I believe that the dress up game genre is a huge untapped market in the gaming industry like the amount of potential and causal gamers that become invested in those games are surprising in fact. But I wish we could go farther away from the business setup that is happening today like the huge amount of microtransaction and the predatory nature of p2w system. I used to play SuitU but because of how it became a game of spending real money, it made me stop playing.
I became so invested in the game so much that I always engage in the discord community (which is new to me and help me navigate the discord app) entered community contests and even applied to design competitions and creator program. But in the end, I realized that becoming more committed to this game might put me into a financial struggle so I did the right thing and left the game.
I feel like you only need to look as how much people love character customisation aspects and options in games to see that a lot of people LOVE dress up games, but there aren’t many popular games of high quality that are known. I feel like Sims 4 is a good example of a game where character design/customization/fashion isn’t meant to be a big part of the game, but the sheer volume of cosmetic mods that have been made for it says a lot for how people love being able to dress up their characters. Unfortunately, i feel like a lot of people associate dress up games with low quality mobile games or games for little girls only, which is such a huge shame.
Absolutely. I have over a thousand hrs in acnh, and even though theres not much for me to do in the game anymore… i still boot up the game and make new outfits every so often
My storage in acnh is like errrrrr a good 80% clothing items and 20% anything else, I have the max amount storage too and I'm almost hitting that limit 😂
Thank you so much for this video! People look down on "girly" games so much, especially in the toxic gaming community. The western gaming industry is still convinced there's no audience for them outside of little girls, so even when there are fashion games released they never bother with marketing them (cough fashion dreamer cough). While it wasn't a dress-up game, I was obsessed with Imagine Fashion Designer as a kid. It was, and still is, the most detailed fashion design game I've ever played, letting you pick the pattern and colors, cut the fabric, iron out wrinkles, sew them together, sew in buttons, everything! The story was also cute, with a war against moths.
You can really see a difference between fashion games developed in the west versus the east. Western titles feel so much more bland. They’re all like, “Design the perfect business suit!” in exciting colors such as brown, black, and navy. Do they really look at their game and think “Yes, when people dream of doing fashion design they definitely want to be making straight leg jeans.” The games look like a chore to slog through. Bright graphics and a stylized look beat mundane realism just about every time.
Personally, I think that's a matter of preference and not that one is inherently better. Some people might prefer realism over a more stylized style. I think the Style Savvy games do a good job of representing more realistic styles, while also having more fantastical aspects with the lolita styles, for example.
One game I’m surprised you didn’t mention in the 3DS section was Girls Fashion Shoot which is actually part of the Nicola games that was mostly a Japan only series but this one got an English release around 2013. It’s actually a cute little game,your character play as a model and you do several different photoshoots depending on the theme and you can also hang out with other models and take pictures with them. You can also edit your pictures of the shoots too. It’s a rather niche title though as not a lot of people bought it I think. And since the eShop and 3DS units are gone,getting a copy of this game physically will cost roughly between $60-70 I highly recommend looking at some videos of gameplay cause it’s a game I’m sure you never heard before but it might catch your eye a bit since I don’t think any more future Nicola games will get localized,which is a shame cause it’s a good alternative.
Great video! I only recently realized how much dress up has been a huge component in my appreciating some games and am super looking forward to Fashion Dreamer and got Love Nikki and Life Makeover after your recommendations here. Although fashion is limited by the individual creator, picrew also scratches that itch for browser stuff.
There's this DS game i loved playing called popcutie which was all abt opening your own harajuku-esque fashion boutique! Defo a favorite of mine and I still have it and play it from time to time
Another good fashion game for the 3ds is girls fashion shoot. You work for a modelling agency where you need to design an outfit and edit a magazine cover based off a theme you’re given :)
Thanks for covering this; I was thinking it can't possibly be this bad for fashion games on desktop, but it really is. :/ I remember how great the 90s Barbie fashion designer game was, and I haven't found anything quite like it.
