Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and the Overclockers UK gang are feeling the love. We’re rounding up some great dating sims for you to play.
Dating sims offer great replayability and are the perfect game to boot up with Cupid hanging about. With so many singles and endings, it’s an easy genre to come back to time and time again. So, we’ve asked around the office and put together this list of our favourite dating sims!
Don’t forget to check out our two-player gift guide if you need some inspo. We have the perfect presents for your ride or die Player Two.
Doomsday Paradise
Doomsday Paradise ticks all the right boxes. From its queer-inclusive cast to dark, end-of-the-world humour, it is the fever dream you’ll want to play again and again. The apocalypse is upon us, and you have a limited number of days to find love. No one wants to experience a doomsday event single, after all. There are thirteen singles to choose from, over 100 different endings, and over 400 goofy scenarios to experience.
While chatting up the hotties is the main gameplay, between flirting sessions you can study, party, work out, and more! Plus, there’s the whole “end of the world” element, so occasionally you’ll have to head into combat against various demons and monsters. This uses a simple card-based system that is easy to master. All the more time for flirting and maybe stopping the apocalypse?
Doomsday Paradise Official Specifications
What does it take to party at the end of the world? Here are the official specifications for Doomsday Paradise:
| Component | Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows XP Professional* 64-bit | 64-bit |
| Memory | 1GB RAM | |
| Graphics | 4GB VRAM | |
| Storage | 1GB available space | |
| Additional Notes | Most computers should be able to run this with no problems. |
We got our hands on a copy of Doomsday Paradise. If you’d like a deeper look into “TikTok’s horniest dating sim”, check out our review!
Monster Prom
It’s time to head back to school, and find a date for prom. Only, you are legit monsters and only have got three weeks to convince your crush that you’re the Prom King or Queen of their heart. Every choice matters in Monster Prom and can mean the difference between dancing the night away or standing lonely in the corner. So, you have to increase your stats alongside flexing those flirting muscles.
There are six fully-fledged singles to choose from, and you are not confined by gender in your choice either. Plus, there are over 1000 possible scenarios to encounter, making this a dating sim to replay to your heart’s content. For those who are more into Galentine’s or Palentine’s, Monster Prom is a great game to bring to those celebrations, too, as it features a competitive multiplayer mode for up to four monsters.
Monster Prom Official Specifications
What stats do you need to make it to prom with your crush? Here are the official specifications for Monster Prom:
| Component | Minimum Specs |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7 or higher* |
| Processor | Anything from the last 5 years (Released in 2019) |
| Memory | 4GB RAM |
| Storage | 1GB available space |
Hatoful Boyfriend
Perhaps you like your dating sims to be a little more unhinged. That’s what Hatoful Boyfriend is here for. It’s a dating sim, but all the singles are pigeons. Who go to school. Because, why not? You play as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, and you are looking for love. Attend class to buff your stats, socialise with classmates to find your flock, and charm your crush with delicious beans.
But there are darker things afoot, such as conspiracies, unexpected twists, and fowl fiends bringing about the apocalypse. (What is with finding love at the end of the world!) Do your best to successfully woo your bird friends and fly off into the sunset together. Failed attempts at love may prove fatal!
Hatoful Boyfriend Official Specifications
Will your gaming PC be birds of a feather with Hatoful Boyfriend? Here are the official specifications:
| Component | Minimum Specs |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows XP with SP2 / 7 with SP1 / 8* |
| Memory | 1GB RAM |
| Graphics | Graphics card with DirectX 9 level (shader model 2.0) |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 |
| Storage | 300MB available space |
| Additional Notes | Windows Vista is not supported |
Boyfriend Dungeon
Boyfriend Dungeon brings a little adventure to the dating scene. In this “shack and slash” game, you are tasked with clearing a dungeon for a little extra cash over the summer. Whilst battling the strange creatures lurking in “the dunj”, you discover various weapons that also transform into bona fide cuties. It’s a summer love just waiting to happen (I guess?)! There are ten weapons to discover, with nine bae blades to date or befriend without restrictions on gender. Plus, there is a set of brass knuckles that turns into a cat. Because who doesn’t love to give cats scritches. (Thankfully, you can’t date the cat.)
As your relationships – whether romantic or platonic – develop with the bae blades, you can master the different combat styles they offer. Battles in the dunj are action-packed and there are plenty of challenges to be had, too. When you’re not dungeon crawling, you can take your new boo for romantic outings to the club, beach, and more.
