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

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 463 reviews of which 373 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.


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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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Feb. 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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July 2024
I absolutely LOVED that this was a management stat sim integrated in a visual novel. The characters were pretty sweet and the game made me unsettled a lot. Most unique protagonist reaction to death I have ever seen, and horror is my favorite genre. Ending disappointed me hardly and had me thinking on the game for a while. Bittersweet, I just wish the plot twist wasn't there. Also Rei is BEST girl by far.... Dang I wish there was a sequel ;-;
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How To Date A Magical Girl!
7.6
373
90
Online players
0
Developer
Cafe Shiba
Publisher
RIVER CROW STUDIO
Release 31 Jan 2019
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