Now I love dating sims. I love pretty much everything about them. I think it harkens back to me growing up playing Pokemon so “collecting them all” is still a life style. Just now it also includes anime guys and girls as well.

I’m a real equal opportunities sort of gamer. That extends from loving any and all consoles to liking dating sims in which you play as a boy or a girl, I’m not too picky. I just ask for a good story.

So yeah, it’s one of my main genres I play alongside my adoration for RPGs. So in my travels across the bountiful land of the internet looking for my newest game to add to my poor hard drive, have come across some interesting dating simulators to say the least. So here’s my top 5 weirdest dating sims I’ve encountered.

Hatoful Boyfriend

The shine in his eye really sells it.

Now this one I’m sure you’ve probably heard of. I’ve seen numerous big name YouTubers playing this, so I’m sure you’ve seen it around. In this game you play as a girl who enters the prestigious high school St. PigeoNations Institute, which is inhabited by anthropomorphic pigeons. Who you can have as your boyfriend. You can get a copy of it on Steam.

Jurassic Heart

Anyway, here’s Wonderwall.

Is your one regret in life that you were born too late? At least 65 million years too late? Do you wish that you could have met your true love in the form of a Tyrannosaurus Rex? Well look no further my friend for I have the game for you! In Jurassic Heart you play a girl who gets to date a T-Rex. And you get to buy him a ukulele. This game is free to play too!

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Gakuen Handsome

A similar thing happens to all the people who date Jay Leno I’ve heard.

A game on the mobile that satires the art style of popular ‘boys love’ games, anime and the like. You play as a boy who transfers to a prestigious all boys school (seems to be a popular thing these prestigious schools…) and you get to romance the various different boys around the school. Until you get stabbed in the chest by someone’s enormous pointy chin. That is known to put a dampener on any aspiring relationship. I mean, I’m not speaking from experience or anything. Honestly.

Paca Plus

It has seen the face of the nameless ones.

Now it seems everyone is obsessed with alpacas. I don’t know if any of you dear readers have been to conventions recently and seen the adorable plush alpacas everywhere. People love them. So I don’t know why I was so surprised to see a dating sim including alpacas. So the game has you going with your girlfriend on a trip to a place called Alpaca Kingdom. And on the train ride home, as you wake up from your nap, you see that your cute girlfriend has transformed into an alpaca. Yes this is actually a legit dating sim.

Creature-to Koi Shiyo! Kokonoe Kokoro.

Uh, wrong room.

Now, dear readers, don’t you wish you could date a giant cricket dressed in a female sailor suit uniform. No? Well I’m guessing some people did since they made a dating sim around that very concept. The game’s name translated into English basically says ‘Lets Fall in Love with Creatures!’. And it does what it says on the tin. And there’s not just one game, oh no!! There’s another version too that lets you play as a girl, and now you get to romance an octopus, and other creatures too. Yay?

So, that was a little foray for you into the lovely world of dating sims. OK, there are probably a ton of other weird and wonderful dating sims out there, but these are probably the favourites I’ve found. Why not let me know any that you dear readers enjoy that weren’t on this list. Until next time!