How do you turn falling in love into gameplay? Keza MacDonald explores romance in games, from high-fantasy role-playing adventures to the dating simulators that offer love up on a platter. Say the right thing in a sci-fi epic, and your spaceship crewmate might go to bed with you - but what happens when relationships in games are more complicated and true to life?
Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014) BioWare / Electronic Arts
Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (2017) Game Grumps
Final Fantasy VIII (1999) Square
Firewatch (2016) Panic / Campo Santo
Florence (2018) Mountains / Annapurna Interactive
Gone Home (2013) The Fullbright Company
Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (1999) Victor Interactive Software / Natsume
Hatoful Boyfriend (2011) PigeoNation Inc. / Mediatonic / Devolver Digital
Kitty Powers' Matchmaker (2014) Magic Notion
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm (2017) Deck Nine / Square Enix
LovePlus Every (2019) Konami
Mass Effect 2 (2010) BioWare / Electronic Arts
Monster Prom (2018) Beautiful Glitch / Those Awesome Guys
Mystic Messenger (2016) Cheritz
New Super Mario Bros. (2006) Nintendo
New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) Nintendo
Super Mario 64 (1996) Nintendo
Super Mario Bros 2: The Lost Levels (1986) Nintendo
The Last Of Us: Left Behind (2014) Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The Sims 4 (2014) Maxis / Electronic Arts
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) CD Projekt Red
To The Moon (2011) Freebird Games
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Press X To Feel | What Are Gaming's Best Love Stories? | BBC Inside Games ─ BBC Radio 1
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