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Having a HARD Time

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Having a HARD Time

Having a HARD Time is an erotic visual novel that tells the story of a young girl whose life gets turned upside down after a science experiment goes terribly wrong. Help her deal with the consequences and navigate through a college life filled with tough decisions and a beautiful cast of characters.

Released Feb 12, 2024 Developer Quadruple-Q Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

92.5%positive644 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I know it's often a joke but the story actually got me”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“The Good: The story kicks off with a really unique and interesting sci fi twist you play as a female college sophomore whose life gets completely turned upside down after a chemistry lab experiment goes wrong. The writing is solid, the sound design is surprisingly good, and the…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
Not recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Great game but fairly certain its been abandoned. Almost a year since the last updated and no news from the dev team. Was really looking forward to the continuation of this story and I would be likely to pick up anything else made by this dev but it seems they've moved on.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

493all-time peak
0 50 100 2025 2026 61 avg · Sep 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.

52achievements
31.0%median completion
2.6%rarest: Serial Tripper
88.9% of players 82.8% of players 78.8% of players 77.6% of players 68.8% of players 66.1% of players 64.7% of players 63.0% of players 60.4% of players 58.6% of players 58.5% of players 53.4% of players 52.7% of players 52.1% of players 50.8% of players 49.3% of players 49.0% of players 48.9% of players 48.1% of players 46.6% of players 46.2% of players 44.6% of players 40.6% of players 33.6% of players 32.9% of players 31.8% of players 31.0% of players 31.0% of players 29.3% of players 29.0% of players 28.7% of players 28.4% of players 27.7% of players 22.4% of players 22.2% of players 18.3% of players 18.2% of players 15.1% of players 14.8% of players 14.4% of players 14.2% of players 11.2% of players 11.1% of players 10.4% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 5.8% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.5% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 88.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.9%Inevitable — Hidden achievement
82.8%Pretend — Hidden achievement
78.8%Promise — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.6%Serial Tripper — Hidden achievement
3.0%Unlocked all Episode 5 secret scenes — Hidden achievement
4.5%Unlocked all Episode 4 secret scenes — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 11, 2025
Small typo fixes and translation update

Fixed a few typos and added Episode 5 translations for the following languages: - Japanese - Portuguese Brazilian - Thai - Turkish Currently only Romanian and Russian remain, the translators are still

Aug 30, 2025
Episode 5 - now available!

Hey everyone, it's finally here, Episode 5 is ready to be enjoyed! This is once again the largest and most ambitious episode so far. I’ve put a lot of effort into it, and I really hope you’ll enjoy an

Aug 02, 2025
Episode 5 - Release date

Hello friends, we're finally getting there! After a lot of hard work, I’m happy to announce the release date for Episode 5 of Having a HARD Time . Episode 5, titled Butterfly , will be playable on Sat

Jun 26, 2025
Status update - Episode 5

Hi guys, I've been working hard on the update! Right now, we’re at 1900+ renders and 113 animations , and I’m still rendering new scenes as we speak. I’m really happy with how the episode is shaping u

Mar 21, 2025
Status update - Episode 5

Hello everyone! I have been working very hard on the next episode for the past few months and have made some good progress. We're not quite there yet, but I would like to let you all know about the cu

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Simulation, Early Access
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Turkish
Achievements52
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11 (64-bit) Processor: Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GT 750 or AMD equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: OpenGL 2, DirectX 9 or OpenGL ES 2 required