Me coming in to see this random thread I made is still going strong after 4 years. (Time to play all of the games suggested.)
Also not finished but Bastard Of Camelot so far is giving me some REAL good feelings. I’m so ready for when it gets into the romance section… It has made me cry.
So I just completed Wayhaven 1 and 2. I gotta say that it has to have the best romances in any game I played, it feels so real, and based on the way it’s written where you guide the story makes it even more exciting! I was doing the Ava route and I absolutely love her “hard to get” personality.
Wayheaven chronicles great romance book
sem, ay’cure (maybe? not sure, iirc he’s in love with jun but maybe he’s an RO too since he’s starting to give up on jun), kess, umbrave, shelly, that’s all of them i think
I just love how at the beginning of the thread people were like “well, romance usually takes a backseat in CoG…”
How times have changed 
I don’t have much to contribute since a lot of IF games have good romance nowadays so really, there is no need anymore. I just found that funny!
Progression & evolution are necessary.
My 3 OCs are happy with this. 
Keeper of The Sun and Moon and it’s sequel especially contain some of the most emotional, fulfillment romantic content I’ve read in a very, very long time. Honestly, for me, it beats even Zombie Exodus’ romance so far. What an emotional rush with Astrid I had. And with non-ROs, too. The relationships feel three dimensional. Day and Night took what Sun and Moon started and just fucking skyrocketed it all into the atmosphere. It felt like the last game in the series. What a sleeping juggernaut. I feel like the trilogy still isn’t as popular as it deserves to be.
Edit: I should mention, the series is written by @daydreamsincolor for anyone wanting to check it out. You know when a couple scenes make you actually tear up, it’s amazing.
Shepards of Haven has a very sweet romance between (a gender locked) female!MC and Blade. Then again I’m a sucker for a stoic character with a soft side for a love interest.
I adore Weyhaven, but I am also looking forward to the day when we get a game with quality romances and friendships that doesn’t involve supernatural creatures or schools for special folks. 
Stories on itch.io:
I suggest playing these stories on your laptop/computer as the saves can get finicky on mobile.
Speaker: 5 ro’s.
Scout: An Apocalypse Story: 4 ro’s.
Bad Ritual: 2 ro’s.
A Tale of Crowns: 4 ro’s.
Superstition S1: 2 ro’s, 2 flings.
Superstition S2: 5 ro’s, 2 flings.
If you’re interested in having 3 LI’s fight over you, here’s a major spoiler for Superstition:
Collect as many romance points as you can with Chris in the first book, but not Sydeko (this is will break the dynamic).
Then romance Rahim, Chris and Zillah in S2. Pay special attention to Rahim as he needs at least 5 points to activate and be careful with Chris too, he’s a super sensitive character who will need a lot of affirmation and he pays attention to who you flirt with. Zillah’s just down for whatever so long as you collect all of his romance points.
Follow the guides for help and do not sleep with any flings or you will lose points and a potential romance. I’ve only ever played as a female!Roe so I’m not certain if this works for other genders.
Don’t forget Wayhaven chronicles, mind blind(WIP) and golden rose(WIP)
All of em have really good romances
We should take a shot every time Wayhaven is mentioned in this thread….see you in the hospital!
Maybe the thread title should just be changed to “Games With Good Romance Besides Wayhaven?!?!?” to save everyone some time.
Great thread, BTW, even though it probably cost me about $50 on Steam… 
since Wayhaven has taken over (i love it dont get me wrong) let me list out some of my finds
obviously not all are interactive novels, that markets still low but it’s definitely getting better!
I’ve been told that this one had great romance and is a character driver story and I tried it because I’m a sucker for romance but I’ve never finished the second book because I had some problems with it.
The first book had a huge cast and also had to juggle with character screentime and introducing us to the world, I had to bear with its weird pacing and moments where you get dumped with a lot of exposition and explaination of in-universe jargons because I just thought that this would only be in book 1 and that it’s trying to set everything well and good so when book 2 comes we’ll be more familiar to the world around us and let us keep our suspension of disbelief.
When I got to book 2 though, the weird pacing is still there, one moment you’re there getting dumped with story heavy dialogue and in the other you’re eating ice cream or whatever it is you’re eating with your love interest, in my case was astrid, I like her character the most and stuck with her the entire first book and half of the second where I stopped because I couldn’t handle the pacing.
Omg can I just come here to scream about Because We’re Here. This game is literally SO GOOD, there is just so much pain and shock going around, genuinely the only game right now that actually makes me scared for what is going to happen next.
Usually I don’t play games that are angst galore because they feel a bit forced imo, but this game does such an excellent job at portraying war in a “fulfilling” way that I can not recommend this enough. I am so happy to see other people enjoying this game.
Really big fan of ToA too, can’t wait to cry some more with our poor Phoenix.
any opinions about the new game “The play is the thing”. In the description seems like there would be romance?
I’m only partway through it, but it’s very enjoyable so far, romances included. There are four gender-swappable LIs and they’re all attractive and interesting.