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13 PS5 games where dating or a love story really matters, from Persona 3 Reload and Date Everything to farm life sims, with what the PSN key and an account cost.
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Dating sims on PS5 turn up in strange places. In one you flirt with the objects in your own house, in another Dracula signs up for a reality show to get over a breakup, and there's an action game that sends you on dates between dungeons. Then there are the bigger games where romance runs alongside everything else: a JRPG about a school with a secret hour, and a handful of farm sims where courting a neighbour is part of village life.
Here's how we picked them. We took the PS5 games in our catalogue whose PC version Steam players tag as «Dating Sim» and that had at least two offers in stock this morning. That tag sweeps up plenty that has nothing to do with romance, Monster Hunter Wilds and Dynasty Warriors Origins among them, so we kept only the games where dating or a love story is actually part of the game. Anything with Mixed or Negative reviews on Steam went too, Princess Maker 2 Regeneration for one, as did games with a single offer. That leaves thirteen. The score is the Steam one for the PC version, as a share of positive reviews and a review count. Each price comes with its coupon if there is one, and in brackets what you pay once the store adds its payment fee.
On Switch the same exercise gave a rather different result, which you can see in the best dating sims on Nintendo Switch.
Dating is the whole game: Date Everything and Romancelvania
Date Everything, by Sassy Chap Games and published by Team17, starts with you losing your job to AI automation. Then a pair of magic glasses, the «Dateviators», arrives and brings the objects in your house to life. Each one has its own story and can end up as your partner, your friend or your enemy. There are 100 of them, all voiced, and each has at least three endings. 93% of 6,771 Steam reviews are positive. The PSN key is the PlayStation Store's own, at €11.99 (no fees). Key4Games sells an account for €9.79 with GOCDKEYS16 (€10.42 with fees).
Romancelvania, from The Deep End Games and 2124 Publishing, casts you as Drac, who has spent a century moping after a breakup and ends up on a monster dating show hosted by the Grim Reaper. There are 12 supernatural contestants, all voiced, and the further you take a relationship the stronger you get. In between, it's a side-scrolling platformer through Transylvania, with hidden date spots, odd bosses and Medusa's «headouken». It has one of the weaker scores here, 76% of 255 positive. The PlayStation Store asks €24.99 (no fees), which is a lot for a game with those reviews; if you'd rather pay less, set a price alert for Romancelvania and we'll email you when it drops. The Key4Games account costs €16.56 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.45 with fees).
Love between fights: Eternights and Thirsty Suitors
Eternights, made by Studio Sai, is a hack and slash set at the end of the world: people have turned into monsters, and you're looking for a cure. Between dungeons you go on dates with five characters, and the closer you get to each one, the more skills and spells you unlock for combat, so you also have to decide how to spend your time. 85% of 3,070 Steam reviews are positive. It's one of the cheapest here, €7.49 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store. The Key4Games account is €5.98 with GOCDKEYS16 (€6.46 with fees), about a euro and a half less, which isn't much of a saving for a game that won't be yours.
Thirsty Suitors, by Outerloop Games and published by Annapurna Interactive, is more about old flames than new ones. Jala goes home before her sister's wedding and has to deal with her demanding parents, her grandmother Paati, the friendships she broke and, above all, her exes, whom she fights in turn-based battles. You also skate around Timber Hills and take part in cooking duels. 97% of 235 reviews are positive, from far fewer players than most games here. €14.99 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store, or €12.33 with GOCDKEYS16 (€13.05 with fees) for an account at Key4Games.
Growing up and falling in love: Exocolonist and Please Be Happy
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, from Northway Games and published by Finji, puts you in the shoes of a teenager in a colony on an alien planet. It mixes a life sim with an RPG, everyday challenges are settled with action cards, and every decision changes your relationships with the other colonists and the ending you get. You can go on dates and find the love of your life, or not. 96% of 4,508 Steam reviews are positive. The PlayStation Store sells it for €24.99 (no fees), and Key4Games has an account for €16.13 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.00 with fees).
Please Be Happy, by Studio Élan, is the one pure visual novel here. Miho is a fox spirit who has become almost human and arrives by airship in a fantasy version of Wellington, built on floating islands, still looking for someone who was kind to her long ago. She gets by as a thief until she meets Juliet, a librarian, and Aspen, who wants to be a novelist. The romance is between women, your choices shape Miho's relationships, and there are four endings across more than 220,000 words. It has the best score on the list: 99% of 375 Steam reviews are positive. It's also the only one with a key from a reseller: Kinguin has it for €8.87 with NOVGOC10 (€9.93 with fees), but it's a North American key, meant for a PSN account registered in the US or Canada; on a European account it won't redeem. With a European account, the PlayStation Store sells it for €11.99 (no fees). Key4Games has an account for €8.19 with GOCDKEYS16 (€8.76 with fees). All the offers are on the Please Be Happy PS5 key page.
Romance on the side: Persona 3 Reload and High Times
Persona 3 Reload is ATLUS's remake of Persona 3, published by SEGA. You play a transfer student who discovers the Dark Hour, a hidden hour between one day and the next, and spends his days at school building social links with the people around him; with several of them, those links can turn into a relationship. We covered it among the best JRPGs on PS5, so here are just the numbers: 95% of 45,820 Steam reviews are positive, the most reviewed game on this list. It's also the dearest: the only key is the PlayStation Store's, €59.99 (no fees), while the Key4Games account costs €14.02 with GOCDKEYS16 (€14.81 with fees).
