Sympathy Kiss is a 2022 otome game and visual novel developed by Otomate and Design Factory.
Plot Akari Amasawa, a designer for the mobile app company Estario, is suddenly asked to join another department to relaunch Estarci, the company's namesake and its worst-performing app. The Estarci planning department includes some of the company's most talented men, and Akari is set to work in a pair with a coworker of her choice.
Gameplay As Sympathy Kiss is a visual novel, gameplay consists of reading dialogue and making choices. Certain choices affect the protagonist's work-life balance, determining whether the player sees a Work End, a Love End, or a third ending that balances work and love. Some choices are made through the Emotion Select system, where the player chooses a reaction using a face symbol instead of traditional dialogue choices.
Reception
Sympathy Kiss received generally favorable reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
References
External links Official website (in Japanese) Official website (in English)