Latest Crunchyroll Game Vault Otome Involves Middle-Aged Men

Crunchyroll announced the latest games headed to the Game Vault for subscribers, and one of them is the D3 Publisher otome about romancing middle-aged and older men called Pub Encounter. It is the first of the five new titles for the service, and it debuts on July 9, 2025. Someone must be a Mega Fan or Ultimate Fan tier subscriber to access them. 

Pub Encounter is an otome game that first appeared on mobile devices before also showing up on the Switch and PC, and all five of the love interests in it are middle-aged or old men. The oldest of which is Toyoizumi Soichiro, who is a graying, older gentleman. The story behind it is the player ends up visiting a bar and meeting all of them. She then gets caught up in possible love affairs with each. 

The otome is the only one of the upcoming Crunchyroll Game Vault games with a release date. The others haven’t been dated yet. Here’s what’s on the way:

• Grisaia Phantom Trigger Vol. 1 (pre-registration is open)
• Metal Slug Tactics (pre-registration is open)
• Phantom Breaker: Ultimate Battle Grounds
• Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation (pre-registration is open)
• Two Strikes

Classroom of the Elite – Merge Puzzle Special Exam is also available now following an Anime Expo 2025 debut.

A number of otome titles are now part of Crunchyroll Game Vault. Destiny’s Princess ended up being the first when it debuted in March 2025. It was followed by The Amazing Shinsengumi: Heroes in Love and The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya.

Quite a few other games joined the service between April and June 2025. Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth ended up being a major one. We also saw the other Shin Chan game called Shin Chan: Shiro and the Coal Town.