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Hard Choice [v0.2.5] [FromPlutoGuy]

August 6, 2026F95

Hard Choice is a visual novel about returning home after years away and trying to start over.
Back in your hometown, you reconnect with people from your past and meet new ones, while your brother’s problems slowly begin to become your own.
Every woman you meet has her own personality, past, and secrets waiting to be discovered. Each one has something to reveal.
Your choices shape the relationships you build with the women around you, changing how they see you and how close they let you get.

Thread Updated: 2026-08-06

Release Date: 2026-08-06

Developer: FromPlutoGuy – Itch.io – Patreon

Censored: No

Version: 0.2.5

OS: Windows, Linux, Mac

Language: English

Store: Itch.io

Other Games: Stormbound Hotel

Genre:

3DCG, Male Protagonist, Romance, Teasing, Handjob, Harem, Masturbation, Oral Sex, Voyeurism, Graphic violence

Future Tags and Tag Clarifications:

Tags that are already in the game or tags that will definitely be added later:
Anal Sex
Ahegao
Creampie
Exhibitionism
Footjob
Handjob
Harem
Interracial
Male Domination
Masturbation
Milf
Oral Sex
Rimming
Sex Toys
Stripping
Teasing
Titfuck
Vaginal sex
Virgin
Voyeurism

Tags that may be included in the game or require clarification:

BDSM
– I am still thinking about this one, but it is possible that, with a high enough relationship level with two heroines, this option may become available. The MC will have the final say on whether he wants to participate in it.

Big Tits – The village girls should already fit into this category.

Blackmail – The MC will definitely not be the one doing the blackmailing. However, it may happen that a girl is being blackmailed, and the MC’s role will be to help/save her.

Bukkake – This will definitely not involve any of the main heroines or any character marked as a side heroine. Whether the MC may witness or participate in something like this with completely different girls is something I am not 100% sure about yet.

Cheating – No heroine will cheat on the MC. However, a heroine may cheat on her own partner with the MC, but only if it makes sense in the story. The MC will be able to decide whether he wants to take part in it.

Corruption – Similar to blackmail, the MC will not be the one doing it, but he may witness such events.

DILF – Our MC is around 30 years old, so it looks like he technically fits the tag definition.;) However, no main heroine will take part in sexual acts with other men, so in that sense this tag does not apply to them. It is possible that the MC may be in places where men like that have sex with women who are not heroines.

Drugs – The MC will not be the one doing it, but he may witness it.

Female Domination – If this appears with main heroines or side heroines, the MC will have the final say on whether he wants to participate in it.

Group Sex – This may involve main heroines or side characters, but only if it fits the story and the relationship level is high enough (FFM). The MC will have the final say on whether he wants to participate in it and whether he wants the heroines to participate in it.

Groping – This is probably one of the tags I have the most trouble defining. The MC may witness it, and there may also be situations where he can do it himself, but it will not involve the main heroines or side heroines.

Humiliation – Similar to blackmail, the MC will not be the one doing it to the main heroines or side heroines. However, he may witness such situations, or they may happen to other characters as part of the story.

Incest – There will be twins and their mother. I still do not know yet how far that part of the story will go.

Lesbian – Similar to group sex, when it comes to main heroines and side heroines, the MC will have the final say on whether he wants this to happen and whether he wants them to participate in it. Somewhere else in the game, it may happen without his influence.

Multiple Penetration – For main heroines and side heroines, this may involve the MC plus toys, and the player will be able to decide whether he wants this to happen. For other characters, it is similar to bukkake: I am not 100% sure yet whether the MC may witness or participate in something like this.

Prostitution – None of the main heroines or side heroines will be prostitutes, but such characters may appear in the game.

Sleep Sex – There is already a moment in the game where the MC is asleep and receives a handjob, and that will probably be the only element of this kind in the story.

Sexual Harassment – Similar to blackmail and corruption, the MC will not be the one doing it. However, he may witness such situations, or they may happen to other characters as part of the story.

Spanking – It may appear in a mild form between the MC and the heroines. Outside of that, it may also happen between characters who are not main heroines or side heroines.

Urination – If the MC is ever supposed to participate in this, the player will be able to decide before it happens.

To make this clear: in any situation involving these tags where the MC would have to actively participate, the decision will belong to him/the player.
Tags that will definitely not be included in the game:

Bestiality
Big Ass
Furry
Futa/Trans
Gay
Internal view
Lactation
Loli
Necrophilia
Netorare
Pregnancy
Rape
Scat
Shota
Sissification
Slave
Swinging
Tentacles
Transformation
Trap
Vore

Installation:

1. Extract and run.

Changelog:

v0.2.5

Compared with v0.2.3, v0.2.5 adds 2 new playable days, new story scenes, new choices, more relationship content, and a new side character unlock. It also adds 4 new instruction screens that appear when starting the game and can also be opened later from the menu.

This version also adds 2 new NSFW scenes: one tied to the Receptionist route and one focused on Gabi, both with related animations and gallery unlocks.

The current build of Hard Choice covers the prologue and the first 18 in-game days, offering around 4-6 hours of story content for a standard playthrough. It includes over 5,700 dialogue blocks, more than 32,000 words of dialogue, 102 choice menus, 7 phone chat scenes, and 91 gallery video unlocks.

Players who replay choices and explore alternate variants can expect the total playtime to go higher.

v0.2.3

2 new playable days

13 new choice menus

41 new labels / scene blocks

10 new gallery video unlocks

10 current video files

over 4,200 new dialogue words

new Tag -> Sex toys

v0.2

The current build of Hard Choice covers the prologue and the first two in-game weeks, offering around 2-3 hours of story content for a standard playthrough. It includes over 3,800 dialogue blocks, more than 21,000 words of dialogue, 68 choice menus, 7 phone chat scenes, and 56 gallery videos.

The character screen currently features 5 visible main profiles, with 1 more to unlock, as well as 4 visible side story profiles, with 2 more to unlock. The UI is about 90% complete, with only small future expansions still possible. The game also already includes a photo and video gallery, a journal system, a camera feature, music, and sound effects.

Players who replay choices and explore alternate variants can expect the total playtime to go higher.

Week 1 Demo (v0.1) – Initial

Contains complete Week 1 story content.

No music/sfx, placeholder UI, no animations — full audiovisual update planned for the full build.

More tags will be added with the full Week 1 release.

Developer Notes:

I’m incredibly happy to finally share Hard Choice with you—a story I’ve been working on, with a few breaks along the way, for the past year.

This isn’t a demo. It’s a fully playable release built on a solid foundation, with plenty of room to expand into many interesting storylines in future updates.

I hope you’ll give it a try, and I’d really love to hear what you think. Your feedback means a lot and will help shape the future of the game.

DOWNLOAD
Win/Linux/Mac: DATANODES – MEGA – MEDIAFIRE – PIXELDRAIN – VIKINGFILE

Extras:

WT Mod*
* This unofficial port/version is not released by the developer, download at your own risk