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Hatoful Boyfriend cover art

Hatoful Boyfriend

Mediatonic · Epic Games · 2014-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 04, 2014 (Mac), Jul 13, 2016 (Android), Jul 31, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jul 22, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 04, 2014 (Linux)

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious St. PigeoNation’s Institute, a school for talented birds! Roam the halls and find love in between classes as a sophomore student at the world’s greatest pigeon high school.

7
playing now
94%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 10h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Hatoful Boyfriend: A School of Hope and White Wings is a Japanese dōjin soft otome visual novel released in 2011 for Microsoft Windows and OS X, in which all the characters other than the protagonist are sapient birds. It was developed by manga artist Hato Moa's dōjin circle PigeoNation Inc., and is the successor of a Flash game of the same name she created for April Fools' Day in 2011.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 189k–455k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,576 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.89 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
767620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-04-182015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-02-02 — best price $4.992015-04-05 — best price $9.222015-05-11 — best price $9.992015-06-18 — best price $2.492015-08-03 — best price $9.992015-10-12 — best price $2.492015-12-10 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-02-16 — best price $8.902016-05-09 — best price $9.992016-07-09 — best price $9.992016-09-16 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-03-30 — best price $2.492017-06-22 — best price $9.992017-09-11 — best price $1.992017-11-24 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-05-14 — best price $9.992018-08-16 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $2.492019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $2.492019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-11-16 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-05-15 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $8.892026-04-18 — best price $8.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

350862026-05-29 — 112 pageviews2026-06-01 — 86 pageviews2026-06-04 — 140 pageviews2026-06-07 — 110 pageviews2026-06-10 — 118 pageviews2026-06-13 — 125 pageviews2026-06-16 — 135 pageviews2026-06-19 — 122 pageviews2026-06-22 — 101 pageviews2026-06-25 — 109 pageviews2026-06-28 — 129 pageviews2026-07-01 — 170 pageviews2026-07-04 — 92 pageviews2026-07-07 — 170 pageviews2026-07-10 — 217 pageviews2026-07-13 — 153 pageviews2026-07-16 — 145 pageviews2026-07-19 — 129 pageviews2026-07-22 — 141 pageviews2026-07-25 — 120 pageviews2026-07-28 — 166 pageviews2026-07-31 — 123 pageviews2026-08-03 — 150 pageviews2026-08-06 — 157 pageviews2026-08-09 — 144 pageviews2026-08-12 — 112 pageviews2026-08-15 — 135 pageviews2026-08-18 — 115 pageviews2026-08-21 — 108 pageviews2026-08-24 — 145 pageviews2026-08-26 — 96 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
32.9%
earned "Carve it into your soul, kid! LOVE BLASTER!"
20%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)9,66257%17
Steam (Steam)6,20632%16

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

Player tags

AnimeBirdsFunnyIndieOtomeCasualComedyRomanceDating SimSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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