---
title: "Coming Out On Top"
description: "\"Coming Out On Top\" is a video game where you play a college guy who finally comes out to his best friends.  The night of your announcement, you meet a mysterio"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/91/76591.jpg"
---

# Coming Out On Top

![Coming Out On Top](https://t.vndb.org/cv/91/76591.jpg)

**Developer:** Obscurasoft

**Release date:** Dec 10, 2014

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, French, Russian

**Rating:** 7.0/10 (172 votes)

## Description
"Coming Out On Top" is a video game where you play a college guy who finally comes out to his best friends.  The night of your announcement, you meet a mysterious stranger who wants your number.  Of course, things aren't so simple, and it's just a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.

The story is a comedy with a touch of romance, lots of drama, and laced with erotic situations.

[From [Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obscurasoft/coming-out-on-top-a-gay-dating-sim-video-game)]

## Characters
### Mark Matthews
A college senior who's just come out to his friends.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Tutor, Betrothed, Roommate, University Student, Nameable, Homosexual, Pet Owner, Part-time Worker
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Engages in:** Netori (steals the SO), Wedding, Coming Out, Graduation, Open Relationship, Breaking the Fourth Wall
- **Body:** Tanned, Circumcised
- **Hair:** Pubic Hair, Armpit Hair, Chest Hair, Leg Hair, Arm Hair, Short, Beard, Brown
- **Subject of:** Completely Avoidable Death, Joke Ending Death, Homicide
- **Clothes:** Graduate Cap

### Alex Davies
Mark's anatomy professor.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Short, Beard, Pubic Hair, Chest Hair, Leg Hair
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Latex Gloves
- **Subject of:** Blackmail, Frameup
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Teacher, Homosexual, Pet Owner, University Teacher
- **Engages in:** Sports, Working Out

### Amos
- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Hair:** Chest Hair, Short, Beard, Brown
- **Personality:** Romantic
- **Role:** Writer, Pet Owner
- **Engages in:** Wrestling

### Brad Melnick
A football player whom Mark can get a job tutoring.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red, Short, Beard, Stubble
- **Body:** Muscular, Large Penis
- **Personality:** Lazy, Idiot, Pretending, Jock
- **Engages in:** Drinking, Teasing, Coming Out, American Football, Working Out, Turndown
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Homosexual, Younger Brother, Bad Student, Sex Friend

### Ian Manachevitz
Mark's close friend and roommate.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Ex-boyfriend, Roommate, Friend, Not a Virgin, Bisexual
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** T-shirt, Graduate Cap
- **Engages in:** Graduation, Wedding
- **Hair:** Pubic Hair, Armpit Hair, Chest Hair, Leg Hair, Short, Beard, Brown
- **Personality:** Funny
- **Body:** Tanned

### Jed Zhou
Mark's upstairs neighbor. Lead singer of the punk bank Dirty Loofahs.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Shoulder-length, Beard, Pubic Hair
- **Body:** Tattoo, Facial Piercing
- **Clothes:** Earrings, Baseball Cap, Naked, Suspenders
- **Role:** Pianist, Singer, Taiwanese
- **Personality:** Whimsical

### Penny
Mark's friend and roommate, a burgeoning app developer.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Violet, Shoulder-length
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Role:** Roommate, Friend, University Student, App Developer
- **Engages in:** Investigation, Not Sexually Involved, Graduation
- **Clothes:** Hairpin, Graduate Cap

### Philbert Healy
Penny's cousin. Just got out of boot camp for the Marines.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Phil
- **Hair:** Bald, Beard, Pubic Hair, Chest Hair
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Muscular, Dark, Circumcised
- **Clothes:** T-shirt
- **Role:** Cousin, Soldier, Homosexual
- **Personality:** Smart
- **Engages in:** Swimming

### Beau Melnick
Brad's protective older brother.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red, Short, Beard, Chest Hair
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Personality:** Protective
- **Role:** Older Brother

### Cesar
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Muscular, Olive
- **Clothes:** Police Officer Uniform, Latex Gloves
- **Hair:** Chest Hair, Short, Moustache, Black, Stubble
- **Personality:** Pretending, Short-tempered, Strange, Serious
- **Engages in:** Frameup
- **Role:** Police
- **Eyes:** Brown

### D'Artagnan
The bassist in Jed's band.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Stubble
- **Clothes:** Hat
- **Role:** Bassist
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Edwina
A graduate student.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Red
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Role:** University Student
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved
- **Personality:** Mysterious

### Frank
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Frankie
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Role:** Stripper
- **Personality:** Pretending, Arrogant
- **Hair:** Short, Beard, Brown
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Cravat

### Graham Coxburn
A biochemistry professor.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Balding
- **Engages in:** Planning, Not Sexually Involved
- **Role:** Scientist, University Teacher
- **Clothes:** Headphones

### Jade
Guitarist in Jed's band.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Red, Multicolored
- **Body:** Pale, Tattoo
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Role:** Guitarist
- **Clothes:** Tank Top, Studs
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Jake
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Overweight
- **Hair:** Pubic Hair, Short, Beard, Brown, Pink
- **Role:** Not a Virgin

### Knutson
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Short
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Luke
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Role:** Sex Friend, Roommate, School Sports Club Member, Irish
- **Engages in:** American Football
- **Hair:** Chest Hair, Short, Brown
- **Personality:** Ignorant, Cinephile, Foreign Accent, Donkan
- **Eyes:** Hosome

### Oz
Pete's boyfriend.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Dark
- **Hair:** Crew Cut, Pubic Hair, Chest Hair, Leg Hair, Arm Hair, Beard, Brown
- **Personality:** Shy
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Guitarist, Homosexual
- **Subject of:** Netorase (they are the shared SO)
- **Eyes:** Brown

### Pete
Oz's boyfriend.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Clothes:** Transparent, Necklace
- **Body:** Dark, Tattoo, Visible Nipples
- **Hair:** Pubic Hair, Chest Hair, Undercut, Leg Hair, Brown, Dreadlocks
- **Engages in:** Netorase (their SO is shared), Recreational Drug Use
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Comic Artist, Homosexual
- **Eyes:** Brown

### Roman
One of Brad's housemates.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Clothes:** Earrings
- **Role:** Roommate, Boyfriend, Friend, Hispanic
- **Engages in:** Teasing
- **Personality:** Short-tempered, Rude

### Slurpy
Mark's goldfish.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Black
- **Role:** Pet, Fish, Nameable
- **Engages in:** Planning

### Sylvia
Jed's sister.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Undercut
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Earrings, T-shirt
- **Personality:** Serious
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Terry Lovelock
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Terrance
- **Role:** Singer, Idol
- **Clothes:** Earrings, Hoodie, Headphones
- **Hair:** Short, Blond
- **Body:** Slim

### Tommy
- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Body:** Young-adult, Muscular, Large Penis
- **Hair:** Chest Hair, Short, Beard, Brown
- **Role:** Lawyer
- **Subject of:** Kidnapping

### Vince
Drummer in Jed's band.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Red, Spiky
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Body:** Tattoo, Facial Piercing
- **Clothes:** Earrings
- **Role:** Drummer
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Violet Walker
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail
- **Body:** Dark
- **Personality:** Rude
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Zelinski
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Zoe
Ian's on-again, off-again girlfriend.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Short
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Jeans, Tank Top, Latex, Thong Panties
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Not a Virgin, Ex-girlfriend, Sexual Dominant
- **Subject of:** Infidelity

### Chandra
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Shoulder-length, Green
- **Clothes:** Glasses, T-shirt
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Darryl John Michael Wayne
- **Gender:** Male
- **Eyes:** Hidden
- **Clothes:** Hat
- **Engages in:** Driving, Kidnapping, Not Sexually Involved, Avoidable Murder
- **Role:** Criminal, Chauffeur
- **Subject of:** Confinement
- **Hair:** Stubble

### Donald Healy
Phil's father, a state senator.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Dark
- **Clothes:** Suit
- **Role:** Father, Politician
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Dulcinea
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Dulcie
- **Subject of:** Disability
- **Role:** Dog, Pet
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Holly
- **Gender:** Female
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Hair:** Blond

### Molly
- **Gender:** Female
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Hair:** Brown

### Mr. Walker
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Beard, Grey
- **Role:** Husband, Father
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Mrs. Walker
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length
- **Body:** Dark
- **Clothes:** Earrings
- **Role:** Wife, Mother
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

### Patrick
Senator Healy's assistant.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Clothes:** Suit
- **Hair:** Grey
- **Engages in:** Not Sexually Involved

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/642090/)
- [Itch](https://obscura.itch.io/coming-out-on-top)

## Releases
### English
- **2012-11-26**: Coming Out On Top Demo - [Official website](http://obscurasoft.com/demo-18-only/)
- **2014-04-26**: Coming Out On Top Demo 2014 - [Official website](http://obscurasoft.com/demo-18-only/)
- **2014-12-10**: Coming Out On Top - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2015-04-15**: Coming Out On Top - Censored Version - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2016-12-23**: Coming Out On Top v1.5 - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2016-12-23**: Coming Out On Top v1.5 - Censored Version - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2017-10-13**: Coming Out On Top v1.7.1 - Censored Version - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2017-10-13**: Coming Out On Top - Decensoring Patch - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/sexynon-sexy-illustration-pack/)
- **2017-10-14**: Coming Out On Top v1.7.1 - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/)
- **2019-01-31**: Coming Out On Top v1.7.4 - [Official website](https://obscurasoft.com/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/642090/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/642090/info/), [Itch.io](https://obscura.itch.io/coming-out-on-top)

### French
- **2020-06-23**: Coming Out on Top - [Official website](https://steamcommunity.com/app/642090/discussions/0/2520275467413747591/)

### Russian
- **2021-04-23**: Coming Out On Top - [Official website](https://anivisual.net/stuff/2-1-0-3419)

## Tags
Sexual Content, ADV, Dating Simulation, University, Male on Male Sex, Romance, Boy x Boy Romance, Comedy, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Slice of Life Comedy, Modern Day, Early Branching Plot, Nameable Protagonist, Sexual Slavery, Bondage, Homosexual Support Character, Dogs, Prostitution, Floating Textbox, Unlockable Routes, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Protagonist with Sexual Experience, Bad Ending(s), Protagonist with a Face, Condoms, Sex in Public Places, Side Portraits, Anal Penetration, Lots of Event CGs, Bad Endings with Story, Game Over, Sixty-nine, Blowjob, More Than Seven Heroes, Adult Hero, Short Sexual Scenes, Musician Hero, Lots of Choices, Singer Hero, Teacher Hero, Bukkake, Anilingus, Masturbation, Athlete Hero, Bara, High Amount of Bad Endings, University Student Protagonist, Dark Skinned Hero, More Than Seven Endings, Sexual Innuendo, Quiz Game, Sex in a Vehicle, Doggy Style, Group Sex of Several Males, Body Piercing, Joke Endings, Outdoor Sex, Comedic Sex Scenes, Naked Sprites, Petplay, Sexual Roleplay, Homosexual Protagonist, Fingering, Student-Teacher Romance, Threesome Ending, Interracial/interspecies Romance, University Student Hero, Fish, Sex in Water, Frot, Sexual Slavery (Consensual), Hero with Sexual Experience, Spoons, Second-person Narrative, Beach, Consumption of Pornography, Bathroom Sex, Poetry, Close-up CGs, Reversible Yaoi Pairing, Mutual Masturbation, Police Officer Hero, Female Friend, Autofellatio, Friendship Ending, LGBTQ Issues, Kissing Scene, Body Hair Option, Facial Hair Option, Text Parser, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Marriage Ending, Achievements, Lots of Character Sprites, Homosexual Hero, Facesitting, Strip Game, Sexual Blindfold, Sexual Fantasizing, Unlockable Event, Nameable Pet(s), Handcuffed Sex, Anal Fingering, Only Adult Heroes, Interracial Sex, Double Penetration (Group Sex), Hero with Facial Hair, Muscular Hero, Programmer Heroine, Muscular Protagonist, Seke Protagonist, Protagonist with Facial Hair, Male on Male Sex Only, Homosexual Male Protagonist, Hero with Chest Hair, University Teacher Hero, Big Ass Hero

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