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Hookah Haze

2024

Should you play it?

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 works

  • Charming pixel art and animation
  • Emotional and heartfelt storytelling
  • Relaxing music and atmosphere
  • Customizable ui and music
  • Multiple endings and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Limited gameplay depth
  • Some blurry sprite scaling issues
  • Lack of character variety beyond main cast
  • Some localization typos

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Endless Monday: Dreams and Deadlines

  • Coffee Talk

  • 枕边少女 MOE Hypnotist - share dreams with you

  • Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly

  • A Sky Full of Stars 仰望夜空的星辰

  • Love Delivery

More fantastical

Games that feels like Hookah Haze but with more imaginative fiction

  • A Date with Death

  • DevilConnection

  • Starlight Vega

  • Sakura Succubus 2

  • Amairo Chocolate 2

  • Blood Code

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Hookah Haze but with less of a community feel

  • Nightshade/百花百狼

  • Cyber Crush 2069

  • Koi Musubi

  • Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome

  • Otome * Domain

  • Short Stories Collection of Class Tangerine

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Hookah Haze: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. 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, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026