I started with Love Nikki and still consistently play it but after a certain point there just wasn’t much to do. I wanted to get Life makeover but I don’t have enough storage on my phone :( I got suit u instead and it’s pretty fun. I would say it’s less free to play than love Nikki but it is still rewarding and I have a lot of cute stuff.
This video rocked! I was happy to see SuitU on the list of fashion games ◡̈ I would love to see a deep dive into some of these games and to hear your thoughts about them in more depth! (Especially SuitU)
For people that are interested in ; Mostly in french, but I do think still in english too there's OhMyDollz, which is a browser based dress up game & with a little small community, sadly the game is dying but it has fashion since 2008 !! There's also in french only ; Sailor Fuku, a cute pixel art fashion game, also a small community but people still play those two games, it is more cosy with less people but hopefully it will stay online for more years ! Forums are available for both. :)
Now I am 19 but when I was little what got me into fashion games mostly was a PC and Nintendo DS game called barbie fashion show cause it has many customization option but I can't tell if you will enjoy it if you hadn't played it before
Curious if you ever tried Gaia Online. That use to be my favorite from way back in the day 😂 It’s not nearly as great as it use to be but when I was younger I thought it was the best game around.
Amazing video! Ive been looking for nice fashion games after style savy. I used to play Time Princess everyday in high school even in class lol. Then i stopped because my phone was so horrible and played a lot of ever skies but yes the community there is SO insanely toxic and young so i stopped playing that too. Thinking about getting fashion dreamer but deffo going to play the newest sytle savvy game! never played it and it looks so good. also maybe will get back into time princess on my pc... Thank you so much for this 💕
These are all such great suggestions! Although I have to admit I like playing MSP 1 compared to the MSP 2 you showed in this video for nostalgia purposes, and avatars 😅
The eversky is kinda like the Dollz scene back in the 90s. also sorry to hear you got attack in that game. I was trying to play it but after hearing that i still try but not say anything.
I'm the same way about not wanting to interact with kids, it's so awkward. 😅 Unfortunately, the cozy and fashion games I'm into attract younger audiences.
The graphics for the storyline based mobile games are so beautiful but I did tried few of them and I'm too lazy to care. I really enjoy playing SuitU and Covet Fashion since I just need to spend few mins of my time to complete all the challenges/comp. Since you can borrow items from your fb friends / fashion house in Covet Fashion, it honestly so easy to play without paying since at least one of your friends/members will own the items. You'll also receive quite a lot of diamonds daily so you don't need to spend rl money that much.
Oh my god i was listening and thought i heard a bit of a Dutch accent peeking through untill you mentioned the Dutch name of a game. I feel so smart lmao
There is an otome fashion game on steam where you’re in college and intern at a music place too my old can’t remember what it’s called but I liked it a lot
Another fashion game that’s on mobile is Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. It’s more on the grinding to get what you want aspect, but other than that I enjoy it.
I know I'm a year late to this video, but I can confirm as someone that played for a while that Everskies is indeed a hellscape and you have to walk on eggshells every time you interact with people on there 😭 There's drama every single day, and everyone just wants to fight while pretending to be "morally right." I myself had gotten jumped on there and dogpiled multiple times over the stupidest things ever and got perma banned over a misunderstanding (which I had to wait 6 months to even attempt to appeal WITH proof and screenshots, but I got my account unbanned at the end). Basically most ppl on there are a bunch of chronically online snowflakes who follows the crowd and act in numbers because they're too afraid to start up drama alone. Taking a break from the app is probably the best thing I have ever done. Im so sorry for the YAP session, but the second I saw you mention everskies I got what felt like war flashbacks 💀. im so sorry about the terrible experience you had no one deserves to be ganged up on like that, i also might have came across the hate post they made about you since i was active at the time but similar stuff happened multiple times so im not sure :(
yea the community is garbage but the fashion... its soo cute i cant stay away >.< sorry you also had to deal with it tho. Lots of fashion games with better communities out there for sure
@@hamsterbuttocks I appreciate that quick reply, my niece loves dress Up games but she often wants to play with other people and games with forced ADs after every match can be annoying.
