How To Date A Magical Girl! on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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You're invited to the elite academy for magical girls! Will you take the opportunity to make new friends? Learn magic? Or... Will you try to date a cute magical girl?

How To Date A Magical Girl! is a visual novel, anime and psychological horror game developed by Cafe Shiba and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.
Released on January 31st 2019 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 464 reviews of which 374 were positive and 90 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 7.39€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.79€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified How To Date A Magical Girl! into these genres:

Visual Novel Anime Psychological Horror Violent Adventure Simulation Casual Dating Sim Singleplayer Cute Romance Horror Gore Dark Story Rich Female Protagonist Indie Great Soundtrack First-Person

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit/64bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 9/OpenGL 4.1 capable GPU
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 1280 x 720 or higher display

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June 2025
Rating this game is hard. I ended on a positive, but I would say it's a 7/10. It's ambitious and tries a lot of interesting and cool stuff. I tend to be biased toward games which try something new. It is a stat raising game with an interesting story that in my opinion doesn't hold up all the way through, but some of the beats in it are very good. The art is a bit inconsistent, and it's rough around the edges, but it's still an experience worth having.
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April 2025
I quite enjoyed this for the most part! I love the magical girl theme, the art is very cute and I love the music. I also liked the setting, world-building and characters. The story is mostly wholesome and funny but includes awesome mystery and thriller/horror aspects, though I wish that the writing had more tension during certain scenes, as well as more build-up and focus on the horror. Additionally some of the writing about the characters feels too random, since some information randomly gets revealed in their routes and then never becomes relevant in any way. While the ending gets frequently criticized I actually liked the twist and (bad) endings a lot! I just wish that there was more content after the twist's reveal. In my view, the game's main problem is the fact that despite having a thrilling and interesting concept, the devs didn't fully manage to execute it without flaws, especially due to the shifts between casual slice-of-life and serious/terrifying scenes. I believe it would've been easier to manage if the story's atmosphere just fully shifted after scary stuff began to happen instead of continuously switching between genres which made some of the lore appear rather superficial. However the horror scenes are really well done, in my opinion! Certain CGs in combination with visual and sound effects, together with those text sections are really eerie and atmospheric, I enjoyed them a lot. I wish the sections with the psychological horror were more thorough. Overall the writing and delivery aren't perfect but I found the game entertaining and enjoyable regardless!
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Jan. 2025
I personally like the twist at the end. Also, the "Bad Ending" and "Mystery Ending" are the two best endings you can get. The "Happy Ending" is the most miserable and pathetic ending you can pick. Suffah MC.
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Jan. 2025
It's a fun little visual novel with your standard dating game mechanics, if that's all you want then go for it. The ending is unfortunately disappointing but the rest of the game is enjoyable enough.
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Nov. 2024
Brilliant and graphic. I also like how much strategy is involved in order to achieve different outcomes.
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How To Date A Magical Girl! is currently priced at 7.39€ on Steam.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.39€ on Steam.

How To Date A Magical Girl! received 374 positive votes out of a total of 464 achieving a rating of 7.58.
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How To Date A Magical Girl! was developed by Cafe Shiba and published by RIVER CROW STUDIO.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is playable and fully supported on Windows.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is not playable on MacOS.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is not playable on Linux.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for How To Date A Magical Girl!. Explore additional content available for How To Date A Magical Girl! on Steam.

How To Date A Magical Girl! does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

How To Date A Magical Girl! does not support Steam Remote Play.

How To Date A Magical Girl! is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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How To Date A Magical Girl!
7.39€ -90% 7.39€ 0.79€
7.6
374
90
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Developer
Cafe Shiba
Publisher
RIVER CROW STUDIO
Release 31 Jan 2019
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