Indie
Hate Plus
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 61% of owners
Steam reviews 84% positive of 591
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 61% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 592 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 9.1h for positive, 4.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (60.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (11)
- —48 HOURS REMAIN— Finish the first day of any route. 100%
- The Death of Old *Mute LOL SPOILERS *MUTE DIES 85%
- SEE YOU SPACE INVESTIGATOR... Finish your mission by arriving on Earth. 75%
- Relationship status: it's complicated Finish the game with your cute AI wife and/or completely platonic friend *Hyun-ae! 54%
- I Heard You Like Visual Novels Finish the game with your completely impossible AI harem! 48%
- Have you tried doing a factory reset? Finish the game with the security AI in a default uniform, New *Mute! 45%
- Deep Space Therapist Read every log file again with *Mute on day three. 30%
- Don't create a TIME PARADOX! Complete all three routes over the span of nine real days without skipping, LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, GEEZE. 28%
- Cooking by the Book Take an actual honest-to-god IRL photograph of the cake you're sharing with *Hyun-ae, and e-mail it to the developer! cake@hateplus.com (UPDATE FOR 2018: this achievement is now on the honour system! If you type 12101989 and then 0 on the title screen, that should unlock it. Just promise you won’t cheat!) 15%
- Red and Gold Start *Mute's route and finish, as both a man and a woman. 13%
- Level Four Revive Materia Finish the game with the security AI in traditional dress, *Mute! 0.2%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.