My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - Pirates of the Disturbance

About

You play as Catarina Claes, a noblewoman reborn as the doomed villainess of a popular otome game. With memories of her past life as an anime-loving otaku, she tries to rewrite her fate of exiles and early graves. This visual novel adventure follows her chaotic spring break aboard a luxury liner hijacked by pirates, a scenario she recognizes from a fanbook. Your choices shape alliances, romantic subplots, and survival strategies as Catarina outsmarts threats while balancing snarky dialogue and cringey charm. Gameplay mixes branching story paths with minigames and resource management during the shipboard chaos. The game stands out for its meta humor and over-the-top romantic comedy twists. With 20+ endings and over 130 hours of content reported by players, it leans into tropes while subverting expectations. Fans of Otomate’s prior work in the genre praise its vibrant art and character designs, though the story’s reliance on niche anime references might not land for all audiences. A Nintendo Switch exclusive since 2022, it’s a long, meandering ride best suited for those with patience for its blend of strategy and slice-of-life antics.

Storyline

Catarina Claes is a young woman born into a family of nobility who has a memory of her past life as a high school student. She was reincarnated as a Villainess in an otome game called Fortune Lover​. Exile or death were all that awaited her in this new world. However, she managed to evade these ends, and somehow made it through the year to spring break. As fate would have it, both Catarina and her adopted brother, Keith, were to board a state-of-the-art luxury liner called the Vinculum on its maiden voyage during their time away from the Academy. Once aboard the ship, she realized her friends were also in attendance on what was meant to be a luxurious journey at sea. The tides changed quickly when they were attacked by pirates who took over the Vinculum and held all of its passengers hostage.​ This turn of events all seemed familiar to Catarina, and she begins to recall this was the storyline to a Fortune Lover fanbook. Could this mean she’s living in a resurrection of a canned doom ending?!​ Will Catarina and her friends be able to return to Sorcier safely? The curtain rises for a new twist in this ​doom-flag-evading romantic comedy!