Many anime and games have spawned off of each other. The Castlevania games got an anime adaptation and popular anime like Dragon Ball Z have gotten tons of video games. In the niche gaming world of dating sims, anime adaptations also exist.

The dating sim subgenre of video games that has existed since the 90s. What makes a game a dating sim is typically that the end goal of the game is to end up in a romantic relationship with another character that the player can choose from the cast. Presently, the most successful RPGs have taken on a bit of dating sim elements and blending them into action adventure games.

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When it comes to pure dating sim games though, they are known to be tailored more towards Japanese gamers and are considered niche to international audiences. In fact, international audiences may be aware of the anime, but not the dating sim games that inspired them in the first place.

10 Hakuoki

Technically, Hakuoki is an otome game. Otome is a bit of a subgenre of dating sim games, as it always has a female lead who chooses a male character to form a strong bond with (and the bond is not always necessarily romantic). Not only is this title an otome game, but it also is historical fantasy.The game inspired an anime that lasted for three seasons. Not only that, but it got two movies.

The story follows a girl among the Shinsengumi (a special police force during Japan's Bakumatsu period). Various characters have an affection meter and how the game ends partly depends on where the meter is at.

9 Prince Of Stride

This dating sim combines sports and romance. The sport in question is called "Stride," which is a lot like parkour. The sport has teams that consist of six people that run through town. The main character is Nana Sakurai (though players can change her name), and she becomes the leader of her own team and must prepare herself and them for the tournament.

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The game came out for the PS Vita in 2015 and got a 12 episode anime just a year later.

8 Amnesia

This trilogy was for the PS Vita from 2011 to 2013. It is another otome game and contains five different storylines. They choose a card deck symbol between  Heart, Spade, Clover, Diamond and Joker, each standing for one story route with a specific male character. Each route is in a parallel world. As the game title hints at, the main character has amnesia. Depending on the route, the protagonist also gets amnesia in different ways.

The anime series got 12 episodes and as released in 2013.

7 La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia

The Italian title for this game translates to "The Story of the Arcane Family." It was released in 2011 for the PSP and has its foot in several genres from reverse-harem to adventure and romance. The story is about a powerful organization that makes contracts with Arcana cards that give them various powers. The leader of the organization decides to retire and holds a contest for who will be the new boss. Whoever is the new boss will also win his daughter's hand-in-marriage.

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His daughter, Felicità, is not happy about this and joins the tournament herself to decide which of the contestants she truly loves.

6 Photo Kano

Released in 2012, this PSP game is about a second year high school student named Kazuya Maeda. He likes do to photography and meets girls at his school through that passion. An anime series based on the game came out in 2013 with 13 episodes. The game was popular enough to get a enhanced version for the PS Vita in the same year as the anime release.

While players get choices as to which girl to date, the most well known one is on the game cover, Haruka Niimi, Kazuya's childhood friend.

5 Galaxy Angel

This sci-fi strategy dating sim has multiple games which could be played on the PS2, Xbox, and PC. There is an original trilogy as well as a sequel trilogy. Those who watch the anime and those who play the games might know the characters as different people though, as their personalities are altered depending on the media. The storyline is pretty different as well.

The protagonist is Commander Takuto Meyers, and he can pick one of the Galaxy Angels to romance.

4 Girl Friend Beta

Released only in Japan in 2012, the first Girl Friend Beta game is actually for the iOS and Android. Later in 2015, it got its own console game for the PS Vita. The anime series came out in 2014 with 12 episodes.

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The games are not known for plot, as it is mostly just interacting with virtual female characters and trying to get their intimacy meter up. Players have a ton of choices, as there are over a 100 of them and each with a unique voice actress.

3 Comic Party

Sometimes abbreviated to "Comipa," this dating sim was actually inspired by a real convention called "Comiket" that occurred in Tokyo twice a year. This game was released in 1999 for Windows, Dreamcast, and PSP. A manga and anime adaptation for the game came out around the same time in 2001. The anime got a sequel called Comic Party Revolution.

The story's protagonist is Kazuki Sendō and he is at a monthly Comic Party convention. The players choices both influence how many copies of his work he can sell as well as which woman at the convention he can date.

2 Angelique

Only launched in Japan, Angelique is a series with many games, spin-offs, and film adaptations. It is pretty popular among import gamers and there has been a strong desire for the series to get localized for non-Japanese players. The first Angelique game came out in 1994 and the latest in 2021.

The games spawned a 13 episode anime and a sequel in 2006 and 2007. As for the series story, its fantasy elements render it complex. Basically, a next Queen of the Cosmos is being chosen. Players take the role of a contender to be the next Queen, Angelique. As she completes her examination, she has nine guardians to choose as possible lovers.

1 Amagami

This dating sim came out only in Japan for the PS2 in 2009. Around the same time, a manga for it was released. A year later, the anime Amagami SS came out with 26 episodes. Two years after that, the anime got a sequel.

The story is pretty basic. The player takes the role of a male character whose heart was broken on Christmas Eve. However, he meets six girls during his second year of high school and is ready to try love again.

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