Romance is a type of Simulation video games, where the player has an opportunity to find his love in the virtual world, leading the solo life, find his love to romance and interact with his/her love using a set of dialogue. In these games, the player can make mistakes with a chance to reset the choice in conversation, unlike the real world. This types of games deal with Dating Sim, Visual Novel, and Adventure genres. In these games, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, engage himself/herself in the romance-driven storyline, and interact with non-player characters to complete the tasks. These games often come with multiple endings, depending on the actions taken by the player while playing the game. Romance Games are about falling in love and going to date. There is a beautiful cast of anime characters, and the player can choose one of them to shape his/her story to advance the game. During the gameplay, the player needs to make choices by selecting the dialogues, which directly affect the story and its ending.

13 Best Romance Games for Linux

#1 Nicole

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Nicole is a great Otome and a Visual Novel style Dating and Life Simulation by Winter Wolves. The game features a female protagonist Nicole as your character who after modifications and customization helps you get into the game world. This game is set is set in a collage where Nicole (You) gets admitted for study and soon after her admission finds out about the mysterious disappearances of girls. She vows to find out the culprits who are kidnapping the girls and besides that, continues the daily tasks at her collage. Nicole lets you interact with other online players and NPC’s, take part in different dialogues, and activities like games, puzzles and romance as to collect more clues about the culprits. As a new student to the collage, you don’t have much friends, so you should make new friends and also find your true love by hanging out with boys and dating the right ones. In game you’ll be asked by the boys to go out and have lunch or dinner etc. so you should choose carefully who’s better for you. You can also buy different items from in-game markets to gift the boys you like. With all the fancies this game has to offer you, I’m sure you’ll like the game and enjoy playing it.

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#2 Emily Is Away Too

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Emily Is Away Too is a Visual Novel, Romance, and Single-player Adventure video game created and published by Kyle Seeley for multiple platforms. The game serves as the spiritual successor to Emily is Away, released in 2015. It takes place in an instant messaging chat client, set during the last year of high school of the protagonist. During the gameplay, the player interacts with other non-player characters by choosing the response, and specific choices affect the output of the story in the game. The game extends the story past the chat window with Facebook profiles, YouTube links, and file transfers. Now, the player can change the colour of the text to lime green, so everyone comes to know that the player is the coolest kid in school. Emily Is Away Too offers prominent features such as Buddy Icons, Dialogue Decisions, Customizable Profile, Multiple Paths, Multiple Endings, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Visual Novel games.

#3 Emily Is Away

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Emily Is Away mixes the Visual Novel and Romance elements developed by Kyle Seeley for Windows and supports Single-player mode only. It offers the linear gameplay, where the player is unable to change the plot’s course through the game. It takes place in the mid-2000s, and follows the story of the protagonist’s relationship with a beautiful girl named as Emily from the high school to the senior year of college. During the gameplay, the player has an option to change his avatar at any time with whatever was famous. In the senior year, the player can use a chat client to communicate with Emily. Both discuss about their high school days and a fellow named as Brad, who keeps sending the messages of Emily. The player change the text color, emoji, and more. The game comprises up to five chapters and each chapter explore the unique part of the protagonist’s life. It introduces a dialogue system that the player uses during the conversation with his love. Emily Is Away offers prominent features such as Buddy Icons, Decision-based Narratives, Five Chapters, Computer Sounds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love the game.

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#4 Cute Knight Kingdom

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Cute Knight Kingdom is a Japanese Role-playing, and Single-player Life Simulation developed by Hanako Games and published by IWin for Windows, Linux, and Mac. It is the sequel to Cute Knight and offers the similar gameplay to Princess Maker with traditionally First-person dungeons. In the game, the player assumes the role of the female protagonist named as Michiko. It offers an exciting story, in which an orphan raised by a couple, and his destiny is whatever she selects. The player must explore the environment, marry a prince, become a hero, or settle down her life on a farm. The player can take hold of his life and become what he or she always wanted to be. During the game, the player selects her outfits and can raise her skills to find adventure and romance in the Cute Knight Kingdom. The game features a variety of dialogues to use during the game to interact with NPCs. The game rewards the player with points and can use them to unlock additional items. Cute Knight Kingdom offers core features such as Choose your Destiny, Beautiful Kingdom, addictive Gameplay and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#5 Magical Diary Horse Hall

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Magical Diary Horse Hall mixes the Anime-based, Visual Novel, Adventure and Dating Simulation elements created and published by Hanako Games. The story follows a young girl, a magician at a magical school. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world with Romance elements. According to the gameplay, the player’s character has been invited to join a magical school where she makes new friends, face exams in the dungeon, learn magic spells, interact NPCs and find a date to romance. There are several students available and are split into Magical Halls including the Butterfly Hall, the Horse Hall and the Snake Hall. Boys are split into Wolf Hall, the Toad Hall, and the Falcon Hall. The game introduces multiple ending systems, depends on the decision taken by the player. In the beginning, the player can create his or her avatar of a female character to explore the environment full of puzzles. Magical Diary Horse Hall offers prominent features such as Customization, Design your Character, Romance with Female or Male characters, Seventy Spells, different Outcomes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#6 Digital a Love Story

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Digital a Love Story is an Exciting Visual Novel, and Single-player video game developed by Love Conquers All Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the historical year in 1988 and offers five minutes gameplay. The story revolves around the online relationship of the protagonist with a girl and their struggle to solve the mysteries surrounding the death of different AI (Artificial Intelligence). You can take on the role of the silent protagonist, whose name is given by you, having an old classic computer. To start the game, you have to log into BBSs (bulletin board systems), where you can read and reply to your messages from other people. During the gameplay, you will discover a poetry by a girl named as Emilia, when you responds to her message, both start up a conversation. When the conversation is ongoing between you and a girl, you receive another message whose telephone is different and having another area code. Immerse yourself in Text-based gameplay experience and progress through the game to win. Digital a Love Story offers core features such as Romance, Discover a vast Conspiracy, Save the World and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#7 Roommates

