Player reviews: 100% positive28 reviews
Steam Deck: Playable
Runs on: Windows
Price: US$29.99

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2020 · Idea Factory · Adventure · Otome

Cupid Parasite

Nintendo console exclusive

Sent to the Human Realm on her heavenly mission of “matchmaking”, Lynette meets her biggest challenge yet: the infamous Parasite 5. In order to help these five hopeless men find true love, Lynette and her team concoct the perfect matchmaking plan… REALITY TV.

Released: 20 August 2020
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Windows
Genres: Adventure Otome Simulation Visual novel
Developers: Idea Factory Studio Saizensen
Publishers: Idea Factory Idea Factory International
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Text
Themes: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB T CERO D PEGI 12
Languages: Chinese (Traditional), English, Japanese
Time to beat: 19hmain story62hcompletionist

About

Cupid Parasite is an otome game and visual novel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released for the Nintendo Switch on August 20, 2020 in Japan, and November 2021 in western regions. A fan disc titled Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling was released on November 30, 2023 in Japan, and May 28, 2024 in the west. Idea Factory International released a PC port of Cupid Parasite through Steam on September 22, 2026.

›Story

Welcome to Cupid Corporation! Located in the glitzy and trendsetting metropolis of Los York, Cupid Corporation is a daring marriage agency known for its style and success rate.

Our heroine, Lynette Mirror, is Cupid Corporation’s top bridal advisor, whose job is to consult in-vogue singles to make their wildest romantic dreams come true! BUT she has one huge secret up her sleeve—she is none other than Celestia’s Goddess of Love, Cupid!

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Story

The game follows Lynette Mirror, a matchmaker who is secretly the goddess Cupid, having left Celestia to complete a divine mission on Earth. One day, she is tasked with creating a reality television series about the Parasite 5, a group of men who are infamously "hopeless" with romance.

Reception

The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received "mighty" approval, being recommended by 79% of critics.