Boyfriend Dungeon Official Specifications
Can your gaming PC wield a bae blade? Here are the official specifications for Boyfriend Dungeon:
| Component | Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7* | Windows 10 |
| Processor | Dual Core 2.0GHz+ | Quad Core 2.4GHz+ |
| Memory | 4GB RAM | |
| Graphics | 1024 x 768 or larger resolution | |
| DirectX | Version 11 | |
| Storage | 3GB available space |
Sucker For Love: Date to Die For
Our last pick was originally going to drop on Valentine’s Day this year – too perfect of an opportunity to pass up, really! It was delayed but has now since been released, on April 23rd 2024. Plus, there are previous titles from the Sucker for Love catalogue to peruse if you want more.
Put the love back in Lovecraftian, with Sucker for Love: Date to Die For. Inspired by 90’s anime and the Lovecraft mythos, this visual novel style dating sim has cultists, dangerous rituals, and, of course, sexy singles.
Strange happenings are occurring in your hometown, and it’s up to you to figure it all out. Even when you get kidnapped and trapped in labyrinthine woods. The whole town is trapped in an all-consuming aura of love for Rhok’zan, The Black Goat of the Woods, too. Armed with the cultist’s magic spell book, all your choices matter as there are multiple different endings to uncover. You can even date Rhok’zan.
Sucker For Love: Date to Die For Official Specifications
Will your gaming PC help you to escape the clutches of cultists? Here are the official specifications for Sucker for Love: Date to Die For:
| Component | Minimum Specs |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7* |
| Memory | 4GB RAM |
Best PCs to Play Dating Sims
With such a spicy selection of dating sims and so many more out there, it’s time to make sure you’ve got the equipment to handle them. Generally, dating sims don’t require much from your gaming PC, as demonstrated by this round-up. As such, even an old and tired PC could run them. But where’s the excitement in that? At Overclockers UK, we have a tantalising range of gaming PCs and laptops decked out with the latest gaming hardware. We’ve picked out a few of our favourites, but we have plenty more eligible models to discover.
Refract Gaming Crimson Pre-Built PC
Swipe right on the Refract Gaming Crimson. This pre-built PC has a wonderfully on-point red styling and has been optimised for casual gaming. Equipped with an AMD Ryzen 5 5600G APU, you can achieve silky smooth frame rates on all your favourite dating sims. The 2.5” SSD and 16GB DDR4 RAM keep all operations efficient, with near zero latency and no waiting on slow loading screens. Plus, with a 1TB HDD, you have plenty of space for all your files, media, and music!
The Refract Gaming Crimson is fully pre-built and tested by our tech team of experts. As such, it is ready for next working day delivery, when stock allows. When it arrives, all you need to do is plug in and start playing! Plus, it is covered by our comprehensive three years parts and labour warranty. Unfortunately, this won’t cover any broken hearts.
MSI Cyborg 15 Gaming Laptop
Take your dating on the go, with the MSI Cyborg 15. This gaming laptop features an Intel Core i5-12450H CPU, which can harness the power of hybrid architecture to optimise both work and play. You can effortlessly go from bossing it at work to seducing the hotties! Plus, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU and 15.6” FHD will bring all your games to life in glorious colour, crisp detail, and silky-smooth frame rates. Enjoy those chiselled chins, hour-glass figures, and crazy half-naked crabmen the way they were supposed to be.
Your game content may get a little steamy, but the MSI Cyborg 15 will stay cool thanks to the Cooler Boost thermal solution. The CPU and GPU share a heat pipe, which effectively dissipates heat away from these vital components, whilst strategically placed vents keep the air flowing.
OcUK Gaming Buzzard Configurable PC
Perhaps a buzzard is more your bird of a feather – the OcUK Gaming Buzzard to be exact. This gaming PC is armed with both an AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPU and Radeon RX 7000 Series GPU, giving you the best of AMD’s latest innovations. The Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures work cohesively together to provide an outstanding gaming platform, so you can spend more time worrying about how you’ll reply to the hotties rather than stutter-y performance. Plus, with a comprehensive storage solution and 32GB DDR5 RAM, you’ll have plenty of space for all your dating sim faves with near zero latency.
Better yet, the OcUK Gaming Buzzard is one of our configurable gaming PCs. This means you can adjust the base spec to better suit your needs, picking select hardware from a list of alternatives. Customise the PC case, CPU, memory, GPU, operating system, and add up to two high-speed SSDs. Please note that any changes will affect the pricing.
Love is in the Air
Which is your go-to dating simulator? Drop your favourite in the comments below!
PC specs are subject to change.
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Emily Haylock
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Emily is a board and cosy gamer, keyboard obsessive, and content copywriter for Overclockers UK. She has been with Overclockers UK for two years, writing about everything from noblechairs to 8Pack PCs. She writes from within her desk nest with a foster pup at her feet. (What, a desk duvet is a totally normal thing!) In her downtime, she likes to play board games, farming sims, and old-school Final Fantasy. IX to be specific. It is the best, and that is a hill she will die on.
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