Choose Speed Dates
Choose Speed Dates if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's currently about 75% cheaper on the Steam Store. Speed Dates launched in 2023.
Speed Dates vs Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
Speed Dates and Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday both land in Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam. Speed Dates (2023) is 1 year older than Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday (2024). Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday scores higher on Steam reviews (88.9% positive) than Speed Dates (59.4% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday
Choose Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday if you want a Strategy and RPG game with Multi-player. Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday launched in 2024.
Both Speed Dates and Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday sit in Indie, Adventure, and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Speed Dates |  Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2023 | 2024 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual | Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 1.79 USD | 7.25 USD |
| Steam reviews | 59.4% positive (32 reviews) | 88.9% positive (90 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player |
| Developers | Icarus Interactive Entertainment | intiny |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam.
- Speed Dates (2023) is 1 year older than Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday (2024).
- Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday scores higher on Steam reviews (88.9% positive) than Speed Dates (59.4% positive).
- Speed Dates is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday (1.79 USD vs. 7.25 USD).
- Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday is Deck Unsupported on Steam Deck; Speed Dates has no Deck rating yet.
Speed Dates vs Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday — FAQ
- Should I play Speed Dates or Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday first?
- If you want chronology, Speed Dates (2023) came out before Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Speed Dates and Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Speed Dates have multiplayer like Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday?
- No. Love is All Around: Echoes of Yesterday supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Speed Dates is listed as single-player only.