A bishōjo game(美少女ゲームbishōjo gēmu, literally "pretty girl game"), or gal game(ギャルゲームgyaru gēmu, often shortened to "galge"), is "a type of Japanese video game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls". These games are a sub-genre of dating sims targeted towards a male audience. Notable subgenres of bishōjo games are ren'ai games (often called "dating sims") and eroges (often called "hentai games").