15 [Similar Anime] Like Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend

Girls Beyond the Wasteland (Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu) and Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (Saenai Heorine no Sodatekata) are very similar anime, sharing the goal of completing a game, while recruiting members and forming relationships.

Both these anime seem to be based around a boy who has a dream for doing something more in his life. This main also meets certain characters who have similar aspirations and even though Eriri has a more Tsundere character compared to Mashiro who has a more conserved look at her manga drawing, both this character share similar aspirations. The story is quite similar in the sense it is about the characters developing their ideas and such but there is certainly a bit more drama in Sakurasou. But even so both these series are worth checking out if you have seen one of them.

While both have different plots, the MC's personality are exactly the same. Saekano is about a student who wants to create a dating sim while Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai prefers a student who wants to get rid of spirits possessing students by making them fall in love and kiss them at the end to get rid of the spirit. (same way Date A Live works)

In the two series the protagonist have the same goal, and they are surrounded by stupid girls as in a harem. Same setting and atmosphere!

Both are comedy, harem, slice of life anime that present the events from the perspective of regular otaku doing otaku things.
In each of them there is that one character that after being compelled by the other otaku characters they become fans. There is also the blonde tsundere that writes novels/doujinshi and tries to hide the fact that she is an otaku, the rival writer, the idol and the blogger.
In both the characters try their hardest to enter the industry. In Saekano the story is based about them creating a VN. In OreImo this is not a main theme but they also face challenges in this domain.

If you add up a love hating, otaku, unpopular male protagonist, a cold, intelligent, sharp tongued female protagonist, with some equally interesting female protagonists? What do you get? You get two of the best romcom animes in history.

Inou-Battle and Saekano have very similar character set ups. Both center around 1 male lead with four female leads (i.e. a harem). Furthermore, in both anime, there are a series of episodes that are centered around just one of the female leads. These episodes usually further clarify the relationship among the female lead and the other main characters. The two anime also share a similar premise - that is, a high school setting. Both also touch upon a romantic theme and are humorous in their own unique way.

both have manga/doujinshi/ero game theme.while mangaka san focuses on comedy and echhi. saekano focuses a bit more on charachter development and little drama.that being said the comedy in saekano is pretty nice too.i personally hate "sticky ,cliche"drama however in saekano the drama is interesting ,smooth and not not too long.
the main point which appealed to me of both is that the harem elements are showed very well in both.

Both Protags are Hardcore Otaku's with Creativity Oozing out of there bodies. they both feature Aspects of meta-Humor great openings and Endings as well both take place in what is similar to an after school club.

Anime where a gentle, proactive protagonist is surrounded by a couple or more beautiful girls. Actually, the similarity goes quite beyond that. Both White Album 2 and Saekano are written by the same person, Maruto. In Saekano, there are numerous references, both in dialogue and in how the plot progresses, to White Album 2. The references may be even more profound if you have played WA2 visual novel.

Both anime are about a group of high school students trying to make a doujin game
Both have a nice Sol setting going on
Both has moe characters

Bakuman, this is very first and only anime that came to my mind after completing watching Saenai~. Both have "slightly" different genres associated with, however each is about creating one particular thing(of many) that connects otaku's or casual people. Each of us in order to achieve dream(s) needs a lot of improvement. So do MCs in these series. Saenai~ & Bakuman reflect that part of industry that is unknown to - I dare to say - all of us(ok most) who watches / reads any form of animation. Whilst Saenai~ seems less realistic and shows one of the most important things creator(s) face(s) during their work in funny with less drama and serious elements, then Bakuman gives you a closer/deeper look into this. Stories that come along with main plot(this "thing" development) in both animes, don't slow down the pace.

Comedy, harem romance and slightly ecchi series that feature a oblivious yet caring male protagonist, surrounded by various beautiful girls who try to get involved romantically with him. Both series are cliched and full of tropes, yet they are somewhat aware of their own cliched nature and makes fun of it to create great comedy. A source of shipping wars in both series.

Bith shows are about making games.

Sarcastic humor, harem, male protagonist not interested in girls (or pretend to not be). Both of these are giving you a perspective on a specific culture; in Saekano the otaku culture and in Shomin sample the commoners culture. Both shows share same kind of athmosphere.