Hard to Love
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
ABOUT THIS GAME
Navigate the dangerous waters of family loyalty and forbidden desire in Tokyo's most twisted household.
You're MC, a detective returning to your family's luxurious Tokyo mansion where every relationship walks a razor's edge between love and manipulation. Your sisters play dangerous games, your daughter sees too much, and your mother drowns in pills and memories. In a house where nothing is as innocent as it seems, every choice reshapes your bonds—and your future.
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WHAT AWAITS YOU:
- Complex Character Relationships - Navigate intricate dynamics with each family member through meaningful choices
- Multiple Romance Paths - Develop relationships with diverse personalities, each with their own secrets and desires
- Psychological Thriller Elements - Uncover dark family secrets while managing your detective instincts
- Meaningful Player Agency - Your decisions permanently shape character relationships and story outcomes
- High-Quality Visuals - Stunning character designs and atmospheric Japan settings
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MEET THE FAMILY:
🌹 Elizabeth Romano - The Former Supermodel Once Tokyo's "European Rose," now struggling with age and addiction in her gilded cage.
🎮 Amber Crawford - The Rebellious Streamer Tattooed, confident, and dangerously seductive. She knows what she wants—and takes it.
🎭 Madison Crawford - The Manipulative Prodigy At young age, she's already mastered the art of getting her way through charm and cunning.
👑 Isabella Crawford - Your Brilliant Daughter Too smart for her age, she watches everything with calculating eyes that miss nothing.
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CONTENT FEATURES:
✨ 10+ Hours of branching narrative content
🎬 Animated scenes with more added in every update
🎵 Original soundtrack with built-in music player
🏆 Achievements & Unlockables for multiple playthroughs
📊 Character relationship stats that track your choices
🔊 Professional sound effects and immersive audio
🔞 Explicit sex scenes
💕 Romance progression with meaningful emotional depth
⚡ Violence and intensity when the story demands it
🧠 Deep psychological themes - depression, trauma, power dynamics
📖 Official walkthrough available as premium content
🔄 Regular updates with new animations and content
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🎯 Ready to enter Tokyo's most dangerous family? Your choices define your destiny.
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Download
Install instructions
For any patch, write: !patch on our Discord and ChibiYukana will DM you.
Development log
- Updated 0.05May 23, 2023
- Updated game to v. 0.042Dec 18, 2022
- New version releasedJun 18, 2022
- Hard to Love 0.02 AlphaMar 25, 2022
- Something I've been asked (Textbox patch)Feb 27, 2022
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This is amazing for someone who is doing it alone!. Im impressed.
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Missing synopsis. How are we supposed to know what the game is about without one?
Okay, so I downloaded the 0.22 pc version. I am assuming I finished it. At one point it just sent me back to the menu after paz got attacked. Is there a part two or.....? Is there a different version/download that is part two? Help lol
Hiii hello is the 0.21 remake latest or old version please tell me 😥😥😥😥😥😥
add ntr for the girls
feels abandoned. Last update was last year.
From what I've heard it's going the AI route now with a complete rework, so I'm dropping it anyway.
Sounds like it's getting made into a worse game.
yep
First 4 episodes were great, but couldn't finish the 5th, due to the change to the relationship between the MC and his Mom and Sisters.
I just wish people would stop pandering to Patreon and it's stupid polices. At least make a patch for us who prefer the original relationships.
how can i found that slime who ate the mushroom?
very good game so far..I just finished 0.062 where MC left his mother lying in her bed..when can we expect the next update? thanks
Honestly this could of been decent but the MC is just way too damn whiny all the time it's annoying. I was actually hoping someone would beat some sense into him at some point, not metaphorically either.
Anyway good luck with the game but it's not for me.
First of all you have a well deserved applause for the character designs and the story of this VN, I look forward to the next chapter.
have you thought about future translations of the game, e.g. in Spanish, French or Portuguese?
Hi dev first of all your game is great and is there any chance of pregnancy in future updates for this game
do you need to download 1-4 and then 5 or can you just download 5 and have all episodes?
how do you avoid Amber blowjob?
My bad... Should be fixed now.
Can't download the earlier episodes for pc :(
The recent update which ive been looking forward to was not actually an update it was a small forgotten dlc to the update before xD
i played for 30 minutes now, and i feel this this game will be so tragic. I love the atmosphere though, gives me “life is strange: before the storm” vibes
The little sister's attitude change when you don't show interest was a turn off & the MC seems kind of dumb. I tried rejecting the woman that calls the MC her babe but didn't do anything.
Kudos to whoever designs the outfits. Great work. Sexy and fucking hot 🔥🔥🔥.
That little sister has a big ass forhead
Great Game
Great renders and very entertaining game... Well made.
Pregnancy is planned?? Love your game by the way!!!
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Nice game beautiful characters
Did writers change? 0.03's content feels vastly different than the previous content. MC feels like a completely different person even in the present-day scenes. Also very surprised the story seems to take place in Japan considering most of the cast up until now weren't Japanese and the setting seemed to be a western country of some sort. Will this be expanded on and explained later?
hi which file does isabella call you dad not landlord
Incest patch for Hard to Love (all versions
Okay thanks very much
hi, what requirements do you need to play the game can I play it on my laptop
Yes you can. Any type of laptop would do the trick.
Thank you 😊
how can i found that slime who ate the mushroom? its too dark right there
any femdom in this game and character name, please?
or dominating personality female character name
Not yet shown. Closer to your description would be Amber.
Awesome game !! thanks dev
how to patch the incest patch? it doesnt say in witch folder has to be the files, and i dont see any with the same name inside
Hi. You have to unzip the content of that zip ("patch.rpy" and/or "patch.rpyc") in the folder called "game" inside the HardtoLove folder.
thanks, just didnt know in witch folder i had to inzip it :)
Hey dev, are you gonna release the android version of these game, or you stop in 0.02 alpha for android
Btw good game, nice job
Thanks! I don't do android versions, all the earlier versions are made by modders. I will link a port of the latest version of the game for android if you're interested. Thanks for the support!
nah you don't need to, i can play in my laptop, i'm just a little bit curious why in the full version you not doing android after you make it before, because for me it's easier if i play in android...
wish had ntr
If this story about his wife leaving because them having a hard time or just irresponsible, well shit i dont know what to say because this is only alpha version but i hope that their mother/wife leaving entirely on different reason and hopefully they will get back in the end of this VN. If not then i dont know what will happen to my heart
How does one apply the patch to the game?
Hi. You have to unzip the content of that zip ("patch.rpy" and/or "patch.rpyc") in the folder called "game" inside the HardtoLove folder.
Great! How will I know if I applied it right? Like I don't want spoilers, but what scenes in what chapters will change?
Hi. What it changes is the text, the relationships between the characters.
Ah, yeah, I'm pretty sure it worked.
Such a amazing game😍😍
TY !!
Thank you !!
I love the game, Solid 9/10 its a great game with very cute and hot girls, the graphics and style are amazing, I really like how the characters look.
Kudos to the developers and others working on it
TYVM !!