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Having a HARD Time

Quadruple-Q · 2024-02-12

Steam

AdventureCasualSimulationEarly Access

Having a HARD Time is an erotic visual novel that tells the story of a young girl whose life gets turned upside down after a science experiment goes terribly wrong. Help her deal with the consequences and navigate through a college life filled with tough decisions and a beautiful cast of characters.

92%
positive of 654 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$13.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 87 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 30,123 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 654 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020242026Week of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Romanian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12011%52

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

Census log

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