Nurse Love Syndrome similar games & best alternatives

Nurse Love Syndrome

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

Meet cheerful Kaori Sawai, fresh out of nursing school, as she joins Yurigahama Hospital. Surviving a near death experience as a child left her with a desire to become a nurse and "healing hands" that let her relieve pain in patients just by touching them.

What works

  • Detailed and authentic nursing workplace depiction
  • Rich branching story with multiple endings
  • Strong character development and emotional depth
  • High-quality voice acting and art
  • Good value with extensive content

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow pacing and long text sections
  • Some players find protagonist frustratingly incompetent
  • Complex and sometimes illogical choice system
  • Ui and interface feel dated and cumbersome
  • Contains dark themes including workplace harassment and emotional abuse

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Nurse Love Syndrome: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Health, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 31/08/2026