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Love Esquire - RPG/Dating Sim/Visual Novel
Developer Yangyang Mobile
You usually play as the hero… but not this time! You're a lowly squire who's on an epic quest to get laid. Here's the catch: you've only got a few months left to find the girl of your dreams before you're shipped off to war. So git gud, get laid, and find man's greatest pleasure in Love Esquire! From the Steam store page
179 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Aug 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
161 positive · 18 negative
95% range 85–94%
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,026 of 1,138 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 179 · most liked firstwhoever is responsible for finalizing this core game mechanism should apologize to the voice and the art teams. + great voices. + quality and quantity of the voiced dialogues. + beautiful artwork. + character design and settings are charming. - inventory and status menu can only be accessed at home. - every meaningless activities (exp bar / walking / transition) are slow, and there is no option to speed up. - things you can do in a day are limited, forcing you to do redundant operations more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I greatly enjoyed my time with Love Esquire. It's a great addition to my list of hidden gem games. Pros: +Surprising amount of content. The game has 5 girls total, each with tons and tons of dialogue, character arcs, and special event scenes. +Great writing. Stellar worldbuilding. Each girl also has a surprising amount of depth, with believable feelings, motivations, and backstories. Their arcs also come with their fair share of twists and turns, and I became really invested in these girls'…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even as a woman, this game is very charming. I'm a huge fan of VNs, and I can tell that this game was made with a lot of heart. My favorite part is the storytelling. As you pursue these romances, you'll see a darker side to their story, and it is well worth a read.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When you take the plot in hentai way too seriously
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →writing so good I would recommend it to my english teacher
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoyed my time with this game, it got me some good laughs, but it also got a lot more sentimental and dark in places. The game sells itself as a trashy little title but actually it made a pretty solid impression on me. For a Visual Novel even with more options than expected. I'm really glad I discovered it. Even if the voice over suffers from technical problems, the actors are very good and yet have made a great contribution to highlighting the dialogues in a positive way. The main…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game itself isn't bad, it crearly took a lot of work have all this content, and I wouldn't have played as much if I was bored. But as an H-game, it just sucks. It's super grindy, the rewards are minimal, and if you chose the wrong option, you'll be locked out of endings. I feel like the affection requirements should be halved, and it should have twice as much H-scenes as it does to at least consider it an H-game worth playing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've really enjoyed my time with this game. Gave me some good laughs and sometimes, feels, and enjoyment of course :P I really like that there are multiple epilogues depending on your chosen girl. I'm not a review writer expert, but let's see: Story: It was Good in my opinion. Nothing fancy, some twists here and there to spice things up. For a game like this, it was enough for me. I know everyone came for the plot... ;) Visuals: I think the environments and animations are great, I especially…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Game-play }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just game-play ☐ Meh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Enough to not skip the cut-scene ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ You'll deeply invest yourself into it ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ A good challenge. ☐ Difficult ---{ Grind }--- ☐…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out our [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/36364102-Horny-Hentai-Festival/]Steam curator , [url=www.youtube.com/curatorhhf/]YouTube channel and [url=twitter.com/hhfcurator]Twitter! [18+ Dating sim] In a fantasy world, you, a virgin, wanna sexual interaction and happened to be a "love esquire". Funny and heartwarming story, cute anime 5 girls to "conquer". Live2D. 18+ Workshop MOD. [18+ 恋愛シム] シム部分ちょっとだけ頑張れば5人のとってもkawaii女の子達と仲良くなれる。WorkshopのMODで18+シーン追加可
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is absolutely misleading having "Nudity" and "Sexual Content" in the content tags. There is none in the base game. Nor is there a mod made by the devs. The only H mod is done by a fan and the animation is severely lacking in quality for the mod. If i wanted to play a PG13 dating sim I wouldn't pick a game with tags like this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sure it's got a somewhat interesting story and the characters can be quite funny at times, but there's no real entertainment inbetween the visual novel so you're just running around gifting and talking to the girls. The campaign side of the game feels way to fixed onto "be a certain level to clear" instead of being intuitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - Funny writing with good characterizations. - 99.9% fully voice acted - Cute character design - New Game+ mode makes finishing routes after your first one go really fast. Cons: - First play through requires a fair amount of pointless grinding - Battle System is good, but under used. - Too 'PG' for it's own good. Overall I liked this game, but I didn't love it. It felt like a small scale Visual Novel that was padded out with a lot of grinding to "build affection" on your first play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9/10 So, I bought this after watching all the videos, because I found the videos funny. I expected funny, a bit sexy and entertainment. I definitely got all of that and more. The gameplay: It is harder than it looks at first if you choose the challenging route. In a positive way. I quite liked that! Also, kept getting surprised by more content. At first I thoguht: "Ah, just have to do that? Gonna finish in a wink." <-- I was SOOO wrong about that :-D I totally made a mess of things at first…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Insane amount of voice acting and really enjoyable story. What am I doing with my life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No wonder this game got a switch port. it's barely an H game. at most this is 1990's - 2000's level of ecchi. while yes there is a grand total of ONE H scene per lady, it's only possible because of a fanmade mod. basically, if you're getting in thinking you're going to have a raunchy time. this aint it chief. that being said. as a visual novel with some.... "rpg" elements. it's ok. art style is pretty good too. gotta give them props for that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I asked a friend of mine to gift me this game. He did and called me a coomer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent writing and surprisingly fun mini-games and premise. No real adult content, if that's what you're looking for, but as for a well written dating sim, it's fantastic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The characters are good but my god the gameplay is a boring grind. It legitimately would've been more fulfilling to sit around farming in an MMO.