Boyfriend Dungeon is a dungeon crawler-dating sim developed and published by Kitfox Games. Taking place in an urban fantasy setting, the player character must fight through dungeons with the help of a human partner who can transform into a sentient weapon. Outside of dungeons, the player can date their partner in visual novel-style sequences that increase their power in combat. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows on August 11, 2021, followed by a PlayStation 5 version on February 14, 2023.
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Sullivan, Anne, Mel Stanfill, and Anastasia Salter. “The Constraints of Cozy Games: Boyfriend Dungeon and Consent in Queer Play: Boyfriend Dungeon and Consent in Queer Play.” In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, pp. 1-9. 2023.
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