Sucker for Love: First Date
Also known as Sucker for Love
Horror, Comedy, Dating sim, Romance · by Akabaka · published by DreadXP · 2022
Summon a cute cosmic horror from a bright-pink Necronomicon, then perform increasingly risky rituals to win a kiss.
Who it's for: Players who want a short, funny eldritch-horror dating sim with real horror-game tension.
The story (spoiler-free)
An occult-obsessed protagonist finally completes the ritual he has been dreaming about and summons Ln'eta, an adorable tentacled being from beyond. She will kiss him, but only after he performs a few more rituals from the book, and the book's other pages suddenly start making terrible sense.
The game plays the dating-sim format against horror-game mechanics: rituals have steps you must carry out correctly, and mistakes can end your night in grisly ways. It is split into three chapters, each with its own eldritch love interest and multiple endings.
It is short, loud and deliberately silly, but the scares are real enough to satisfy horror fans.
Why play it
- +Original mix of dating sim and horror ritual gameplay
- +Short enough to finish in an evening
- +Many endings, including joke endings
- +On Steam and Switch
Keep in mind
- −Very short
- −More game than reading; not a traditional visual novel
- −Humour leans heavily on parody
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