Speed Dating for Ghosts similar games & best alternatives

Speed Dating for Ghosts

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Branching dialogue! Hard choices! A cemetery's worth of phantoms, wraiths, and poltergeists lookin' for love in all the blight places.

What works

  • Well-written and emotionally engaging characters
  • Unique and imaginative concept
  • Multiple story paths and replayability
  • Thoughtful exploration of death and life themes
  • Charming art style and humor

Things to keep in mind

  • Short gameplay length
  • Minimal gameplay mechanics beyond dialogue choices
  • Lack of save and quit functionality
  • Limited visual variety
  • Some players may find replaying repetitive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • DATE A LIVE: Ren Dystopia

  • Life After Magic

  • The Red Strings Club

  • Rakuen

  • Dialtown: Phone Dating Sim

  • A Taste of the Past

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Speed Dating for Ghosts but with less of a community feel

  • Shark Dating Simulator XL+

  • Deathless Death

  • Space Bear

  • 白花 the white flower

  • 咕啾!文鸟恋爱物语 Love Story of Sparrow

  • The NOexistenceN of you AND me

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Speed Dating for Ghosts but with less imaginative fiction

  • A YEAR OF SPRINGS

  • One Night Stand

  • and Roger

  • Wednesdays

  • LoveChoice

  • one night, hot springs

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Speed Dating for Ghosts: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competence.

Last update: 03/08/2026