dating sim
Virtual love game
A dating sim is a video game centered on developing romantic relationships with characters, typically through conversation choices and gift-giving.
The player navigates branching storylines to win the affection of potential partners: I spent all weekend playing a dating sim.
The genre originated in Japan and ranges from innocent to explicitly sexual.
Short for dating simulation.
- matchmakingArranging romantic connections
- romanceLove and its excitement
- love interestRomantic focus of a story
- relationshipConnection between entities
- visual novelChoice-driven illustrated narrative
dialogue choices · commitment · interactive · love triangles · connection · persona · happy endings · multiple endings · conversation · replayability · affection · localization · wish fulfillment · confession scene · gift-giving · heartbreak · bad ending · good ending
- simulation gamesThe Sims, character creation, virtual pet, tycoon game, city builder
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
- otome gamesfemale protagonist, heroine, visual novel, good ending, bad ending
- gaming lingoNPC, HP, GG, AFK, PvP
- game narrativestory, narrative, plot, storyline, dialogue tree
- text gamestext adventure, interactive fiction, adventure game, word game, word puzzle
dating simmarriage
Formal union between partners
going steady · courtship · speed dating · blind date · long-term relationship
dating simfirst-person shooter
Combat game, protagonist's viewpoint
fighting game · war game · battle royale · sports game · racing game
dating simsingles event
Gathering for unattached people
bar hopping · club scene · double date · group date · party
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