We’re Crystal Game Works, an indie video game development studio that specializes in queer fantasy visual novels that focus on various forms of love. Most of our projects are modern fantasy games inspired by shounen anime and manga. We’re fans of otome, boys love, and girls love games and want to bring more fantasy romance games to the market.

Although our studio was started in 2018 with the release of That Which Binds Us, our first commercial otome, various members have been making games for years.

Our current projects are Asphodelium, a melancholic boys love visual novel about killing cults, Crimson Waves on the Emerald Sea: Amaranthine Moon, a Victorian vampire otome, and Lost Lune, a queer post-apocalyptic visual novel about a hellish world set in an eternal winter. Our most recent main project was Canvas Menagerie, a wholesome boys love visual novel about a group of actors navigating their mid-20s together.

We also run various events, like the annual Otome Game Jam, Winter Visual Novel Jam, and the Steam festival Otome Games Celebration!