hi! do you mind sharing which emulator you are using? i'd like to get into a few of the games you mentioned, sadly my phone is running out of storage haha
I'm really surprised that life makeover isn't console game it just gives me that vibe but maybe it's just me, also Fashion dreamer is something I'm hoping we get a demo of so we can at least have a little taste 🥲
I believe that the dress up game genre is a huge untapped market in the gaming industry like the amount of potential and causal gamers that become invested in those games are surprising in fact. But I wish we could go farther away from the business setup that is happening today like the huge amount of microtransaction and the predatory nature of p2w system.
I used to play SuitU but because of how it became a game of spending real money, it made me stop playing.
I became so invested in the game so much that I always engage in the discord community (which is new to me and help me navigate the discord app) entered community contests and even applied to design competitions and creator program. But in the end, I realized that becoming more committed to this game might put me into a financial struggle so I did the right thing and left the game.
I feel like you only need to look as how much people love character customisation aspects and options in games to see that a lot of people LOVE dress up games, but there aren’t many popular games of high quality that are known. I feel like Sims 4 is a good example of a game where character design/customization/fashion isn’t meant to be a big part of the game, but the sheer volume of cosmetic mods that have been made for it says a lot for how people love being able to dress up their characters.
Unfortunately, i feel like a lot of people associate dress up games with low quality mobile games or games for little girls only, which is such a huge shame.
Not a fashion game, but for Switch, Animal Crossing actually scratched that itch a little bit. Looking forward to Fashion Dreamer!
Absolutely. I have over a thousand hrs in acnh, and even though theres not much for me to do in the game anymore… i still boot up the game and make new outfits every so often
Same, choosing which wand outfits I want to keep is so hard though 😭😭
My storage in acnh is like errrrrr a good 80% clothing items and 20% anything else, I have the max amount storage too and I'm almost hitting that limit 😂
i agree, it wasn’t perfect but there was more then enough pieces to make fashion a pretty big part of customization in game
Thank you so much for this video! People look down on "girly" games so much, especially in the toxic gaming community. The western gaming industry is still convinced there's no audience for them outside of little girls, so even when there are fashion games released they never bother with marketing them (cough fashion dreamer cough).
While it wasn't a dress-up game, I was obsessed with Imagine Fashion Designer as a kid. It was, and still is, the most detailed fashion design game I've ever played, letting you pick the pattern and colors, cut the fabric, iron out wrinkles, sew them together, sew in buttons, everything! The story was also cute, with a war against moths.
Frr they’re so looked down on I’m obsessed with fashion dreamer😭😭
we need more switch fashion gamesss 😫😫😫
Right?! 😭😭😭
What about model debut on switch
@@marleneclarkson9823I mean it's in Japanese tho😕
Waiting for fashion dreamer like! I have both nintendo ds and 3ds just for the fashion games....
@@bored..3914I know your comment is a year old, so in case you weren't aware, the game has since been released in English.
You can really see a difference between fashion games developed in the west versus the east. Western titles feel so much more bland. They’re all like, “Design the perfect business suit!” in exciting colors such as brown, black, and navy. Do they really look at their game and think “Yes, when people dream of doing fashion design they definitely want to be making straight leg jeans.” The games look like a chore to slog through. Bright graphics and a stylized look beat mundane realism just about every time.
Personally, I think that's a matter of preference and not that one is inherently better. Some people might prefer realism over a more stylized style. I think the Style Savvy games do a good job of representing more realistic styles, while also having more fantastical aspects with the lolita styles, for example.
One game I’m surprised you didn’t mention in the 3DS section was Girls Fashion Shoot which is actually part of the Nicola games that was mostly a Japan only series but this one got an English release around 2013.
