Animal Lover

Released Feb 2017

Evil forces have turned these five hunky beefcake time-displaced boys into animals! You've got to help cure them and maybe even fall in love! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance! No furries, despite the title! A dating sim by Wilson Taylor, Maia Gross and Travis Tohill.

85% positive · 162 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

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Steam Updated 9 Oct 2026 $9.99

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Evaluation

Animal Lover is a visual novel / dating sim that released on February 14, 2017. The game shipped as a complete, self-contained story with over 150,000 words, a full original soundtrack, and five character routes. A small bug-fix patch followed shortly after launch on February 20, 2017, addressing known issues discovered after release. There is no DLC, no season pass, and no roadmap for additional content. The only post-launch news of substance (October 2, 2018) was an announcement for a separate, new game by the same studio — Nowhere Girl — not additional content for Animal Lover. The developer has not communicated any plans to expand Animal Lover, and there has been no developer activity on this game's page since 2018. The game launched as a finished product and remains complete.

Evidence

Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained dating sim / visual novel with a defined cast of five characters and a full story — no mention of DLC, expansions, or ongoing updates.

description source content shipped

medium

Trainwreck Studios announced a new, separate visual novel (Nowhere Girl) releasing October 30, 2018. This is a studio announcement, not additional content for Animal Lover, and represents the last communication on this game's Steam page.

news post · Oct 2, 2018 source ambiguous

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Details

Developer

Trainwreck Studios

Publisher

Trainwreck Studios

Achievements

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Indie Casual Simulation Visual Novel Otome Female Protagonist Romance Dating Sim Nudity Sexual Content

About this game

"Animal Lover is a comedic triumph of a visual novel [...]"
-Candice Shane, Loot Crate

"...the only romance game I’ve played that has made me cry."
-Kurosama Reviews

"This game knows how to make you laugh, but it will also break your heart."
-Chloe Spencer, Kotaku

"Not a bad time, I've definitely played worse."
-Generalized summary of the Steam reviews

Animal Lover is a dating sim/visual novel where you will play a young woman trying to cure five beefy, attractive men from being turned into animals forever! Woah! It's funny, it's sad, it's weird! It's got cute boys! What else does it have going on?