8 Weeks is a Ren'Py visual novel by FromPlutoGuy. You play a man returning to his hometown after years away, trying to start over. He reconnects with people from the past and meets new ones, while his brother’s problems slowly become his own. Each woman has a distinct personality, history, and secrets to uncover. Choices shape how relationships develop and how close each character lets him get. The game uses 3DCG art and includes romance, harem, and voyeurism themes.
The current build is v0.3, dated October 15, 2026, and development continues. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac in English, with no censorship. Compared with v0.2.5, the update adds three playable days, about 1,300 dialogue blocks, over 9,500 dialogue words, 37 choice menus, and 81 video gallery unlocks. Day 20 offers three routes based on which heroine joins the protagonist at a villa, plus nearly 15 minutes of animation. It introduces an early combat system, two original songs, one with a music video, and choices that can lead to the protagonist’s death. The title changed from Hard Choice to 8 Weeks.
Developer's description
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.
v0.3 entry:
Compared with v0.2.5, v0.3 adds 3 new playable days, around 1,300 new dialogue blocks, more than 9,500 new dialogue words, 37 choice menus, and 81 new gallery video unlocks.
Day 20 includes 3 alternative routes depending on which heroine joins the protagonist at the villa. Across these routes, the update contains almost 15 minutes of animation in total. It also introduces the first version of the combat system, adds 2 original songs, including one with its own music video, and allows some choices to lead to the protagonist’s death.
This version unlocks the final main character profile and continues expanding the relationship, story, and side character content. The game has also changed its name from Hard Choice to 8 Weeks. Saves created in previous versions should continue to work normally.
The current build of 8 Weeks covers the prologue and the first 21 in-game days, offering around 6–8 hours of story content for a standard playthrough. It includes over 7,000 dialogue blocks, more than 41,000 words of dialogue, 139 choice menus, 7 phone chat scenes, and 172 gallery video unlocks.
Players who replay choices and explore all 3 Day 20 routes can expect the total playtime to go considerably higher.
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.
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Latest review2026-07-13
dexterousgecko2026-07-13★★★★★
a kinetic experience disguised with a whole lot of choices with below average looking love interests, stilted dialogue, and a serviceable story. I say this a lot in my reviews, but if you play how you're supposed to play, make…