Having a HARD Time

About this game

HARD Times Are Coming

You're just an ordinary girl and a sophomore at Wentford University, majoring in Chemistry alongside your life-long best friend. You've been living a fairly carefree life until one day an after class science experiment turns into a freak accident, changing your life as you know it. You're no longer just a girl... you're more than that... much more.



How will you deal with the cards that life has dealt you? How do you respond to these newfound difficulties? And how will your relationships with those around you change from now on? Come and decide for yourself.

Can you handle it?

Get to know the large and diverse cast of characters. Will you be able to figure out the secrets behind their smiles?

Or do you give in to desire?

Surrounded by all these beautiful ladies and gifted with a special tool, how could you possibly resist?

Latest news

• Patch Notes·11 Sept 2025Official

  Small typo fixes and translation update

  Fixed a few typos and added Episode 5 translations for the following languages: - Japanese - Portuguese Brazilian - Thai - Turkish Currently only Romanian and Russian remain, the translators are still hard at work. And when these are finished they will be patched in as well.
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• Announcements·30 Aug 2025Official

  Episode 5 - now available!

  Hey everyone, it's finally here, Episode 5 is ready to be enjoyed!This is once again the largest and most ambitious episode so far. I’ve put a lot of effort into it, and I really hope you’ll enjoy and appreciate it to the fullest!Changelog2460+ new renders130 new animations62 new songs15 new achievementsSmall tweaks/improvements to existing renders and writingFrench translation has been completely redoneOther quality of life improvementsTranslation statusPlease note that episode 5 is not yet translated for all languages. Currently, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean and Spanish are up to date. The rest will be added in once translations are done.Translators are working hard on getting the rest of the languages translated as well. They will be patched in once the translations are done. Please understand that there is a lot of new text in this update, so it may take some time.Ps. If you don't see the update automatically, it may help to restart Steam.Enjoy!~ Quadruple-Q
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• Announcements·2 Aug 2025Official

  Episode 5 - Release date

  Hello friends, we're finally getting there!After a lot of hard work, I’m happy to announce the release date for Episode 5 of Having a HARD Time.Episode 5, titled Butterfly, will be playable on Saturday, August 30th. It will be available for free, through a patch, for anyone that owns Having a HARD Time on Steam.This will once again be the largest episode to date, with over 2200 renders and 115 animations, and more still in progress. As I’ve mentioned before, Episode 5 will not include any new weekend activity content, so all of this is focused entirely on the main story.I still have a bit of work ahead, such as finishing the final main story scene, creating the secret scenes, adding some phone content, and doing plenty of testing and polishing. But I’m confident I’ll have it all ready in time.Please note: Most translations will likely not be ready at launch but will be patched in once they’re complete.That’s all for now, hope you’re looking forward to the next episode! I think it’s going to be a lot of fun. 😉Cheers,~ Quadruple-Q
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• Patch Notes·26 Jun 2025Official

  Status update - Episode 5

  Hi guys,I've been working hard on the update! Right now, we’re at 1900+ renders and 113 animations, and I’m still rendering new scenes as we speak. I’m really happy with how the episode is shaping up, and I’m confident that by the time it’s fully done, it’ll be more than worth the wait.I’m aiming for a release in August, but we’ll see how things go. I hope to have a firm release date for you all by the next update. For now… the grind continues!🔹 Quick reminder: if you haven’t picked up Having a HARD Time yet, now’s a great opportunity — the Steam Summer Sale is live, and the game is currently 30% off.Oh, and this little cutie wanted to say hi:Thanks again for all your support, it means a lot.All the best,Quadruple-Q
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• Patch Notes·21 Mar 2025Official

  Status update - Episode 5

  Hello everyone! I have been working very hard on the next episode for the past few months and have made some good progress. We're not quite there yet, but I would like to let you all know about the current development progress. I have currently reached around the 1000 renders and 50 animations, which is a pretty cool milestone in my opinion. I'm still working hard on the rest pretty much every day. There is still so much to do, but the episode is really shaping up nicely. I'm certain you guys will love it. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44227965/517bd8a5641369362abbbbf532371fce19b66b9c.png I don't have a release date or estimate yet, just trust me that I'm working hard on it and I hope you all can be patient for a bit more. I think the episode will end up as big as, or larger than, episode 4. But it will still need some time before we get there. For now have a great day and enjoy the weekend! ~ Quadruple-Q
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