A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

8 WEEKS

You come back home after years abroad with a simple plan: settle into the flat you inherited, rent out the spare rooms, rebuild your life, and stay out of trouble.

It does not last.

One by one, several very different women become part of your everyday life. New tenants move in, old connections return, and attraction begins to grow in unexpected places. Instead of choosing only one of them, you can build close relationships with multiple women and slowly turn an ordinary shared home into something far more complicated.

Every woman has her own personality, desires, boundaries, and secrets. Some open up quickly. Others make you earn their trust. Building a harem means understanding what each of them wants, making the right choices, and finding out whether these relationships can exist together.

Meanwhile, your brother’s problems slowly become yours, pulling you deeper into the dangerous side of New City. What begins as a fresh start soon becomes a story of relationships, temptation, loyalty, and pressure.

Current build includes:

- Prologue + first 18 in-game days

- Around 4-5.5 hours of story content

- 5 main female profiles and 7 female side character profiles currently visible, with more to unlock

- 80+ choice menus and 60+ gallery videos

Temporary note: The download links still use the name Hard Choice, as that was the game’s original title. They will be updated with this week’s release.

KEY FEATURES

• Relationship-driven choices
Choices are built around reading the character, not simply picking the sweetest line.

• Slow-burn adult content

Intimate scenes appear when the relationship, timing, and context make sense.

• Grounded modern setting
Apartments, bars, gyms, hospitals, work, family pressure, and trouble waiting underneath.

• Criminal pressure
Your brother's connections pull you into trouble you were trying to avoid.

• Week-based story structure
The story moves day by day, letting relationships and consequences build over time.

• Journal, phone, and gallery systems
Track character notes, messages, photos, and unlocked videos as the story develops.

MEET THE CHARACTERS


Calm, composed, and hard to read.
Private by nature and careful with trust.
She watches more than she speaks — and only opens up when she decides you’ve earned it.


Energetic, open, and quick to spark a playful conversation.
She enjoys light flirting and people who can match her pace or make her laugh.
Warm, expressive, and genuine in a way that’s hard to ignore.


A familiar face from years ago — someone you knew only in passing.
Now she’s building her own life, focused, grounded, and not easily impressed.
She values honesty, directness, and the fact that you actually remember her.


A rising star of local television who knows exactly how to command attention.
Ambitious, talkative, and always chasing the next big story, Gabi thrives in the spotlight and has little patience for being ignored.
Behind the confidence is someone who is constantly looking for the next headline, the next challenge, and the next reason to stay one step ahead.


A surprisingly sharp local police officer who notices more than people expect.
She has little patience for lies, excuses, or half-truths, and she quickly loses respect for anyone trying to mislead her.
Marta values honesty, directness, and a genuine willingness to work together — even when the truth is uncomfortable


A woman from your past — and the one person you never truly left behind. Years ago, you planned a life together, until one decision sent you in opposite directions.Now she is standing before you again, carrying secrets of her own and trapped in a life she never chose.

ABOUT THE DEVELOPER

8 Weeks is a one-person project. I write the story, build the scenes, render the visuals, and handle every part of the game myself.
I’m not chasing trends or tropes — I’m interested in realistic conversations, subtle tension, and relationships that grow naturally.
I believe there’s room in this genre for a different kind of storytelling — grounded, honest, and built around the small moments that usually get overlooked. That’s exactly what I’m aiming for with this game.
I’m creating it in my free time, week by week, focusing on consistency and quality rather than speed.

ENJOYED THE GAME?

Or maybe you found some of the choices harder than expected?

If you'd like to dive deeper into the world of 8 Weeks, check out my Patreon. You'll find walkthroughs and hints, character articles explaining how each heroine thinks, behind-the-scenes development posts, the latest game builds, and plenty of other exclusive content.

Every bit of support helps me continue developing the game. Thank you!


Updated 5 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 3.4 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Authorfromplutoguy
GenreVisual Novel
TagsAdult, Erotic, harem, Meaningful Choices, Narrative, relationship, Ren'Py, Story Rich, Urban
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksPatreon
AI DisclosureAI Assisted, Code, Sounds

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Download
Hard Choice v0.2.5 - Mega
External
Download
hard-choice-windows, linux, mac.zip 2.5 GB
Version 0.2.5 67 days ago
Download
Hard Choice v0.2.5 - Patreon (Free)
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Enjoyed this AVN quite a bit, the LI's look great and unique. Story is grounded in reality which among HS AVN's pushes it out of the box. Dialog is organic for the most part which makes it much easier to get lost in. I'm enjoying 8 Weeks (or is it Hard Choice?) so far and I'm curious on what the MC does with his new life. On a final note, why is this rated so low? I've seen AVN's that are written at a middle school level with better ratings. 

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Yeah, I’m with you on this one! Had a look through the devlog, and it sounds like 8 Weeks is the name going forward, with a big update dropping this Thursday.The dialogue’s easy to get into, and the girls actually have their own personalities. Nobody feels like they’re just there to fill a slot. I’m liking the side girls too, honestly. Would be cool if they each got a little story of their own, and it looks like that might be where things are heading.Really hope the next update gets more people checking it out. The rating had me expecting way less, so this was a nice surprise!

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I hope it ends up doing well, I'm tired of the same fantasy dimensional travel story with an op mc. 8 Weeks is a breath of fresh air for the HS AVN's. 

Will there be Android version ? If not then what about joiplay 

The game is currently too large to be distributed as a regular Android APK. However, it is built with Ren’Py 8.5.0, and the latest JoiPlay release has a matching Ren’Py 8.5.0 plugin, so there is a reasonable chance it will work. I haven’t tested it myself yet, though, and the game contains a lot of video content, so performance may depend on the device. If you try it, please let me know how it runs.

Hey dev...before playing I want to confirm that there is no ntr or cheating because I avoid those

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Hey. No there’s no NTR or cheating in the game.