It’s actually a cute little game,your character play as a model and you do several different photoshoots depending on the theme and you can also hang out with other models and take pictures with them. You can also edit your pictures of the shoots too. It’s a rather niche title though as not a lot of people bought it I think. And since the eShop and 3DS units are gone,getting a copy of this game physically will cost roughly between $60-70
I highly recommend looking at some videos of gameplay cause it’s a game I’m sure you never heard before but it might catch your eye a bit since I don’t think any more future Nicola games will get localized,which is a shame cause it’s a good alternative.
You can really see that you put a lot of effort in this video. It was a great overview and I enjoyed it a lot. 💕
Ik it doesn't have nearly enough views. I was so excited to see someone covering this topic! ❤
Great video! I only recently realized how much dress up has been a huge component in my appreciating some games and am super looking forward to Fashion Dreamer and got Love Nikki and Life Makeover after your recommendations here. Although fashion is limited by the individual creator, picrew also scratches that itch for browser stuff.
Have you played selfie collection on the switch??? Thats my personal favorite switch dress up game, hopefully until fashion dreamer comes out 😍
There's this DS game i loved playing called popcutie which was all abt opening your own harajuku-esque fashion boutique! Defo a favorite of mine and I still have it and play it from time to time
Another good fashion game for the 3ds is girls fashion shoot. You work for a modelling agency where you need to design an outfit and edit a magazine cover based off a theme you’re given :)
Thanks for covering this; I was thinking it can't possibly be this bad for fashion games on desktop, but it really is. :/ I remember how great the 90s Barbie fashion designer game was, and I haven't found anything quite like it.
I started with Love Nikki and still consistently play it but after a certain point there just wasn’t much to do. I wanted to get Life makeover but I don’t have enough storage on my phone :( I got suit u instead and it’s pretty fun. I would say it’s less free to play than love Nikki but it is still rewarding and I have a lot of cute stuff.
This video rocked! I was happy to see SuitU on the list of fashion games ◡̈ I would love to see a deep dive into some of these games and to hear your thoughts about them in more depth! (Especially SuitU)
For people that are interested in ; Mostly in french, but I do think still in english too there's OhMyDollz, which is a browser based dress up game & with a little small community, sadly the game is dying but it has fashion since 2008 !! There's also in french only ; Sailor Fuku, a cute pixel art fashion game, also a small community but people still play those two games, it is more cosy with less people but hopefully it will stay online for more years ! Forums are available for both. :)
Wow your hair style is looking so much like the new hair from saga if Viera (part -2) lucky Jerry 😍 love your videos btw❤
ahahah thank you!! :))
Now I am 19 but when I was little what got me into fashion games mostly was a PC and Nintendo DS game called barbie fashion show cause it has many customization option but I can't tell if you will enjoy it if you hadn't played it before
Curious if you ever tried Gaia Online. That use to be my favorite from way back in the day 😂 It’s not nearly as great as it use to be but when I was younger I thought it was the best game around.
No i had not!! It looks so cute tho i loverer pixel art
Amazing video! Ive been looking for nice fashion games after style savy. I used to play Time Princess everyday in high school even in class lol. Then i stopped because my phone was so horrible and played a lot of ever skies but yes the community there is SO insanely toxic and young so i stopped playing that too. Thinking about getting fashion dreamer but deffo going to play the newest sytle savvy game! never played it and it looks so good. also maybe will get back into time princess on my pc... Thank you so much for this 💕
I highly recommend the game "lunescape", beautiful design, clothes, interesting story and cute characters, the game is similar to time princess
What platform is that game in? iPhone? iPad? PC?
These are all such great suggestions! Although I have to admit I like playing MSP 1 compared to the MSP 2 you showed in this video for nostalgia purposes, and avatars 😅
My addiction to Suitu is back because of this video~ 😅
The eversky is kinda like the Dollz scene back in the 90s. also sorry to hear you got attack in that game. I was trying to play it but after hearing that i still try but not say anything.
I'm almost crying bc no one is talking about everskies....
Super underrated
If you're open to more altenrnative fashion I really reccomend Rupaul's drag race superstar and studio killer style battle
I'm the same way about not wanting to interact with kids, it's so awkward. 😅 Unfortunately, the cozy and fashion games I'm into attract younger audiences.
