Hatoful Boyfriend

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This page is for the 2014 remake. For the original game, see Hatoful Kareshi.

Hatoful Boyfriend

Developers
	PigeoNation
	Mediatonic
Publishers
	Devolver Digital
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	September 4, 2014
macOS (OS X)	September 4, 2014
Linux	September 4, 2014
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Genres	Visual novel
Themes	Romance
Series	Hatoful Boyfriend

Hatoful Boyfriend

Hatoful Kareshi	2011
Hatoful Kareshi HolidayStar	2011
Hatoful Boyfriend	2014
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star	2015

General information

Visual Novel Database article

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store		Collector's Edition also available.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Game Pass for PC
Steam		Game can be played without Steam running.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Summer of Dove Collector's Edition	Includes copy of the original game. Not available for GOG.com version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\HatofulBoyfriend\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Mediatonic\HatofulBoyfriend\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Unity launcher.

In-game general preferences menu.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		Uses OS cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio

In-game language selection (bottom-left corner of main menu).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not available in the GOG.com version.
German				Not available in the GOG.com version.
Italian				Not available in the GOG.com version.
Japanese				Not available in the GOG.com version.
Russian				Not available in the GOG.com version.
Spanish				Not available in the GOG.com version.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, 7 SP1, 8
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

Windows Vista is not supported.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 2.0 support