huge amount of twine and, um...geez, I dunno what the system's called, but one of the recent games I've played in that system is called Devil On Your Shoulder; it shhhouldn't be too hard to find others in a similar vein, I hope. YMMV on if seriously text-based games like that are gonna be fun to play or not, but it's what I've been doing, and "having no flirting options besides VERY DIRECTLY" has been a recurring experience for me.
Another game with direct flirting but is much prettier and a little less text-based is I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, which I do recommend in general, it's a fun game.
Meanwhile, the only game I've seen do passivity...at all really is Arcadia Fallen. (Though, for me, it commits the cardinal sin of making you lock in who you like potentially kinda early on and then taking away any option to flirt with anyone else.) Ah, and in regards to otome games, (referencing another comment)...I'm really bad at finding them. qvq It seems the ones I tend to find are ones that want you to lock in to your guy right away.
Though I don't really mind if the other characters are flirty towards me, (very rarely does that get under my skin), it's when a game gives me no option to flirt but to go up to the character and loudly declare how hot they are or otherwise be very blunt and blatant about their feelings.
(…Also I'm really happy to see I'm not the only one with issues with this style of writing/it's not specific to me being aroace. me 🤝 you guys
Genuinely, I'd be happier if everyone could find a decent amount of their flavor of video game without having to dig for it…)
