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Universally Loved (Meant Games)
"Convince beings beyond your understanding to love, respect and understand you... Rather than mock, maim, and kill you." - Author's description Download on itch.io (Windows) Video
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Millennial Swipe Sim 2015 (Will Herring)
"Welcome to the thrilling world of app-based dating." - Author's description Play on itch.io (Browser)
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Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim (Mitch Alexander)
"Tusks: The Orc Dating Sim focuses on a newly-formed family of gay orcs who are travelling from the annual orcish assembly to the Highlands of a semi-mythical Scotland!" - Author's description Download Day 1 preview on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
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Just Be Yourself (William Dyce)
"A simulation which accurately models the experience of dating." - Author's description Play/Download on itch.io (Browser, Windows, Linux, Android)
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Gat Life: Boyfriend Bar (Empty Fortress)
"The first gay dating sim made to game industry standards. Includes none of the scary body parts usually involved in gay romance, the only naughty bits on display are all ESRB-approved and gamer-friendly." - Author's description Author's note: "Quite possibly NSFW." Download
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Benthic Love (Michael Joffe)
"Explore the bottom of the sea in search of a mate." - Author's description Download on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux) Support Mike Joffe on Patreon [Via Video Games of the Oppressed]
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Kitty Powers' Matchmaker (Magic Notion)
"Run your own Matchmaking Agency with 'help' from drag queen diva Kitty Powers!" - Author's description Purchase for $2.99 on the App Store (iOS) Purchase for $2.99 on Google Play (Android)
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Kindness Coins (Arden)
"I decided to make a very short visual novel where you play as the character a dating sim protagonist is trying to win over. It was my first game and I'm still very proud of it, for as silly as it is." - Author's
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Fuck Everything (Lena NW)
"Fuck Everything is a dating-simulation game that concentrates the hyper-sexuality, perversity, masculinity and obscenity of present day cyber and rape culture into one fantasy world." - Author's description Play here (Browser) [Via Molleindustria]
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Tony Hawk's Pro Dater (Alec Thomson)
"A twine game about being ineffectual at relationships and having the wrong skills for the right job." - Author's description Play here (Browser)
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LongStory (Bloom Digital Media)
"LongStory is a game about surviving your teen years. When the previous owner of Locker 1224 mysteriously disappeared, you were left holding the only clues. As a new student to the truly bizarre Weasel Heights, you must navigate the school’s social landscape through your decisions and conversations. Make