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Hatoful Boyfriend

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…

75 31 July 2011

Hatoful Boyfriend is an adventure developed by Mediatonic, released 31 July 2011 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android and iOS. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.

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What Hatoful Boyfriend is

Hatoful Boyfriend is an adventure game developed by Mediatonic and released in 2011. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are drama, mystery and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 16 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Hatoful Boyfriend holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 60 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 10 hrs, roughly 2.5 times the length of the critical path.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GB RAM and Graphics card with DirectX 9 level (shader model 2.0) capabilities.. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Hatoful Boyfriend launched on 31 July 2011, within three weeks of Bastion, Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues, From Dust and Star Fox 64 3D. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Bastion, Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues, From Dust, Star Fox 64 3D.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hatoful Boyfriend yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Hatoful Boyfriend — frequently asked questions

When did Hatoful Boyfriend come out?
Hatoful Boyfriend was released on 31 July 2011 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Hatoful Boyfriend?
At minimum, Hatoful Boyfriend needs 1 GB RAM, Graphics card with DirectX 9 level (shader model 2.0) capabilities. graphics, 300 MB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Hatoful Boyfriend?
The main story of Hatoful Boyfriend takes around 4 hrs, or 10 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Hatoful Boyfriend?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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