Summary
Fashion and dress-up games are often underestimated, but there are a few that are cut above the rest. They feature a large catalogue of designs which can cause you to lose hours while trying them all. Some developers tried to take the genre to new horizons and succeeded while doing it.
Many of them have tried to revolutionize the genre by adding narrative and plot points, while others dress up games like Infinity Nikki combined it with the action genre. The Dress-up games on the list are anything but soulless, and they are ranked based on the new gameplay mechanics they contributed to the genre.
8Selfy Collection: The Dream Fashion Stylist
Selfy Collection is a chibi fashion game with cute graphics and character designs. The game features many unique designs and brands that let you create many outfits that befit a fantasy world. As you travel out of town, you will unlock more brands with clothes to buy.
You need to complete various quests, each featuring a different theme that you need to create with the clothes you have at hand. The game can, however, feel a little restrictive as you try to match all criteria of a request to get an S-star rating.
7Barbie Fashion Show: An Eye For Style
Barbie Fashion Show: An Eye For Style lets you work as a Fashion Designer in Barbie’s Studio. Using the patterns and style templates, you can design cool outfits. Each fashion show follows a different theme, and you will automatically unlock new design patterns to customize.
Before your models hit the runway, you always have to make sure they make your designed clothes look stunning. So, you may choose a variety of accessories from the menu. You can also design the runway to your liking to further highlight your outfits.
6Imagine Fashion World 3D
There are three careers that you may follow in Imagine Fashion World. You can act as a designer to customize clothing items, sell clothes as a mall manager, or become a model who stays in shape. Each path has a few tasks and mini-games to complete to progress through the main story.
While the variety of designs in the game is limited and often reused, the various activities in the game make it stand out. you’re able to combine various patterns to create new designs, which adds an element of surprise as you may obtain a stunning design randomly. Dressing up Mannequins in the mall following various themes can also cause you to lose hours.
5Style Savvy: Trendsetters
Style Savvy: Trendsetters have an element of challenge to it, as you compete in various Fashion Contests to rise to the top in the Fashion World. The game helps you hone your sense of style, as you compete in different categories following a variety of themes to create some well-coordinated outfits.
It is the only style savvy game to feature the glam flirty styles in the brand Le Spark.
While the game doesn’t have that much of a plot, it’s still cozy to play as you’re able to go hang out with your friends and take some cute photos. It’s also the only Style Savvy game where you can stock up Men’s clothes and create outfits for them in your shop.
4Fashion Dreamer
Fashion Dreamer takes a unique approachto dress-up games and instead of running a boutique, you find yourself as a fashion influencer among other players in the network. you’re able to display your fashion sense to other players when they visit your showroom. Likewise, you can also visit their place to collect more styles.
There are four main cocoons you can unlock as you progress through the game and gather more followers. If there aren’t many players around in the online mode, you can try playing offline to interact with NPCs. You can also take photos with them and edit them later with cute effects.
3Girls Fashion Shoot
Girls Fashion Shoot lets you take on the role of a Fashion Model to display your sense of style. The game has a huge number of clothing items which you can use to create outfits that match different themes. You can also hang out with your friends or go shopping.
As a part of your job, you have to create the best outfits for a magazine matching the look mentioned in the assignment. You are also entrusted with editing the magazine page to add additional effects to make your outfits look more appealing.
2Style Savvy: Styling Star
Style Savvy: Styling Star had a gripping narrative and while it was a dress-up game, it felt like reading an immersive visual novel. The game follows the careers of three different stars who strive to be the best, and your task is to help them achieve their goals by coming up with the best outfits for them for various events.
The game removed the sports style which was found in previous style savvy games, and those designs were added to other brands such as April Bon Bon
The game has a variety of brands which sell different types of styles that can be combined to make coordinated outfits. You have an ample chance to show your creativity by working in your boutique or helping out in the make-up, hairstylist or menswear shops.
1Infinity Nikki
Infinity Nikki took the dress-up genre to the next level by incorporating it with the Action and Adventure genre. The game has anexcellent open world to explorein which you will also face some tough enemies to defeat. It’s always better when you take on challenges without compromising on style.
Like all other Nikki games, Infinity Nikki has a great collection of beautiful dresses and other customization features that you can try. You can try multiple activities in town with your cat friend. The cutscenes and visuals in the game are breathtaking, so Infinity Nikki does raise the bar high for other dress-up games.
