If you actually do enjoy this genre and want some unironic takes (and no, they are not all dating sims or erotica) take a look at !visualnovels@ani.social! Also related is !otomegames@ani.social, a VN subgenre: dating sims aimed at women with male love interests. For transparency, I mod the second one but not the first.

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

!morphmoe@ani.social

[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

Fanfic Girls' Frontline.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Okay....this marks the end of the joke eroge VN games.

It's now dead. We can move on to something else people.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I want a fediverse dating sim

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's called Lemmy 😳👉🏻👈🏻

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You just unlocked the bad end

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 1 points 17 hours ago

I'll take lighthearted joke VN any day in this era. Kthnx.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

No it's fuckin hilarious