Girl Friend Beta
A 2012 dating simulator with over 100 virtual girlfriends.
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Girl Friend Beta (ガールフレンド(仮), Gāru Furendo Kakko Kari; literally 'Girlfriend (provisional)') is a 2012 Japanese smartphone game developed by CyberAgent for iOS and Android devices. It is a dating simulator featuring over 100 virtual girls, each with a unique voice actress, and includes a card-based system with varying rarity and attributes. The game gained significant popularity, reaching over 5.3 million users as of June 2014, and expanded into an anime television series, multiple manga adaptations, and a PlayStation Vita spin-off.
Last updated 2026-10-21 from the source article.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- CyberAgent
- Platforms
- iOS, Android
- Release year
- 2012
- Genre
- Dating simulator
- Anime producer
- Silver Link
- Anime air period
- October to December 2014
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Background
The game allows the player to progress relationships with virtual girlfriends by taking them on dates, engaging in club activities, and participating in school class events. It is free-to-play but offers premium services for real-world money. Events include battle events when bad guys appear, and a card-based system where cards can be enhanced through part-time jobs. The game features over 100 characters, each with a unique voice actress, including main characters such as Kokomi Shiina, Akane Sakurai, Fumio Murakami, Chloe Lemaire, and Erena Mochizuki, as well as many other students and faculty members.
Main characters
The game features a large cast of high school students. Among them are a second-year rhythmic gymnastics ace with brown hair and eyes, and a cheerful second-year broadcasting committee member with a red ponytail who is close to Tomo Oshii. A third-year book committee member has silvery-blue hair partly braided. A third-year French exchange student in the Japanese Culture Research Society has long blonde hair and blue eyes.
Another third-year photography club member also has long blonde hair but wears purple bows and has green eyes; she is best friends with Fumio Murakami. Other characters include a pottery club member who works part-time at her grandfather's cake shop, a lonely but lively first-year lacrosse player who is Momoko's childhood friend, a ditzy student council president whose only known skill is serving tea, and members of various clubs such as Flower Arrangement, Handicrafts, Literature, Newspaper, Tennis, and Light Music.
The Light Music Club includes the vocalist of the all-girls' band Neuron★Cream Soft, who also plays guitar and composes music. A Japanese teacher, a second-year Robots Research Club member who wears a rainbow blazer and sparks interest as an android, a broadcasting committee member who works behind the scenes, an Art Club first-year who loves fruit except durian, a Russian exchange student, a Go Home Club member, a bassist for Neuron★Cream Soft, an original character designed by Yui Horie, and a Movie Study Group member who likes tokusatsu films are also present.
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Girl Friend Beta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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