The game, by and large, has less to do with romance, and more with you learning how to handle your grief and social anxiety and, well, be a good dad. When the game opens you find out that your dad has recently lost a spouse, and you can specify whether that spouse was male or female, and whether your daughter is biological or adopted.
One dad is overweight, and another dad is confirmed by the creators as trans. Of the seven romanceable dads, at least three are noticeably men of color. It’s not often a dating sim comes along where one, you play as a man, two, you play as a parent, and three, you play as a queer parent who romances other queer parents. A month after Dream Daddy’s release, and it already has a massive outpouring of fan art, cosplay, and community support.Īnd the game itself is indeed notable in numerous ways. Fandometrics, a database that tracks Tumblr trends, reported that Dream Daddy dethroned Overwatch as the most talked about game on Tumblr, after Overwatch had held that spot for nine months. With “dadbod” entering our social lexicon, calling hot celebrities “daddy” a common online occurrence, and “daddy” being very much a type within the gay community, it’s clearly an idea that struck the right chord for many the official Dream Daddy Twitter has over 75,000 followers, and it made Steam’s top ten best sellers list in the first week of its release. The pitch for the Dream Daddy dating simulator was simple: play as a queer daddy who gets to romance other, much hotter, queer daddies.