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Hatoful Boyfriend cover art

Hatoful Boyfriend

Mediatonic · Epic Games · 2014-09-04

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

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.

Hatoful Boyfriend is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 7576 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 7.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Hatoful Boyfriend trailer thumbnail

Hatoful Boyfriend - PlayStation 4 Gameplay Trailer

≈70,268 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 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 2% of 29,219 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 190k–455k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,584 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

702026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
780Jul 2014Aug 2026Jul 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2014 — avg 42 · peak 217Mar 2015 — avg 30 · peak 84Jul 2015 — avg 37 · peak 80Nov 2015 — avg 35 · peak 106Mar 2016 — avg 29 · peak 97Jul 2016 — avg 29 · peak 84Nov 2016 — avg 17 · peak 59Mar 2017 — avg 14 · peak 37Jul 2017 — avg 28 · peak 79Nov 2017 — avg 13 · peak 43Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 25Jul 2018 — avg 14 · peak 38Nov 2018 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2019 — avg 10 · peak 29Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22Mar 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2020 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 40Mar 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Jul 2021 — avg 17 · peak 60Nov 2021 — avg 10 · peak 39Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 52Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2023 — avg 17 · peak 92Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

217862026-05-29 — 112 pageviews2026-06-02 — 103 pageviews2026-06-06 — 90 pageviews2026-06-10 — 118 pageviews2026-06-14 — 128 pageviews2026-06-18 — 117 pageviews2026-06-22 — 101 pageviews2026-06-26 — 123 pageviews2026-06-30 — 108 pageviews2026-07-04 — 92 pageviews2026-07-08 — 129 pageviews2026-07-12 — 168 pageviews2026-07-16 — 145 pageviews2026-07-20 — 140 pageviews2026-07-24 — 124 pageviews2026-07-28 — 166 pageviews2026-08-01 — 144 pageviews2026-08-05 — 124 pageviews2026-08-09 — 144 pageviews2026-08-13 — 158 pageviews2026-08-17 — 117 pageviews2026-08-21 — 108 pageviews2026-08-25 — 126 pageviews2026-08-29 — 104 pageviews2026-09-02 — 108 pageviews2026-09-06 — 118 pageviews2026-09-10 — 86 pageviews2026-09-14 — 114 pageviews2026-09-18 — 95 pageviews2026-09-22 — 93 pageviews2026-09-26 — 96 pageviews2026-09-30 — 96 pageviews2026-10-04 — 121 pageviews2026-10-07 — 105 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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