Dating Sim?

[boreal_cryptid]

1. do you have any favorite (or the least favorite???) dating sims? it could be old, short, strange, with monsters or cryptids as a love insterest. or even if it's friendship sim? or maybe games with unexpected romance option? (like, it's not a dating sim, but a horror, and yet--)

2. the reasons you why you play dating sims? like: to relax, to feel less lonely, etc.

3. and a question from me: any dating sims with bisexual (or otherwise not monosexual) main character?

mine are:
Katawa Shoujo (i felt less lonely as a teen when i was playing it),
Digital: A Love Story (robots!!!),
Emily Is Away (sad),
Witch's Heart (not a dating sim per se? but)
Clinical Trial (it's a horror game with pretty heavy themes though),
Gavril (......)

[shapezncolourz]

im not usually a fan of dating sims, but i really like the monster prom series! it has brilliant art and character designs, and its really funny too

the main feature i like in the newer games (definitely in monster con (which just released yesterday!), might also be in monster roadtrip?) is the ability to pursue characters in a more platonic way. i dont mind romancing the characters as i do like all of their personalities, but my aromantic self really likes the option to just be good friends

[Bede]

I play dating sims because I love basically all character-driven games and visual novels, which dating sims tend to be! I also just like reading romance.

As for favorite dating sims (and games with bisexual main characters): I'm a big fan of the Our Life series, which currently has Our Life: Beginnings & Always, and the currently-in-development Our Life: Now & Forever, which has a demo. Both games are free, and are extremely customizable, including the options to let your character transition over the course of the story, and for the main character to be any sexuality you'd like!

If you're looking for more "concrete"/"canonically" bisexual MCs, I really like Starry Flowers, though some would argue whether or not that is a dating sim, or a linear visual novel with romance as a primary theme. The visual novel database has an entire tag dedicated to bisexual main characters, too!