Shows Like Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs

If you liked Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs (2022), a animation and comedy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
I'm in Love with the Villainess (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
The world turns upside down when a corporate drone wakes up as Rae Taylor, the heroine in her favorite otome game, Revolution. Rae is elated at the opportunity to court Claire François, the game’s villainess and the…
2
I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
When her engagement to the prince ends unceremoniously, details of the young noblewoman Aileen's past life come rushing back and help her realize she's living inside the world of one of her favorite otome games—as the…
3
KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and comedy
Yukito, the son of a questionable cult leader, lost his life due to the cult's ridiculous training practices. Now to his surprise, he was reincarnated into another world! It was an ideal world for him without the…
4
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and comedy
Tomoya Aki is an otaku who has a dream. His dream is to create the best visual novel game ever. The main heroine for this game and the inspiration for this dream is a background character named Megumi Kato who somehow…
5
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
High school student Hiiragi Seiichi is bullied by his classmates for being a "loser." One day, his entire school is suddenly transported to a video game-like world of swords and sorcery. When he accidentally eats "the…
6
Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their…
7
The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
After dying in the act of stopping a crime in modern Japan, our hero is reincarnated as Cain von Silford, third son of a noble family in a world of swords and sorcery. In his new life, all children receive a blessing…
8
Date A Live (2013)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Thirty years ago a strange phenomenon called a "spacequake" devastated the center of Eurasia, claiming the lives of at least 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes plague the world on an irregular basis…
9
The Eminence in Shadow (2022)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and comedy
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as…
10
To Love Ru (2008)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Rito Yuuki is unlucky when it comes to love — no matter how hard he tries to confess to his crush, his efforts end in failure. After another day’s confession goes down the drain, Rito spends his night sulking in his…
11
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and sci-fi & fantasy
Sakamoto Takuma was so strong in the MMORPG Cross Reverie that his fellow players came to call him the "demon lord." One day, he gets summoned to another world in his avatar form, and meets two girls who both insist…
12
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way from Another World! (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
Hinata did it. He got reincarnated into another world, took up the mantle of Hero, and slew the dreaded Demon Lord alongside his party of fellow adventurers. As his reward, he’s returned to Earth to resume a normal…
13
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
Down-on-his-luck Koushi Nagumo wanders the streets unemployed, homeless and in search of his next meal. His fortunes improve after a chance meeting with a vivacious young woman whose proposition seemingly solves nearly…
14
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
High school student Michio Kaga was wandering aimlessly through life and the Internet, when he finds himself transported from a shady website to a fantasy world — reborn as a strong man who can use "cheat" powers. He…
15
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
When a 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a truck, his story doesn't end there. Reincarnated in a new world as an infant, Rudy will seize every opportunity to live the life he's always wanted. Armed with new…
16
When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and comedy
A group of five boys and girls suddenly acquire supernatural powers. Ready to fight in galactic battles to defend human cause… they are struck by the realization that there are no wars, no conspiracies, no evils…
17
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and comedy
Upon winning a fighting tournament and being crowned the world’s strongest warrior, Peter Grill discovers a downside to his newfound fame. Women of all species, from ogres to elves, are scrambling over each other for…
18
Girls Bravo (2004)
★ 7.7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
Small for his age, Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls all his life. Now in high school, he has developed a rare condition: whenever girls touch him, or even come close, he breaks out in hives. Imagine his…
19
Tawawa on Monday (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
The anime follows a salaryman who has a chance meeting with a girl named Ai on the train. They begin to meet every Monday on the train, with the man serving as her bodyguard on the crowded commute while they chat.
20
The Faraway Paladin (2021)
★ 7/10Also animation and sci-fi & fantasy
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he's being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified…