Thank you, it's definitely not a burden to read nice comments like yours, it's just that nowadays I have so little time for anything.
An Otome game is traditionally defined as a visual novel targeted mostly towards female readers where the main goal is to develop a romantic relationship between the main character and one other character, called a LI (love interest). Absolution has a route structure typical of an otome game and that's why I've been branding it as such online, even though at its core it's a psychological horror game.