Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

I'm really only writing this review for my own record keeping as opposed to advising anyone else on whether its worth it or not. Honestly? I don't feel like I am capable of saying either way. If the game looks good, buy it, if it doesn't, dont. Otherwise, I'm just going to talk into the ether for a second. As a dating simulator, it is good. I liked a majority of the datable character and I found myself laughing at pretty much every silly joke. My favorite routes were Brian, Matt, and Robert. Damien was cool. And my least favorite were Hugo and Joseph but... well, we'll get to that. Anyway, I like the side plot between the player and Amanda. So, in that regards, I think I do recommend it. If you like silly, campy, gay dating sims, sounds like this game would be up your alley. So... why the thumbs down? Yeah about that. To me, this game is a case study in how a single decision can completely destroy your stories thematic narrative. In that regards, I guess I can give it credit for showing how important themes are, even in a 'silly' video game. But jesus christ, there was no reason to do what this game did to Joseph. In a game about accepting yourself, and doing what you need to do to be happy, even if it's selfish, this game spat in the face of it's players and laughed at your shock by ripping those themes to shreds for the character that arguably needed to hear it the most. Craig is running himself ragged trying to better himself, own a business, and be a single parent to his girls? He learns to take care of himself by relaxing and not work so hard. Very sweet. Dadsona feeling jealous about the seemingly perfect life Brian has built for himself and forcing every interaction he has with the big redhead into a competition to prove he has a good life to (and mostly failing to do so)? He learns to not care sm what is going on in someone elses 'perfect' life and accept that life sometimes is messy but you make your own happiness. Great. Matt still grieving over the loss of his wife to the point he hasn't picked up an instrument in years? Picks up a guitar and plays, letting her go because even if it still hurts she would want him to be happy. I nearly cried. Robert dealing with chronic depression from living a hard life, feeling stuck in his self hatred and self loathing, unable to break free from the chains he tied around himself? By the end, he accepts only he can choose to be happy, and so he finally asks for help. Not help from a lover, but from a person who just in general cares about him as a human being. Help from a person who is willing to stand next to him and support him and wait for him to be ready. I DID cry at this one. In a game that is explicitly about Queer/Gay Characters, this sort of radicalized self acceptance and allowing people to be happy despite their insecurities, grief, fears, mental struggles and whatever the hell else, is perfect. And then you have Joseph. In a game about Queer/Gay characters who accept themselves and decide to choose their own happiness even if its selfish (whether actually selfish or not), you REALLY decided to make the Christian Character in a loveless, toxic hetero marriage the only datable character without a good ending. No matter what you do, you cannot end up with Joseph. No matter what you do, he stays with his wife. No matter what you do, he chooses his family. To be blunt, I am uninterested in any explanation that makes Joseph secretly evil or manipulative. I do not care if you think this was the 'correct' choice because Joseph was technically cheating on his wife. I do not care if you wanna judge me for 'wanting to be with a married man'. First of all, this is a DATING SIMULATOR, the devs are teh one who made the decision to make a datable a married man. If they didn't want to go all the with that decision then they shouldn't have made it an option in the first place. Josephs story is incredibly sad. And I feel would be extremely relatable to many real gay men who found themselves in this exact scenario. Do you do the selfish thing and leave your family so you can be happy? Or do you stay and continue to be miserable? The right thing would be to leave. It hurts. It sucks. But staying is destroying Josephs family. His eldest child has to listen to his parents argue every night. His wife drinks herself stupid and flirts with every guy in town at the local bar and neglects her children just to spite him. (to be clear I love his wife, she is genuinely a really well rounded character. But it doesn't magically make her a good person no more than it makes Joseph a good husband) This family is in pieces, but the game says no. They'll work it out. Joseph loves her and they'll fix everything! Sure. Sure they will. In the game about accepting yourself and choosing to be happy even if its selfish, this game takes the character that would most represent that idea and say "yeah, that would be selfish. and you're a bad person for doing this, for wanting this, so you don't GET to be happy or accept yourself. :D" The whiplash I felt going from Joseph and Dadsona deciding they're going to be together and Joseph is going to divorce his wife to 'actually, i'm staying with her because I learned that I still love her even though I cheated on her with a man TWICE NOW'.... I feel like this game insulted me. And it completely ruined my experience. Joseph was one of the first routes I did, and it ruined the rest of them. For each route that ended with a happy couple, the more it made Josephs ending seem all the more hateful. In that regards, this is one of the worst games I've ever played. But whatever. Two out of three aint bad, Good Luck Babe etc etc etc

I am not a gay man. matter of fact, I am a lesbian woman. however somehow I was still the target audience. big fan of these dilfs. hell yeah

Kinda makes me want to become a gay dad, but unfortunately I hate children

Disappointing there is no visual sexy scenes, just text.... and there isn't any truly gay characters... all just closet bi guys... cute, but hard pass, never play again..... boo....

LOVE THIS GAME! I wish I had such a daddy as Craig in my life((( . . . [spoiler]don't trust Joseph[/spoiler]

Amazing games. I love my yaoi in all kind of flavours

i bought this at 14 when i was in the closet and i almost cried when i got caught playing it lmaooooo

Is this gay ?

I got this free from my ex bc he wanted to watch me play men flirting idk he was weird

hot dads hell yes