Lover Pretend

Idea Factory · Dec 1, 2022

Teen

About

Chiyuki is a college student with dreams: One, to become a scriptwriter like her late mother, and two, to find her father, whom she’s never met. In a stroke of luck, Chiyuki lands a job as an assistant for an upcoming film, but things take a surprising turn when she’s cast as the film’s female love interest! Will she be able to find her father and pretend to be in love, despite not knowing anything about love herself?

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Nintendo Switch

Critic 7.7 (4 critics) · Gamer 9.2

Critic reviews

RPGFan
Audra Bowling · Jan 29, 2023
8.4
Lover Pretend is a fun, enjoyable slice-of-life narrative for romance fans with some pleasant character-driven story moments throughout its run. It’s an overall solid visual novel if that’s the kind you’re in the mood for, and it put a smile on my face more often than not when I was playing it.
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Nintendo World Report
Donald Theriault · Jan 25, 2023
7.0
A bad ending to a story isn’t as bad as game-spanning tech issues, but the end result ends up being the same; a game worth recommending, but with some major caveats. Especially when the story is 95% of the reason to play the game.
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Noisy Pixel
Angelus Victor · Dec 01, 2022
7.5
Lover Pretend is not a bad otome game, but it certainly isn’t without its faults. While the plot is full of cheesy moments, none of them were memorable.
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God is a Geek
Lyle Carr · Dec 19, 2022
8.0
Lover Pretend is a charming visual novel full and romance and drama. The glamourous setting is just a delight, and the love interests are all worth getting to know. There’s nothing that will convince dating sim naysayers to change their tune, but if reading through an engaging rom-com sounds like a nice way to spend an evening then get ready to start pretending.
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