Games like Sucker for Love: First Date

The closest matches to Sucker for Love: First Date: Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Boyfriend Dungeon, Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut, and Scarlet Hollow. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Sucker for Love: First Date is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sucker for Love: Date to Die For, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! and Boyfriend Dungeon — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, funny and lighthearted, and single out its checkpoint based saving and dialogue choice consequences. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Sucker for Love: First Date is an indie visual novel developed by Akabaka and published by DreadXP that mashes together dating simulation and Lovecraftian cosmic horror. Released in 2022 and currently priced at $9.99, the game tasks players with performing ritual challenges to court eldritch entities, blending dialogue choices with time-pressure curses and hidden endings tied to player decisions. Checkpoint-based saving lets players explore different paths through the story. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, funny, and lighthearted, with the absurd premise of romancing eldritch deities providing unexpected whimsy alongside moments of psychological horror. The game is marked as playable on Steam Deck and has earned a 98% positive rating from over 2000 Steam reviews.

About Sucker for Love: First Date: Put the 'love' in 'Lovecraftian horror'! Perform terrifying rituals to win the affections of eldritch horrors and smooch 'em... at any cost!