This is one of few games I truly love with no caveats. I’ve been in Boyfriend Dungeon’s corner since it was being crowdfunded. I think this is easily one of the best dating sims on the market right now. The art, music, and voice acting is all triple A quality. The story is compelling and handles its odd premise very well. The characters are fleshed out and feel like real people with real pasts. These aren’t surface-level stereotypes plonked in there to fill out a list of the usual dating simulator archetypes. There’s baggage, history, emotion… It’s a shining example of indie game development, honestly. I keep coming back to Boyfriend Dungeon because it’s worth coming back to. If you are on the fence about trying this game, don’t be. It’s worth whatever price you’d pay for it. It’s a phenomenal experience with something for everyone and I truly can’t praise it enough.

Unusual mix of roguelite dungeoning with dating - simple enough on the combat and exploration to accelerate your dating routine - while the writing and characters are genuinely interesting and it pays off to get to know them better - and it's satisfying to see that "love" can just mean an intimate **** could do with a LOT more content, though! My craving for challenging combat and dating management is sated if I try to speedrun the thing - but it would definitely be nice to have more combat challenges that relate to the challenges of the people I'm going on dates with.

At a time where roguelites are becoming increasingly tiresome due to their inherent lack of design, it's fair to say that the best roguelites are the ones that circumvent that shortcoming, commonly by injecting another genre into the formula. As rhythm games, card games and Metroidvanias have become almost overused, one clever developer thought **** idea: a dating game. Inclusivity is certainly the name of the game with Boyfriend Dungeon, allowing for relationships to be as intimate as you'd like. Some characters are non-binary, and the game allows you to date as you want to; polyamory is totally allowed, but you don't have to. Gameplay bounces between two simple ideas, one where the player goes on dates, and one where the player dives into simple combat in simple dungeons. While both ideas are perfectly fine in their own right, it's the combination of the two that makes Boyfriend Dungeon work so well, with dates unlocking new abilities for weapons in combat, and combat unlocking dates. While there isn't a massive amount of content, I feel Boyfriend Dungeon has the perfect amount for a playthrough and then some. It was totally worth it for me just to experience all the characters in the way I wanted to.