The Love Connection: How Gaming Can Help Spark Romance

Gaming is an incredibly popular activity for people worldwide. However, we don’t hear too much about gaming in relationship to, well, dating. Further, we certainly don’t speak much to gaming as an option to help couples increase their romance. But its possible that gaming could be just what the love doctor ordered.

Gaming can help spark romance for a whole lot of reasons. Let’s explore.

You’ll Share Interests

We feel this one is rather obvious, but it can’t be stated enough. When gaming acts as a shared interest, two people connect. Sometimes, this is too strangers passing in the night under seige in Call of Duty, or others, it’s a couple playing a multi-player game and increasing their shared joy and communications. And for some others, it could be the use of porn games as a tool to increase erotic adventures in the bedroom.

There are a variety of ways gaming becomes a shared interests, from strangers to the married to the more, well, freaky. And it’s all great no matter how you spin it.

When gaming is played together as a shared interest, its a conduit to a greater connection. This doesn’t make gaming particularly special, many people share all types of interests and it serves to better connect them. For example, cross-fit. Oh, PSA time, you can do cross-fit and not talk about cross-fit all the time.

Moreover, gaming offers a unique layer of global play. You can meet anyone anywhere in the world and connect with them. Likewise, if a couple is separated due to travel, they can connect through a game.

Who knew zapping zombies could be so romantic?

Actually, we did.

You’ll Share Strategy

If you game, you’re probably competitive. Not all games are competitive, but many are. And certainly lots of multi-player games share a common goal. When you play as a couple, your must work together on cerebral aspects that help you elevate and increase levels.

To do this, you’ll need to communicate and align.

If there are two aspects relationships hinge on, it’s communication and alignment.

When you work together to slay an evil alien, you’ll learn how to work together on a myriad of other items. It increases your communication that pertains to cohesive strategy. Sure, working together on cleaning dishes or folding laundry isn’t as glorious as gaming, but it requires similar discourse.

Sharing strategy means both partners must be willing to trust each other and make concessions. Moreover, you must be willing to work through disagreements for the sake of the ultimate goal.

If you’re in the market for some new strategy games, check out this cool list.

You’ll Share Experiences

We aren’t going to pretend that gaming and virtual worlds are more impactful on a relationship than some one-on-one time in Cancun, but it remains a decent option to connect through a fun experience.

The world of gaming offers astonishing, wondrous worlds for exploration. As a couple, you’ll embark on fantastical cyberscapes where you’ll perform activities and missions.

No, you won’t update your couples picture album, but you’ll certainly find yourselves talking about all the chill, or exhilarating, experiences you shared during your gaming time. And you may meet other couples enjoying the same good times.

And hey, some couples even game hundreds of hours a month.

You Might Share Erotic Times

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I know we touched on this in the intro, but there’s a big movement in the erotic gaming industry. Adult, or porn games, are evolving on a near daily basis. From VR Porn games to mainstream games that include erotic themes, lovers are finding fringe gaming a good time. Even Steam now offers adult games.


There’s no doubt that erotic gaming will continue to grow. And why not? Couples are always looking for ways to enhance mental and physical connections. In fact, gaming is one way to meet potential swinging partners. We aren’t suggesting gaming replace couples therapy, but maybe its an option for some couples who’ve “tried everything.”