Buy it if you like
- Story: 173 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 591 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
100% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
173 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It's a visual novel in that you will be reading a story and it's actually a pretty good story.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Hate+ builds upon those ideas and the worldbuilding is really amazing and the characters have very distinct personalities.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music is good although after going through the OST I realized I never really noticed the music changing half the time.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The interface is also subtly improved, reducing the amount of backtracking and note-taking that you had to do in the first game - most notably by providing a collection of 'Character Files' on all of the major characters that are updated as you discover new information.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You develop an appreciation for her personality, and she becomes a much more endearing character, despite her current misogynistic ideals.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
One of the changes in Hate Plus is you now get hyper links when people's names are mentioned that gives an image (in realistic art style) of the person with a commentary description from the AI.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story173 reviews
Gameplay58 reviews
Audio24 reviews
Interface24 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Graphics7 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
No recurring complaints in this sample.
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$9.99
The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.
7 points recordedtoday · $9.99
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