Dating sims have been around since the very early days of video gaming. Around 1992, to be precise, when the adult-themed game Dōkyūsei was released in Japan.
The plot of Dōkyūsei involved walking around a town and trying to chat up various girls the (male) protagonist happens to meet. The aim of the game was to, well, have sex with them, basically. And that’s the format that dating sims have followed ever since.
However, over the years that basic template has given rise to a whole host of absolutely bizarre variations, which are quite entertaining in their own right. From John Cena to KFC, here are seven of the most genuinely baffling dating sim games we could find..
1. I Love You, Colonel Sanders!
One of the weirdest and wackiest dating sims games to ever exist has to be I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger-Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator. Commissioned by the restaurant chain KFC themselves, I Love You, Colonel Sanders! was a tongue in cheek parody of the conventional dating sim genre. The primary objective is to develop a romantic relationship with a…
