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Analogue: A Hate Story cover art

Analogue: A Hate Story

Love Conquers All Games · 2012-04-27

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 01, 2012 (Linux), Feb 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 01, 2012 (Mac)

A dark visual mystery novel featuring transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness, and cosplay. Two pursuable characters. Five endings. Welcome to the future.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Analogue: A Hate Story is a visual novel created by independent designer and visual novelist Christine Love. It was created with the Ren'Py engine, and was first released for download on the author's website in February 2012. A sequel set centuries after Love's earlier work, Digital: A Love Story (2010), Analogue revolves around an unnamed investigator, who is tasked with discovering the reason for an interstellar ship's disappearance once it reappears after 600 years. The game's themes focus similarly around human/computer interaction, interpersonal relationships, and LGBT issues; but focus primarily on "transhumanism, traditional marriage, loneliness and cosplay."

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 18,166 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 92k–184k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,299 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $3.392016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $4.992017-01-12 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $8.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $0.992019-05-24 — best price $9.992019-10-29 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-02-17 — best price $9.992020-05-07 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-06-30 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-09-19 — best price $1.492022-12-12 — best price $1.492023-02-10 — best price $4.992023-05-05 — best price $4.992023-08-14 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-01-22 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-10-07 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-09-04 — best price $9.992026-01-16 — best price $2.492026-04-13 — best price $2.492026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $2.492026-08-24 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42132026-05-29 — 16 pageviews2026-06-01 — 38 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-07 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 24 pageviews2026-06-19 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 20 pageviews2026-06-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 23 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 28 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 31 pageviews2026-07-16 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 21 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 36 pageviews2026-08-03 — 28 pageviews2026-08-06 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 23 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-26 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
58.4%
earned "Hack the Mugunghwa"
28.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,77630%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeIndieLGBTQ+Sci-fiHackingMysteryRomanceDating SimStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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