How much time do you spend on a single otome game?

[Cove]

It takes me about 2 months or 4 years to finish a game or just never finishing a game at all. I am terrible when it comes to completing my games, which is why I have so many backlogs!

 

[Eir]

When I'm really into a game I can easily go 5+ hours in one sitting, but lately with studies and everything I'm lucky if I get a few hours a week... or any at all some weeks/months

 

[Altorese]

i also used to play a couple of hours daily. it usually takes a week or so to finish a game. It's hard for me to play daily now though, and i mostly read on weekends. I have a lot of games in my backlog…

 

[myfrral]

I work on a computer from home, so I have enough time to play games. It usually takes three to four days to play a game. If you don't have time, you can come home at night and play for a while. If you want to play for a long time, it's better to wait for the vacation to play. It's more enjoyable

 

[kjdsh]

If I really like the game it takes me like a week, but I'm so bad at fully completing games, that it would take months to finish a single one. There's so many games I want to play but I never have time..

 

[superfriedchicken]

Depends on how long the game is and how motivated I am. I can go from finishing within the day to a full week. Usually, if the game has more than 3 LIs, it can take me a week to finish it.

 

[O cha]

Since I work full-time, I barely get to play on weekdays.. After work and chores, I'm just completely drained. But on weekends? I'll easily play for 4+ hours, sometimes I literally spend the whole day just gaming lol."

 

[AmnesiaArya]

If I'm going to play, I usually prefer to complete all the routes (all the LIs). Since I work during the day on weekdays, it basically takes me about two weeks to finish a game. That said, if I'm not really feeling the game, I might just drop it after a day or two.

 

[jokerblackjack]

Honestly, it kind of gives me a headache sometimes
There are just so many games I like and want to play.

Most of the time, when I'm free, I switch between 1–3 games that I'm really interested in and play each one for about an hour
To be honest, I wish I could play all of them at the same time… but that's probably impossible, huh? (⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠)

 

[enren]

I've noticed I spend around 100+ hours on each otome I play.
Even when they are said to be just 30-40 hours long on vndb.
I try to see everything the game has to offer: every choice, every ending. If it's a game I really like I even can't sleep to play more. But still it takes me at least a month or maybe even two to clear just 1 game.

 

[lylophy]

On average, I play 1-2 games a month. But sometimes I don't touch otoge for months, sometimes I play for 3-4 hours in the evening and all weekend
A game usually takes 20-40 hours, but there are some favorites that I often reread that can take 50-100 hours (and some long games like norn9 fd or hakuouki can even be 60+ hours)

 

[Marrychan]

Normally, if I play every day, I finish a game in about a week. If nothing comes up in the meantime, like a short game or one I just want to relax with, I try not to spend too much time playing a single game. Because I have a long list of games I still want to finish, I try to make the most of my time.

 

[usagii]

i usually spend about a week on a game. takes me about a day to do each LI but thats if i have the whole day to spend on it. i kinda procrastinate things that i should get done in order to play more or i stay up at night playing.

 

[kamilya5]

maybe 1–3 hrs a day...

 

[Lilia16]

About 1 hour a day

 

[Arisara]

I play 2h every day. But on weekends I play for much longer especially if I really like the game.But sometimes it's hard to find time for otome games coz i play also suvival horror games. Idk when i will finish all of it.

 

[LapisWhale]

I just play whenever I feel like it =)))

When you're totally focused on the game, you may not realize how fast time passes, so I try to finish all my work first. That way, I can just focus on finishing one game in a week xDddd, though if the game is too boring, I'll just drop it and move on.

I like to min max my time by reading a guide along the way. Another thing is my reading speed since I read pretty fast, if the game plot is simple and there is no voice acting, I can finish it even faster =)))))

 

[Watera]

I don't finish all routes , because i got burn out so like 50+h

 

[tete]

I read pretty slowly and I read a lot of things at once so I'd say months.

 

[ringring677]

For short itch io visual novels really short time span, like 1-2 hours max.. But for like really long games, they get over 10 hours easily.

 

[Sacchie]

depends on the game and my random ass schedule haha
if the story really is immersing for me, I think I can finish it in a week.
If it feels somewhat draggy, it would take me months haha, I usually played a couple otoge at the same time, so I would jump to another otoge while playing a certain otoge if I feel like it's draggy or in need of a different kind of story immersion (/▽＼)

 

[Xykoss]

For English otome it 7 days when playing Japanese language 7,9,14 days for how many hours I play it 24 hours

 

[yaoidemon]

Tbh? Months. For a variety of reasons: VNs aren't my main hobby (although I like them very much), I read in Japanese, I have a full time job and a house to look after. If a VN really interests me I can complete a route in a short period of time, but it still usually takes me way more to complete the VN itself (or most of it, since having little time sometimes means I'll leave a VN uncompleted if I think the remaining routes are boring or not my taste).

 

[amonholic]

Usually, a couple of weeks. It really depends, though; if I really like the game, I'd probably finish it in a couple of days.

 

[NaoTsubasa]

i am a slow reader...so, usually around 40-60 hours...