When does Hatoful Boyfriend get good?

Give it 5 hours. In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%). Fully opens up by hour 7.

How many players finish Hatoful Boyfriend?

At least 100% of players who start reach the ending.

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Hatoful Boyfriend

Sep 4, 2014 Steam: Very Positive

Give it 5 hours

Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans

Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players

Reach the ending at least 100% of players who started

Started playing 33% of owners

Steam reviews 94% positive of 7,585

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (15%); after 7h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
Fully opens up by hour 7.
The opening is criticised less than in 83% of games we track.
At least 100% of players who start reach the ending.
Only 33% 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 7,622 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 8.5h for positive, 4.2h 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 (32.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
Carve it into your soul, kid! LOVE BLASTER! Complete Torimi cafe story (ED no.12) ≥100%

story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (16)

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Carve it into your soul, kid! LOVE BLASTER! Complete Torimi cafe story (ED no.12) 100%
It's a sad thing… Get Bad ending (the hawks party killed you) 93%
What May Come Get Kazuaki ending (ED no.08) 89%
Dream's End Get Nageki ending (ED no.04) 86%
While it lasts Get Ryouta ending (ED no.01) 82%
Into the Night Get Sakuya ending (ED no.02) 73%
Song of the Foolish Bird Get Sakuya full ending (ED no.03) 68%
Yuuya Only Lives Twice Get Yuuya ending (ED no.05) 68%
The Happy Couple Get Shuu ending (ED no.10) 61%
A Pudding Odyssey Get Okosan full ending (ED no.07) 59%
Until next time! Get Okosan ending (ED no.06) 59%
To the End of Emptiness Get Anghel ending (ED no.11) 57%
To be the True Java Sparrow Get Azami ending (ED no.13) 53%
Such Beautiful Eyes You Have Get Shuu ending (ED no.09) 50%
I'll be waiting… Get BBL ending 43%
…at the Dawn Get the BBL epilogue (unlocked by getting all 14 endings) 34%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.