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Best Friend Forever

Pat the dogs... and then their owners. Step into the world of Rainbow Bay in Best Friend Forever, a dating sim-meets-dog care sim where you pat, pamper and train your pup while you search for your own forever friend.

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Developer
Starcolt
Publisher
Alliance
Release
August 27, 2020
5 years and 341 days ago
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Mostly Positive224 reviews70.5%

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About the Game



Step off the bus at Rainbow Bay and start a new life with your furever friend! Adopt a dog, find true love and experience all the wacky hijinks this colourful city has to offer.

Best Friend Forever is the world’s first simulation game to combine pet care and dating (just not necessarily at the same time). Train, pat and play with your very own dog to form a bond that will last the ages. With your four-legged companion by your side, meet, woo and cherish the many cuties of Rainbow Bay’s thriving singles scene.



Choose between four adoptable shelter pups to take on your journey through laughter, love and existential crises - a Maltese, a Shiba Inu, a Mutt and a Staffordshire Terrier! Each pup has their own backstory, personality, strengths and weaknesses, just like any other shelter pup in need of love and a good home.



Encounter and develop relationships with six residents of Rainbow Bay! From a family lawyer to a youth counselor; from a Pomeranian lover to an ice-skating Samoyed owner, there's someone for anyone looking for love in this city. All you have to do is load up your Woofr - the app for people who love dogs who love people who love dogs - and get going.



Take your adopted pup on their own journey through Paws Academy, Rainbow Bay Vet Clinic's own puppy school. Make sure you keep up their training, as well as look after their wellbeing to excel and raise a healthy, happy pal for life.
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