Waifu Select is a mobile romance simulator by GHyperon, built in Unity with 2D AI-generated art. You choose a favorite Waifu and build a relationship over time. The game presents a virtual companion experience where you receive personal messages, unlock pictures and videos, get daily motivation, and raise Familiarity from Stranger to Soulmate. Every Waifu has a distinct personality, message set, and discoverable content. The free demo includes Rias Gremory and Rin Tohsaka, while the paid version adds more lovable waifus.
Development is ongoing for v1.2, released October 1, 2026, for Android in English and German, with no censorship. The update added new interaction methods, improved media features, and quality-of-life changes. A mood system lets you set Great, Good, Tired, Stressed, or Sad, with moods expiring after 24 hours. A character gallery stores received media, marks video content, and lets you switch between items and favorites. You can like, dislike, delete, and favorite pictures separately for each character. The update also includes character improvements for Hinata Hyūga.
Developer's description
Waifu Select
is a virtual companion experience where you choose your favorite Waifu and build a relationship with her over time.
Receive personal messages, unlock new pictures and videos, get motivation throughout your day, and increase your Familiarity from
Stranger
all the way to
Soulmate
.
Each Waifu has her own personality, messages and content to discover. ❤
The Free demo contains Rias Gremory and Rin Tohsaka. The Paid version contains more lovable waifus.
The app is stil in development, so feel free to leave some feedback
v1.2:
This update brings new ways to interact with your favorite characters, improved media features, and plenty of quality-of-life improvements.
What's New
Mood System
Set your current mood directly in the app.
Choose between Great, Good, Tired, Stressed, and Sad.
Your mood automatically expires after 24 hours.
Character Gallery
Media you receive can now be viewed again in each character's gallery.
Quickly switch between all media and your favorites.
Video content is clearly marked in the gallery.
Favorites
Save your favorite character pictures and media.
Favorites are stored separately for each character.
Media Feedback
You can now Like or Dislike received media.
Long-press media to access Favorite, Like, Dislike, and Delete actions.
Character Improvements
Hinata Hyūga
Large new collection of pictures, relationship media, sport media, and videos.
Expanded morning, motivation, night, and relationship messages.
Dialogue has been refined to better reflect her gentle, shy, supportive personality.
Rem
Large new collection of pictures, relationship media, sport media, and videos.
Expanded morning, motivation, night, and relationship messages.
Dialogue has been refined around her caring, devoted, and supportive personality.
Chat Improvements
Cleaner chat header with less visual clutter.
Gallery, Relationship, Mood, and other actions are now grouped into a compact menu.
Character switching remains quickly accessible.
Improved timestamps and date presentation.
Improved image and video viewing.
Cleaner media action interface.
Small UI feedback and animation improvements.
Improved empty states for galleries and favorites.
Activity & Motivation
Improved sport/activity media support.
Characters can unlock additional sport content as your relationship becomes closer.
Sport reminders remain optional and can be configured in Settings.
❤ Relationship System
Your relationship still develops through five stages:
Stranger → Acquaintance → Familiar → Close → Soulmate
As your relationship grows, additional messages and media can become available.
️ Fixes & Improvements
Fixed notification/chat synchronization so scheduled messages remain consistent.
Improved media pool handling and relationship-based media selection.
Improved gallery storage and media management.
Improved character switching performance.
Improved localization and English/German character content.
Updated Character Vote input to request
Character name + origin
.
Several UI, stability, and performance improvements.
Thanks for playing Waifu Select!
v1.1:
This update expands the relationship system, adds new media progression, improves the chat experience, and introduces several new features.
New Familiarity System
Your relationship with each Waifu can now grow over time.
There are five relationship ranks:
Stranger → Acquaintance → Familiar → Close → Soulmate
Opening the app on a new day earns
5 Familiarity Points
for your selected Waifu.
Current progression:
Acquaintance
: 10 Points
Familiar
: 20 Points
Close
: 35 Points
Soulmate
: 50 Points
The Familiarity window now shows your current rank, progress toward the next rank, and information about upcoming unlocks.
Relationship Unlocks
Higher Familiarity ranks can unlock additional content.
Stranger / Acquaintance
Base image pool
Base sport image pool
Familiar
Additional image pool
Close
Additional Close image pool
Additional sport image pool
Soulmate
Extra image pool
Video content
This means your available media selection grows together with your relationship.
️ Improved Picture System
The
Send me a Picture
feature now respects your current Familiarity rank.
Only image pools you have already unlocked can be selected.
Unlocked pools have equal selection chances:
2 pools → 50% each
3 pools → ~33% each
4 pools → 25% each
After a pool is selected, an image inside that pool is chosen randomly.
Video Support
Waifus can now send video content.
Videos become available after reaching the required relationship rank.
Video detection has also been improved and can recognize more types of embedded video sources, including direct MP4, WebM and HLS/M3U8 sources.
Sport & Motivation
A new optional sport/motivation system has been added.
Waifus can send motivational messages and sport-related images during a configurable time window.
Additional sport media can become available at higher Familiarity ranks.
The feature can be enabled or disabled in Settings.
Chat Improvements
The chat interface received several improvements:
Messages now include timestamps
Date separators make older conversations easier to follow
Today and Yesterday are displayed separately
Media timestamps are displayed directly on images/videos
Chat actions can now be collapsed to keep the interface cleaner
The old manual refresh button has been removed
More Natural Name Usage
Waifus no longer constantly use your name in their messages.
Your name is now used only occasionally, making direct name usage feel more natural and special.
️Character Voting
A new
Vote
option has been added to the Waifu selection screen.
You can suggest which character you would like to see added to Waifu Select next.
Votes are submitted directly through the integrated voting system.
Settings & General Improvements
Improved media handling
Improved video URL detection
Improved relationship progress display
Improved rank unlock information
Cleaner chat action layout
Various UI and stability improvements
Version updated to
1.1.0
Thank you for trying Waifu Select! ❤
More characters, relationship features and interaction options are planned for future updates.
v1.0
Initial release