The graphics for the storyline based mobile games are so beautiful but I did tried few of them and I'm too lazy to care. I really enjoy playing SuitU and Covet Fashion since I just need to spend few mins of my time to complete all the challenges/comp.
Since you can borrow items from your fb friends / fashion house in Covet Fashion, it honestly so easy to play without paying since at least one of your friends/members will own the items. You'll also receive quite a lot of diamonds daily so you don't need to spend rl money that much.
I needed this thanks :)))
Oh my god i was listening and thought i heard a bit of a Dutch accent peeking through untill you mentioned the Dutch name of a game. I feel so smart lmao
There is an otome fashion game on steam where you’re in college and intern at a music place too my old can’t remember what it’s called but I liked it a lot
very helpful thanks!
FFXIV is also great for fashion lovers (glamour is the true endgame.)
Another fashion game that’s on mobile is Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. It’s more on the grinding to get what you want aspect, but other than that I enjoy it.
I know I'm a year late to this video, but I can confirm as someone that played for a while that Everskies is indeed a hellscape and you have to walk on eggshells every time you interact with people on there 😭 There's drama every single day, and everyone just wants to fight while pretending to be "morally right." I myself had gotten jumped on there and dogpiled multiple times over the stupidest things ever and got perma banned over a misunderstanding (which I had to wait 6 months to even attempt to appeal WITH proof and screenshots, but I got my account unbanned at the end). Basically most ppl on there are a bunch of chronically online snowflakes who follows the crowd and act in numbers because they're too afraid to start up drama alone. Taking a break from the app is probably the best thing I have ever done. Im so sorry for the YAP session, but the second I saw you mention everskies I got what felt like war flashbacks 💀. im so sorry about the terrible experience you had no one deserves to be ganged up on like that, i also might have came across the hate post they made about you since i was active at the time but similar stuff happened multiple times so im not sure :(
yea the community is garbage but the fashion... its soo cute i cant stay away >.< sorry you also had to deal with it tho. Lots of fashion games with better communities out there for sure
there's actually a project runway game for the wii!! i have it myself. kind of meh, seems like the EXACT same thing as the game you mentioned.
there are also 2 or 3 different bratz games for the gamecube and the wii, my personal favorite probably being bratz girlz really rock.
Which mobile game is the best with no forced ADs and also has multiplayer?
@@BaDik_Jacob life makeover 🫶
@@hamsterbuttocks I appreciate that quick reply, my niece loves dress Up games but she often wants to play with other people and games with forced ADs after every match can be annoying.
I can’t find time princess on my AppStore 😢
I used to play Love Nikki in college but i had to delete it bc i was spending too much money on it 😅
hi! do you mind sharing which emulator you are using? i'd like to get into a few of the games you mentioned, sadly my phone is running out of storage haha
Yes ofcourse! I use both bluestacks and noxplayer😊
@@hamsterbuttocksthanks a lot 💓
yes the boutique
Lately, I've been playing a lot of Suitu, but I've also spent a lot of money T.T. Have you been playing Everskies?
Yes i still been playing everskies! But i only do so once every once in a while when i want to make a new fit :p
I feel like a lot of these games lack alt fashion wich is very sad
can anyone tell me what headphone she is using?
logitech g735 ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂)⸝♡
Fashion forward... I need to buy a 3ds charger so I can play it again
aww that pladied stripe looks sccottish skirt looks like the skirt i worn when i got robbed at knife point
The My Universe games suck, I played three of them , Fashion, Teacher and Interior Design and I hated all of them . Not worth it.
Omg you included moviestar planet hahaha.
I have a fashion game
😅 selfie collection is a fashion game
I wish style savvy was available on switch, that was my all time favorite fashion game 🥲🎀💕
I'm really surprised that life makeover isn't console game it just gives me that vibe but maybe it's just me, also Fashion dreamer is something I'm hoping we get a demo of so we can at least have a little taste 🥲