finally, a time to pull up my hidden list of random wip dating sims that burrowed themselves into my head will full consent. (i am a biased consumer of inhuman love interest content, apologies <3)
for the
Romance / Dating Sim fare:
Telluricene by
DEADline Studios
Bias: 5/5 | Art: 5/5 | Story: ?
The full game is actually coming out this year around May 1, 2026 at 7:00 UTC!
Now, this bad boy is full of Horrors (propaganda by humanity, war, etc.). You play as MC who's been assigned to a silly little guy whose species is called the Vivus Glomerorum, plant-based lifeforms you're supposed to learn about for this big corpo you're under. So far, we only got the demo but the story seems to be shaping up to be really interesting, especially with MC seeming to be bonding with this (hopefully not) threatening alien species. There's no big romance stuff yet since it's a demo still, but y'know...
I can't wait for this full thing to drop. The art for this VN is
really pretty btw.
Sacrarium Gelus by
Stygian Eye Stories
Bias: 4/5 | Art: 5/5 | Story: 4/5
MC is dealt a bad hand and gets a cursed mark that forces them out of their village for everyone's safety, but to do that they have to pass through the local mountain god's territory, which is full of demons. Hooray.
This is a pretty short but sweet read through; I liked Heimos a lot since he's pretty much a genuinely misunderstood sweetheart. The creator also has another game (
Sacrarium Pario) set in the same universe which is significantly more darker.
Codename: Project Dolphin by
Toad
Bias: 5/5 | Art: 4/5 | Story: ?
You just wanted to get fish, but now you're friends with this nerd at the fish shop and his weirdo android guy with shiny pants.
Game's also in development, but there was an update a month ago that basically let you go on a cute date with either of the two love interests. The full plot is still ??? but it's been an interesting demo, a short enough read too if you're a fast reader.
FILIPINO REFERENCES RAHHHH 
Cryptid Cofeehouse by
nukes
Bias: 4/5 | Art: 3/5 | Story: 4/5
Mothman dating sim. Enough said.
Legitimately though, it's just a cute, fluffy, free dating sim where you date/hang out with this silly moth cryptid and have fun. No stakes, only fluff amidst a world of fantastical people. A nice read if you have enough time to kill.
Allele: Origin by
coffeedripstudios
Bias: 2/5 | Art: 3.5/5 | Story: ?
Technically more of a survival sim where the reward is romance, but hey, it's an apocalyptic world around weirdo love interests. Kinda feels like par for the course. I don't normally feel too fond of survival dating sims where you survive the horrors, but Allele Origin kinda grew on me because Isaac is such a bully-able man in my eyes. sad wet cat man.
Titanarum by
Cath (and her Team)
Bias: 4/5 | Art: 5/5 | Story: 5/5
Writer MC has to deal with horrors because of a book. Same.
This VN's been around since 2023 and I still hold a fondness for it and the fact that I had to replay the game at least twice to get the third route. Romance is to be had, I guess? Hard to explain this plot ngl but it's good. trust. (biased take)
... and for the
Interactive Fiction / Text/Chat-style ones:
Text Your Life by
Pizza Writers
Text Your Life is still in development but there's already a lot of content up to Chapter 3. It's UI also looks nice, especially the way they built the messaging system in renpy.
This whole thing is about college girl MC in law school who's in an LDR, but at one point there was a kiss shared during the night she and her friends had a house (apartment?) warming party, whether it was MC's choice to kiss this unknown person or not, it happened and now she has to deal with this. If you want to deal with this kind of messy situation, then this is for you!
(There's 7 different routes planned, including the LDR boyfriend and a Love Triangle with two of the guys. I'm partial to the wack ass enemies to lovers route tbh, especially with the recent chapter)
God Cursed by
Lunan
Recently tripped on this IF and died at the fact that it's only 6 chapters of the story because I desperately need the other romance lock-ins for the other ROs. The Four (+1 extra) ROs are pretty much introduced through the given chapters and you can flirt with them the instant they pop up.
This whole IF is a pretty fun read if you're fully okay with an MC dealing with a chronic illness that has horrid flare-ups and other dark themes (the cws are listed off in the page).
... aaand that's all i remember off the top of my head. perhaps when i wake up again tomorrow i'll remember more, but who knows, i've yapped my yapper off by now lmao
i rly loved the friendship dynamics as well 
i can't wait for the full game to be out!!
i don't know viatica, so i'm def going to have to play this thanks so much for the rec!!