High Times makes you a sort of doughnut therapist: the shop serves a doughnut for every mood, and the game mixes cooking with dating. It came up in the best cooking games on PS5. 91% of 102 Steam reviews are positive, and it costs €23.99 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store or €15.88 with GOCDKEYS16 (€16.74 with fees) as a Key4Games account.
Farm sims where you can court and marry
In these five, romance comes slowly, on top of the farm and the town, and it can end in a wedding. They all appear in earlier lists, so we'll keep it short.
My Time at Sandrock, by Pathea Games, gives you a run-down workshop in a desert town to turn into a business, with crafting, commissions and exploring. You can date and marry some of the locals. It's the second most reviewed game here, 88% of 24,271 positive. €34.99 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store, €20.77 with GOCDKEYS16 (€21.82 with fees) for the Key4Games account. It's in the best farming games on PS5, along with the next two.
Roots of Pacha, from Soda Den, takes farming back to the Stone Age, and you can court and marry a member of your clan. 93% of 3,811 Steam reviews are positive. €24.99 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store, or €16.56 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.45 with fees) for the Key4Games account.
Potion Permit, by MassHive Media and published by PQube, sends you to the town of Moonbury as an alchemist who has to win people over to modern medicine. Some of the villagers can be dated, and you can marry. Its score is the lowest of the five, 78% of 4,425, and so is its price: €5.99 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store, the cheapest game on the whole list. The Key4Games account costs €4.72 with GOCDKEYS16 (€5.15 with fees).
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, from Marvelous and published by XSEED, mixes the farm with action combat, and marriage is part of it, as in the rest of the series. 87% of 3,004 Steam reviews are positive. Here the PlayStation Store is the better deal: €29.99 (no fees), against €28.38 with GOCDKEYS16 (€29.72 with fees) for the Key4Games account. We included it in the best cozy games on PS5, like Grand Bazaar.
Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar, also from Marvelous, has you bring Zephyr Town's market back to life by selling your harvest at a weekly stall, and if you want, you can meet someone and start a family. 93% of 3,214 Steam reviews are positive. €32.49 (no fees) at the PlayStation Store, or a Key4Games account for €25.10 with GOCDKEYS16 (€26.32 with fees).
PSN key or someone else's account
For twelve of the thirteen, the only key in stock in our shops is sold by the PlayStation Store itself. You buy it there and the game stays on your PSN account for good, with no fee. Please Be Happy is the exception, with that North American key at Kinguin.
The accounts from Key4Games (Difmark sells them too, for a little more) are something else: you get the login for a PSN account that belongs to someone else and already has the game. You sign in on your PS5 and play, but the game isn't in your name, and if the seller takes the account back, it's gone. On most of these games the account saves you somewhere between €1.27 (Potion Permit) and €14.22 (My Time at Sandrock) before fees, and on Rune Factory it ends up costing about the same once the fee is added. Persona 3 Reload is the big exception, with almost €46 between the two, but the risk of losing the game is the same.
| Game | Steam reviews (PC version) | Cheapest PSN key | Cheapest account |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Everything | 93% (6,771) | €11.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €9.79 with GOCDKEYS16 (€10.42 with fees), Key4Games |
| Please Be Happy | 99% (375) | €8.87 with NOVGOC10 (€9.93 with fees), Kinguin (NA) | €8.19 with GOCDKEYS16 (€8.76 with fees), Key4Games |
| Thirsty Suitors | 97% (235) | €14.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €12.33 with GOCDKEYS16 (€13.05 with fees), Key4Games |
| I Was a Teenage Exocolonist | 96% (4,508) | €24.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €16.13 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.00 with fees), Key4Games |
| Eternights | 85% (3,070) | €7.49 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €5.98 with GOCDKEYS16 (€6.46 with fees), Key4Games |
| Romancelvania | 76% (255) | €24.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €16.56 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.45 with fees), Key4Games |
| Persona 3 Reload | 95% (45,820) | €59.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €14.02 with GOCDKEYS16 (€14.81 with fees), Key4Games |
| My Time at Sandrock | 88% (24,271) | €34.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €20.77 with GOCDKEYS16 (€21.82 with fees), Key4Games |
| Roots of Pacha | 93% (3,811) | €24.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €16.56 with GOCDKEYS16 (€17.45 with fees), Key4Games |
| Potion Permit | 78% (4,425) | €5.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €4.72 with GOCDKEYS16 (€5.15 with fees), Key4Games |
| Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma | 87% (3,004) | €29.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €28.38 with GOCDKEYS16 (€29.72 with fees), Key4Games |
| Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar | 93% (3,214) | €32.49 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €25.10 with GOCDKEYS16 (€26.32 with fees), Key4Games |
| High Times | 91% (102) | €23.99 (no fees), PlayStation Store | €15.88 with GOCDKEYS16 (€16.74 with fees), Key4Games |
If you're only going to buy one: Date Everything for the purest dating sim, Please Be Happy if you'd rather read, Persona 3 Reload if you want a long RPG with romance in it, and Potion Permit if you want to spend as little as possible.
Prices checked on the morning of 9 November.
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