Hatoful Boyfriend

Play this game. It will change your life. I'm serious, this game is hilarious and all, but it also has some seriously amazing lore, storyline and writing. There is a REASON it's tagged as Psychological Horror. It, and its' sequel, will destroy you. There are so many things I love about this game, it's impossible to list them all here. I love the MC, and how she has a legit personality of her own, I love the doctor, I love Anghel, I love the foreshadowing, I love Sakuya and Yuuya's dynamic, I love this game. The perfect blend of unhinged comedy, horror, and depression. I no longer trust partridges. I'm losing my sanity. Thank you, Hato Moa. Crossing my fingers for Mirror. 10/10, would bird again.

Absolute fiction.



LEONE JB MY GOAT!!!!

I felt a little misled by this visual novel. Only about 50% of it is romancing each bird, and a single route will take you less than an hour. The other half is some weird, thriller-esque true end where you're no longer even there.

mastapeece

This game is silly and fun. You date pigeons. It's hilarious. Play it!

But also -- *please* 100% the game, because not enough people do. When you've dated every character, you unlock the "true" storyline, which is a mysterious, surprisingly intense thriller that comes out of nowhere. This game is absurd and hilarious, but at its heart, incredibly sincere. When I say I recommend Hatoful Boyfriend, I mean that I recommend all of it - the heightened characters, the seemingly endless torrent of bird puns, the heartfelt cast of characters, and the looming background lore about human-pigeon military conflict and biological weaponry. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

sird bex

Some VNs make me cry in one impactful scene. This game made me cry multiple times I can't believe they baited me with memes and I am bawling my eyes out for those birds this is a masterpiece.

peak gameplay

GG

this game is freaking insane also i want shuu carnally 8/10

Peak Fiction

It's really fun, and every route affects the others. The writing is amazing.

funny bird game made me cry, 10/10

I like this game a lot. The storylines are deep and filled with unexpected twists, It makes you feel. This game has an unexpected depth of emotion that few games ever attempt to achieve. I love you Hatoful Boyfriend. Ich mag den lustigen Vogel

I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't that. I wasn't a huge fan of this when I'd only played a couple endings, but after a few months I decided to give it another go and finally got to the final ending, and oh boy, that was worth it.

So I went into the game blind thinking it was just a really goofy otome game with birds. OMG. It is that and much much more. Great story. Great tie-ins. The final ending *chef's kiss* blew me away. I loved it! Who knew i would be this awed by a silly bird romance game. I very much recommend this game both to otome gamers and anyone who loves a good visual novel. 10/10 stars!!!

what. am i even playing. i. i can't even begin to describe this game. just play it.

A truly unhinged experience.

A visual novel where you (a human girl) date pigeons? You bet! This dating sim is all about human/avian relations and wacky school hijinks...well, up until the story takes a hard left turn into the what-the-fuckery as you piece together more and more about what's going on in this game's weird little world. The more romances you clear, the wilder it gets!

If you enjoyed Doki Doki Literature Club, you owe it to yourself to give Hatoful Boyfriend a shot as well, since it predates DDLC by several years, yet still hits every bit as hard. Get in here and romance yourself a cute bird today!

The best fucking dating sim I've ever played. Me and my friends almost cried, please play it. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

i can never look at birds the same way again.

very interesting, so many possibilities

update: i definitely almost cried during the ending

Hardly a game...Hatoful boyfriend is more of a life changing experience. Peak in it's truest form

Come for the 'haha pigeon dating sim' goofs, then stay and have your heart torn out, atomised and scattered for the birds.

ayo wtf. i did not expect this game to do all that. just when you think its over, it goes even further beyond. prepare to be taken on a rollercoaster

i love the birds but the birds dont love me
would romance again 5/7

I cried

please god let us be living in the hatoful boyfriend timeline

I'm going to be honest- the game is a pretty weird little dating sim featuring you as the only human girl at a school for fancy pigeons, and it really only drops hints to you for most of your time about why that's normal and fine. You can choose humanised forms for your love interests (if you're a coward), or you can play as god intended and flirt with these strange little bird boys for the duration of your experience.

You're only going to get an idea of what on earth is happening when you've unlocked enough content to reach that stage. All I can say without spoiling it is that I did. I laughed, I cried, I threw up, it changed my life. Play the game.

Hilarious and ridiculous premise that hides secretssss. Definitely play this to completion. Be aware that you do need to run through this game with all the characters' endings in order to get to the best part of it and the quality of life features are sparse (skip button but that's it, no auto-stop for unread text, though the game will take you off skip when the day changes automatically, no log to read previous text if you happen to skip past it). Some of the choices that unlock the routes are opaque in context and you may have to complete other routes in the game in order to trigger one of the birds to appear.

Despite all this (or maybe because of it), when the birdshit hits the fan, I was completely hooked. If you like weird visual novels, this is a must-play!

This game is like seeing a red herring and then the herring beats the shit out of you. If you're looking for the rollercoaster of your life and you're willing to sit down and play the game thoroughly, I can quite literally never recommend it enough. Do not google it, do not search it up, do not watch a playthrough, just play it.

The one thing I will say is a trigger warning for suicide is needed.

found this game on a twitter post saying that this game changed their life. thought they were joking but out of curiosity decided to play it blind. lo and behold this game did in fact change my life.

10/10 cried multiple times over fucking bird pngs

surprisingly peak although the game technically is kinda wonky, some of my saves randomly don't work and barely has any QoL features

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

This game makes me so mad. I started playing it because of the ridiculous premise and now--more than three years later--I still think about it as an influential game in my life.

Absolute cinema, I wish I could date the doctor

Genuinely one of my favorite visual novels as a teen. It's such a fun ride and goes beyond just a silly pigeon dating sim! Although the silly pigeon dating part is half the charm

Its a very silly but fun dating game. The pigeons are adorable, and the romance varies on weird to sad to happy. Its all over the place, in a good way. A fun way to spend an afternoon.

PLEASEPLAY THIS GAME i cannot stress enough how good a purchase this is. do not let the visuals fool you

Get through the absurdity of the birdie dating sim to discover the ACTUAL story of Hatoful Boyfriend.

Pigeon Dating Simulator

embrace pigeon

Its like a fever dream. 10/10

this game restructured my brain chemistry for a little bit in my sophomore year of highschool

You start the game thinking 'oh that's funny, they're birds' and end the game crying over some of the most beautiful story telling you've ever read. Play this while it lasts.

Dating birds has never been easier nor sexier!

i like birds :>

The true ending got me- I adore this game and gab about Oko-San and Ryouta's endings to people often Great game and well worth the price

that was peak... i guess

The story was good until it wasn't, I felt the true ending was longer than it needed to be after doing the common routes. The dating part should've been taken out of the equation since in the long run it never really mattered.