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Hookah Haze
It's the year 2xxx. The inexperienced Toru Sumiki lands a job managing Hookah Haze, a new hookah lounge on the outskirts of Akihabara, where they meet three eccentric girls. The story unfolds as the girls gradually open up to them, connecting through their fondness for hookah...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
39 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“I came across this game when someone recommeneded this game on Insta. They said if you like Needy Streamer Overload this one is a good one to play. I was expecting something a bit different because of that but I am…”
23 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Beside cute characters and amazing artstyle this game is pretty boring.”
8 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“A very charming game with a fun gameplay and charming, heartfelt characters. This is moreso a visual novel than a game, and I feel you're meant to really experience this through your emotions. Characters are…”
“Relaxing game with relatable characters depicting real struggles, it's fun getting every ending”
“Super super cute game that's a beautiful mix of visuals like needy streamer overload and the fun game play of VA-11 Hall-A. All the characters have so much depth to that that even after 11 hrs I was finding new dialogue…”
8 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“Long Story Short: Grab it on Sale if you enjoyed Games like Coffee Talk and VA-11 Hall-A Art is Great Music is Good although nothing to remember. Story is ok but tamper your expectations. If you ve already played the…”
“Story is relatively short, shallow and sweet(?), not recommended if you're looking for something with more depth. Personally had hope that the hookah mixing and coal changing gameplay would had some effect to the story…”
“Really cute game!!!! I loved all 3 characters, but kokoro was definitely my favorite and I started crying at the end of her route. The art is really nice to look at and the background music is pleasant without feeling…”
4 of the 68 reviews raise this.
“I came across this game when someone recommeneded this game on Insta. They said if you like Needy Streamer Overload this one is a good one to play. I was expecting something a bit different because of that but I am…”
“Relaxing game with relatable characters depicting real struggles, it's fun getting every ending”
“Long Story Short: Grab it on Sale if you enjoyed Games like Coffee Talk and VA-11 Hall-A Art is Great Music is Good although nothing to remember. Story is ok but tamper your expectations. If you ve already played the…”
9 of the 68 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I came across this game when someone recommeneded this game on Insta. They said if you like Needy Streamer Overload this one is a good one to play. I was expecting something a bit different because of that but I am…”
“Beside cute characters and amazing artstyle this game is pretty boring.”
“Story is relatively short, shallow and sweet(?), not recommended if you're looking for something with more depth. Personally had hope that the hookah mixing and coal changing gameplay would had some effect to the story…”
7 of the 68 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Beside cute characters and amazing artstyle this game is pretty boring.”
“Story is relatively short, shallow and sweet(?), not recommended if you're looking for something with more depth. Personally had hope that the hookah mixing and coal changing gameplay would had some effect to the story…”
5 of the 68 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Long Story Short: Grab it on Sale if you enjoyed Games like Coffee Talk and VA-11 Hall-A Art is Great Music is Good although nothing to remember. Story is ok but tamper your expectations. If you ve already played the…”
“Story is relatively short, shallow and sweet(?), not recommended if you're looking for something with more depth. Personally had hope that the hookah mixing and coal changing gameplay would had some effect to the story…”
“I was so reluctant to pick this up because none of the other Va11halla like VNs that have come out over the years have really hit the same sweet spot. Then a friend gave it to me for Christmas. Bless that guy, because…”
3 of the 68 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 68 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“i love how every single character is autistic 🩷 this is my perfect little game 🥹 self regulatory -hookah! hooray! 😸”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I originally picked this game up for the beautiful art. But after playing it this has become one of my favourite VN games I have ever played, and I have played a lot of them. The story is so nice and touching, well written, and the game mechanics while small (and annoying once…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“good ♥♥♥♥ i guess, visuals are awesome and the story is quite enjoyable. Gameplay is hella repetative and not interesting at all, but in the visual novel gameplay is not the thing you should look at, especially when there's not much of it.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Visual Novel · Dating Sim · Point & Click · Life Sim · Cute · Choose Your Own Adventure · 2D · Anime · Pixel Graphics · Colorful · Psychedelic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Official site | https://hookah-haze.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 or later Processor: Core i5-10300H Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1500 MB available space