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite all of the beautiful graphics and good voice acting, the gameplay loop is a boring waste of time. You can't skip combat animations or day skip animations, which make the game take 10x longer to finish. The combat is simple and the event system is kind of bad. Sometimes you just have to guess on what day and at what time a character's event can be triggered. You'll struggle to find all of the scenes, even with the somewhat complete steam guides this game has. The characters and story…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a wise man once said: "You know what Elden Ring doesn't have? Twerking in front of your enemies" and dammit he was right. This game is the best thing that has happened since the creation of Itadaki Seieki. Strap in and brick up coz this game will have you playing with your mouse in your left hand. The question is not why, but who for. A princess? Another princess that's more... Horizontally gifted? The smol woman wearing armor twice her size? The shy nurse?... Or dare I ask? Your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a good visual novel with loads of funny and cute characters both female and male. In addition, the storylines for the characters were quite decent making the player want to learn more about them. The only downside I found to this game is that it is really grindy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has been made a 100 times before. Buy the right gifts to build affection with waifus, build generic stats to 'fight' inane battles that look like final fantasy on screenshots, all this to chase unsatisfying hentai payouts. Finish the game once for each girl to get a harem. It's a cliché of a stereotype, and a colossal waste of time. The graphic are good, the voices are ok but uneven. The writing is uterly generic but at least not badly translated japanese. The characters are typical…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Came for ladies, Died For Hugh. Bros > Hoes
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SAVE AMY FOR LAST! TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun game that can get kinda dark.... the bad ending is... well... bad.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AMY AMBUSH!!!!!!✋😳🤚
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it because it's partly a VN, part a dating sim, and part a JRPG, plus it has a New Game + feature that makes playing Story Mode worth it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SPOILER: Tip the cow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No H-scenes/Nudes but the game is really well made, but... you can get the H-scenes in the modded community. It's just not voiced by original VA. Overall: amazing VA, great visuals, nice ost, good story, and a bit repetitive gameplay. I just wanted to hear and plow sis, thats why i thumbed it down. All that build up and no payoff... sad pepehands
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →might not be the best visual novel out there but i love it and proud to call it my very first entry in this genre, good story, interesting characters with good backstories (Vel ;_;), a nice turn based mini game. Would finish Vel questline as many times as it takes. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game for reasons you might not expect. The good: It's hella funny. The jokes are lighthearted and well thought. The story line for each route has its unique setting. The more you get to know a girl, the more depth you find in the plot. The voice acting is great. It really brings the game to life when two characters chat with one an another. Great story. As a visual novel it does a good job at pulling you into the story. Excellent art. The main characters are well detailed and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have to say... when I bought this game, I didnt expect much of it and was thinking about refund. However, after put some hours on this, I am glad that I didnt refund... One of the best dating sim/visual novel I ever played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is what a good visual novel is supposed to be. I hope future games use this one as inspiration. - Interesting story. - The dialog between chars is well-made: not too long, not too short; you never feel the urge to skip them to advance the game. - Top+ tier voice acting. I can't stress this enough. - Simple strategy game activities. The only thing this game lack compared to other top tier VNs is diversity of meaningful choices in dialog, if you give this feature too much importance. Even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolutely adorable and the voice work is awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ultimately, I think I'll be echoing a lot of what others have said: interesting premise, poor execution. I played through one cycle of the game, and then got to the New Game+, and did about a month of that. I think I've got a very good idea of what the game is offering. The story is interesting, the characters aren't all that bad (some are of course more endearing than others), but the game play is just excruciating at times. It's a game that is ultimately about building relationships with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Father: Are you winning son? Son: DAMN RIGHT!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was going to wait until I finished a few different routes, but after finishing Vel's I had to come and write a raving review about this gem of a game! First and foremost, this is one of the best visual novel hybrids I have ever played. Traditional VN's are great, but Love Esquire takes dating sim as well as RPG mechanics and mashes it all into one masterfully. Take your waifu on a date in the morning, go slay creatures in the afternoon with your homie Hugh, then train your stats in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt script more than make up for the repetitive RPG minigames and dodgy presentation ("skipVideoControllerText" instead of a proper prompt for example). Each character has a deceptive amount of depth to them, and most if not every single line is fully voice acted. The game is frequently part of key bundles, but is more than worth it even at full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1/10 overpriced garbage i got in a bundle for dirt cheap. - using steam workshop to sneak porn in so the game doesnt show up on the steam store as adult - god awful combat - got stuck taunting enemy and had to alt f4 game 99.9% of game play afk card farming
