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Yarimono

2024

Should you play it?

The protagonist's life takes a turn after their partner Yarimon learns the ultra-invincible move, the "Cheat Tackle". While challenging various trainers to participate in the Yarimon tournament, the protagonist unexpectedly discovers the secrets of this world.

What works

  • Engaging story with emotional depth
  • Fun and strategic monster-catching gameplay
  • Large variety of yarimon and adult scenes
  • Quality of life improvements over traditional pokemon clones
  • Animated and well-done adult content

Things to keep in mind

  • Adult content requires separate patch from external website
  • Main character design disliked by some players
  • Game can freeze or have bugs on some platforms
  • Limited team size and shallow movepool reduce gameplay depth
  • Some players find adult content repetitive or off-putting

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Grimm's Hollow

  • Magical Girl Celesphonia

  • Ambrosia

  • Re:BF

  • Shera and the Three Treasures

  • Tear and the Library of Labyrinths

Less intimate

Games that feels like Yarimono but with less focus on close relationships

  • Touhou Blooming Chaos 2

  • Poker Quest: Swords and Spades

  • Dragon Spirits

  • 绯红编年史 ~ Chronicle of Scarlet ~

  • Dungeons of Aether

  • The Braves

Less competitive

Games that feels like Yarimono but with less competition against others

  • Nightmare Knight ~Sacred Maiden & Fallen Magic~

  • Milky Quest II

  • Fallen Priestess: My Sister's Demonic Bloodline

  • Princesses Never Lose!

  • Tina: Swordswoman of the Scarlet Prison

  • Ark of Artemis

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Yarimono but with more leadership over others

  • Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER -

  • HorrorVale

  • Dark Deity 2

  • 8-Bit Adventures 2

  • Magical Girl Konoha

  • Sakura Gozen

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Yarimono: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Status, Competition.

Last update: 03/08/2026