Find Love or Die Trying

Find Love or Die Trying is a 2021 visual novel by Auden Cho-Wong that mixes romance, comedy, mystery, and a rather unusual reality-show premise. The player joins a group of contestants competing to find love, but the situation is not quite as harmless as the cheerful setup suggests. Conversations and choices influence relationships and determine how the story develops, encouraging players to pay attention to personalities and hidden motivations. The writing balances humor with more serious moments, giving the characters room to become considerably more interesting than their initial introductions suggest. It is essentially a dating game with higher stakes, because apparently finding true love was not stressful enough without adding the possibility of dying.

“It's the premiere of our new dating show, where ending up single... means ending up dead! Not sure why you'd sign up for this, but now that you're here, you've got 7 days to get one of the lovely ladies on your tropical island getaway to fall in love with you. If she's willing to put a ring on it, you're both free to leave. If not... well, it's in the name of the show!” - Auden Cho-Wong