Hate Plus similar games & best alternatives

Hate Plus

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Let's spend the next three real-time days together uncovering the mystery of what went horribly wrong on a derelict generation ship, with the help of a spunky/more-than-slightly-traumatized AI sidekick! A sequel to Analogue: A Hate Story that tells a whole new hate story of its own.

What works

  • Deep and emotional narrative
  • Unique real-time pacing mechanic
  • Strong character development
  • Immersive ai companion interactions
  • Engaging sci-fi setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal gameplay and interactivity
  • Time-gated progression can frustrate
  • Some players find story pacing uneven
  • Impossible achievement frustrates completionists
  • Translation quality issues in some languages

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • We Know the Devil

  • DATE A LIVE: Rio Reincarnation

  • 南栀 Unwavering love

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You

  • 千面 Melancholy Love

  • 枕边少女 MOE Hypnotist - share dreams with you

Less social

Games that feels like Hate Plus but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • TAISHO x ALICE epilogue

  • Please Be Happy

  • The Princess, the Stray Cat, and Matters of the Heart

  • Your Diary +

  • Tokyo School Life

  • Koi Musubi

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Hate Plus but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Henchman Story

  • Shiina Taki's Decameron

  • Sword of Asumi

  • Magical Diary: Horse Hall

  • Analogue: A Hate Story

  • 1bitHeart

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Hate Plus: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Cooperation, Idle.

Last update: 03/08/2026