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Hate Plus

Love Conquers All Games · 2013-08-19

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Aug 19, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 01, 2013 (Mac), Jul 01, 2013 (Linux)

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.

Hate Plus is a $2.49 Indie game released in 2013, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Very Positive (84% of 590 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 590 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

I can't believe it! My mission was supposed to be routine data recovery on an old derelict generation ship, but instead, I ended up rescuing an adorable AI girl who grew up in a tremendously patriarchal Neo-Confucian society? And now she's discovered a bunch of messages left by the mysterious Old *Mute... and wants me to uncover with her the slow enactment of a regressive political program that caused her society to regress to Joseon Dynasty social mores?! I wasn't expecting this at all! I thought the three day trip back to Earth would be peaceful and lonely and not at all filled with reading(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 590 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 17 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520152026Week of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 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 $3.392015-12-22 — best price $6.692016-09-06 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $6.692018-08-30 — best price $2.492019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $4.992020-01-16 — best price $4.992020-05-07 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-08-20 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-07 — best price $4.992022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992022-10-24 — best price $1.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-13 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-09-05 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $9.992024-02-15 — best price $9.992024-06-03 — best price $1.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-01-27 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $1.992026-03-02 — best price $2.492026-04-30 — best price $4.992026-07-06 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "—48 HOURS REMAIN—"
26.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2013-08-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6520%11

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieLGBTQ+Sci-fiMysteryRomancePoliticsDating 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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