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Roommates is a Visual-Novel, Adventure-based, Romance and Single-player Dating Simulation created and published by Winter Wolves. The story of the game follows Anne and Max their 1st year of college in which they share the so-called Latin house with other roommates and experiences different scenes in his daily life such as Halloween party, spring break and other special occasions, etc. At the beginning of the game, the player can select his playing character between Anne and Max. After choosing his character, the game allows the player to get into the game world. Roommates offer a brilliant combination of classic novel gameplay with dialogues communications and another choice to make. It allows the player to plan his activities for the week and raise States in order to get the good ending. It is one of the best novel-based video game that immerses himself deep into the brilliant game world. Roommates offer Ultra-HD visual details, fantastic game mechanics, quite impressive gameplay and dynamic background music.

#8 Frozen Essence

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Frozen Essence is an Otome-based, Visual Novel, and Fantasy Simulation by Unbroken Hours. The game includes four different characters and lets the player select one of them to start the game. The story of the game revolves around the female protagonist named Mina who is escaped from her crystal prison. She completely lost her memory and followed the order from the Oracle and keeps protected by the bodyguards. The journey of Mina begins with the guidance and protection from the Oracle. There are different characters, and each character has its unique story with multiple ends. It combines the elements of romance and date and lets the player explore the game world, interact with objects and NPCs, date cute guys and find his/her, love. The ends of the game depend on the decisions or actions that are taken by the player. Frozen Essence offers core features such as over 12 different Endings, more than75 CGs, dynamic Soundtracks, Four main Guys and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#9 Analogue: A Hate Story

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Analogue: A Hate Story combines the elements of Visual Novel, Romance, and Dating Simulation by Love Conquers All Games. The game takes place in the Sci-fi world and supports Single-player mode only. It has a superb story, in which the humans launched a spaceship into the deep galaxy with a task to establish a first colony on an unknown planet. The ship lost his destination and disappeared. After thousands of year, the ship has been found. The story revolves around an unnamed investigator, and his task to find the reason behind the disappearance of an interstellar ship. The plot focuses on NPCs, relationship, and challenging issues and primary follows the elements of traditional marriage, transhumanism and more. Select the character and dive into the game world where you can interact with NPCs, go to date, and make relation with a handsome guy. It has multiple endings and depends on the actions that is taken by you during the gameplay. With addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics, Analogue: A Hate Story is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme

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Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme is a Visual Novel, Single-player and Dating Simulation created and published by Transcendent Games. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world and revolves around a group of characters that have flipped their genders due to unforeseen circumstances. The player can select his character from a group of cast and follow his story as he explore the world to find romance and experience a transformation. Each character has its unique story, and personality and the game offers a set of levels and it has dozens of ending depends of on actions taken by the player. It includes over thirty location to explore and visit. Thirty Characters, Dozens of Endings, Multiple Interests, over 40 Hours, different Locations, etc. the key features of the game. With addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals, Gender Bender DNA Twister Extremes is the best game to play and enjoy.

#11 Love and Order

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Love and Order is one amazing Mystery-based Dating and Life-Simulation developed by Winter Wolves for all the amazing players around the globe. The game takes you to Montreal where you as the main character of Dana Larose work in the Crown Attorney’s Office as a Secretary. Your task is to complete your daily tasks with full attention and devotion and besides that develop your social and love life. With three choices Your Boss Ross Kim, a third year law Student named as Jonathan and Pierre Martine to the Assistant Attorney, Dorothy McCoy, you can select anyone as your partner just according to their specialties, skills and attitudes. The game further develops with the choices you make, so with any selected partner, the story ending differs from other endings. Make the right decisions and choices and enjoy a wonderfully amazing Life-Simulation, Dating and Romance experience. Love and Order offers an immersive game-play, cool visuals and a well-written story to follow.

#12 Always Remember Me

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Always Remember Me is an immersive Dating, Social Networking and Life-Simulation by Winter Wolves that offers a very realistic experience . The simulation features the character of Amy who used to date Aaron back in the days before a car accident that totally took the memories of Aaron. Your task in the game is to help Aaron out with remembering things from his past and continue on the course where you both were before. There are three other character in the game that you can date with but your focus is Aaron. As you are in control of the character of Amy so it’s your duty to control Amy’s destiny. Besides helping out Aaron with his past, you must focus on building a life for Amy too. Social interaction, making new friends, finding a job etc. are the tasks you will have to complete. With 9 different ending to the game, plenty of choices to make, superb visual details, soundtracks, a really well-written story and an engaging game-play, Always Remember Me is a great Dating and Romance Simulation to enjoy.

#13 The Flower Shop: Winter in Fairbrook

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The Flower Shop: Winter in Fairbrook, the second game in the series of The Flower Shop is an amazingly addictive Dating, Farming and Life-Simulation by Winter Wolves. Because of the Otome setup of the game, this game represents a girl named Natalie as your character who just finished her first semester in the collage and is being sent to get a job for winter season. You get to FairBrook and start working on a flower shop. Now its totally up to you to decide how you are going to spend your next week and find a boyfriend for the in-game Romance. You can choose between the four available boys and the chosen one will be your boyfriend for the rest of the game until you break up with him. You can also alter the ending of the game by manipulating the events and happenings. Just like The Flower Shop: Summer in Fairbrook, The Flower Shop: Winter in Fairbrook is also a super addicting and quite interesting Dating, Farming and Life-Simulation to enjoy. Do try it out for a wonderful experience.