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game. All voices are great, suit their actors, and well versed... there was definitely effort put in the voice acting. MC was funny and likable, not OP in any way. All waifus were unique enough to want to try different playthroughs for romance, and each fun to romance. Their back stories and personalized storytelling actually make you want to see where the story goes. +Voice Acting was amazing +All characters involved were enjoyable +Although the rpg aspect of this game is generic for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fixed not being playable on SteamDeck. Amazing dating sim, probably my favorite on the platform. It's hilarious, it's wholesome, it's dialogue is sharp as a knife.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is probably the best Visual Novel/RPG/Dating Sim that I've ever played. It has plenty of fan-service CGs, but nothing explicit. What I really love is the writing and voice acting. This game has so much heart. It's so wholesome and funny and full of moments that will unexpectedly hit you in the feels. 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good stuff, a bit rough around the edges here and there(Placeholder text in some places, dialogue randomly getting a lot quieter, and I feel like a few times the time moved backwards instead of forward when triggering many events in one place for example). Characters are likeable though, and story is funny for the most part(It has some serious moments, even dark ones in bad endings though). The gameplay loop can get a little tedious after a while, but it's not too bad compared to some other…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A great game if you like parodies/Satire of the VN/Dating sim genre. Had fun for a majority of my playtime, the special fighting animations can get a bit repetitive after a while and it can be pretty confusing at times when asked to do quests, but other than very small things I had a good time. Get it if you like fan service, silly characters, and a pretty good story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I went in this game having played the demo, I already enjoyed that but I actually enjoyed the game even more then I was expecting! I think the characters are really fleshed out and it's fun that I could experience every girls story and beat the game and get the romance ending in one play through on normal mode. I think the main pro about this game is how fleshed out and interesting the girls are. I genuinely haven't found a dating sim in a long time time that made me interested in the girls as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →About a year ago I played a horror visual novel "The Letter" and while it was bit cliched and predictable it was still an enjoyable experience so I decided to check what other games the devs had made. My first thought when I saw Love Esquire was: "oh so they made some dating sim with anime boobs". But then I read the game's description and couple of reviews and I decided to give this game a change. In this game you play as a squire who will be sent to a war in four months and during those four…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pro Funny Voiced Story Had it on the switch with The Letter Con prefer on handheld
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After perilously grinding intelligence and strength for hours to become my best self for her, I got friendzoned by Giselle. I now declare myself the biggest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ simp on this planet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent ecchi game. If you don't expect a hardcore porn game and you're fine with... sometimes annoying protagonist, you'll be good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why must all of our games be centered around political messages/propaganda?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice story telling all the routes are good specially with h-patch decent gameplay for a dating sim then lots of story content. but not a lot of guide on the internet so cant get all friendship endings and bad speacially the harem ending but for the romance ending there's a lot of guide to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Actually really enjoyed this a lot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty charming game. Voice Acting is bad/good, in that the character voices and lines are really generic but REALLY well done in that way, so you enjoy hearing them. The combat gameplay is a lot more intricate than I'd have thought a Visual Novel would have so that made it more enjoyable. But it doesn't lose itself in pointless grinding, you earn those wins and they all mean something. First time I heard a certain victory line I may or may not have spit my drink out. Overall, I'd say I'm…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a gem of a game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game presents itself as trash, looks like trash, by all rights should be trash - but is actually a hidden gem, an absolute MASTERPIECE. I didn't really know what to expect, but this game not only has the trashy but hilarious humor you'd expect from its appearance (reminds me of Konosuba and borderlands 2) but also a surprisingly rich world, deep story, and complex characters that stay away from typical tropes. I was drawn in by how much fun it was to get to know the characters as the plot…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely fun enjoyable game, great story, great characters a really fun and unique combat system. I wish there were more games that used these mechanics, or that the developers would make another game using the mechanics. Personally I'm not a fan of the 'secret' harem ending, kind of ruins the story I think, but other people seem to love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly really touching and well made. The story and the characters lowkey had me invested, and I absolutely LOVE the voice acting! Art is super cute too. Great game, and an even greater VN.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a great relief from the working world where women never talk to me. 5 stars
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dating sim with extra H-scene in the end. play NG+ 5time to harlem ending.
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