THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ-

THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ-

KoheiGallery · July 31, 2017 · Indie, Action, Anime

Buy THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ- from Steam at $4.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ- price by region

THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ- costs £4.50 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, €5.00 in Europe (EUR), CA$7.50 in Canada, A$8.00 in Australia, NZ$8.50 in New Zealand, $10.00 in Georgia (USD), zł24.50 in Poland and R$42.00 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ- offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £4.50 −50% £4.50 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 −50% $4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €5.00 −50% €5.00 — 1
Canada CA$7.50 −50% CA$7.50 — 1
Australia A$8.00 −50% A$8.00 — 1
New Zealand NZ$8.50 −50% NZ$8.50 — 1
Georgia (USD) $10.00 −50% $10.00 — 1
Poland zł24.50 zł24.50 — 1
Brazil R$42.00 −50% R$42.00 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

About THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ-

Taro Heibon will attempt to approach while the girls are looking away!
He is a weak middle-aged man, but sometimes borrows the power of sake and boldly and quickly approaches!
Let's hit the LR trigger repeatedly and approach the girl as soon as possible without being noticed!

The rules of the game are simple, Daruma-san ga koronda.
Do not move when the girl is looking at Taro Heibon!
When you are looking at the direction opposite Taro Heibon you have the chance to move!
Look closely at the actions of girls and let's not miss chance to approach.

First of all, let's choose the shop you'd like to challenge from 5 shops in Moe city map!
Girls called cast are waiting at the shop.
Choose the girl you want to play, you win at all!
Successfully approaching stage level 5 will result in Taro Heibon's victory.

The operation of the game is easy, but in fact it is hard hit!
When L trigger and R trigger are alternately and repeatedly timed, Taro Heibon moves!
The better the timing, the faster the acceleration!

In order to cope with the special ability of the girl, Taro Heibon will also grow.
Experience value increases as you clear the stage, and it will level up.
Since you can freely adjust the ability value by pressing the X button on the map screen,Let's adjust as necessary!
Let's check each ability value in the game manual.

The CHUG-A-LUG event begins when you touch alcohol placed on the table.
This event only pushes the button specified within the time limit!
Taro Heibon's tension MAX if everything in 10 success!
It is possible to approach at a phenomenal speed and the likability of girls also rises.
However, please be careful not to be found by girls.

If you can not start the game because a display like "Can not start program because there is no d3dx9_39.dll"
Please install "DirectX End-User Runtimes (June 2010)".
For details, please readme.txt in the installation folder.
Steam\\steamapps\\common\\THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ-

THE HOUCHI PLAY -THE 放置プレイ- — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 31, 2017
This game is a great time passer. it is absolutely stupid lol. but allot of fun. gameplay here https://youtu.be/drVsL9LiuOo Pro's -animation -music -the real lols cons -short -small content/gets repettitive
11 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 11, 2017
Oh man. This will be part review and part manifesto. Does Steam have a limit to the length of reviews?! While you may only see a few minutes of me playing this game, I've actually logged hours with The Houchi Play when it was on the XBox 360 Indie Games store. Pretty sure I paid $2 there as well, or whatever the equivelant in Microsoft Points was. In "The Houchi Play" you play as Taro Heibon, an IT engineer in City X. A family man who secretly desires to be treated like a pig, a dog and otherwise humiliated by girls in cosplay outfits. To accomplish the goal, you engage in a butt-scooting simulator punctuated by brief drinking games (with a boost power-up for perfect chugging). Do so to creep up on the ladies when they're not paying attention. Different girls have different patterns and behaviors. It's kinda a stripped down sneaking version of Punch-Out. You have to learn the different character's (somewhat limited) tells and sneak around based on that. The pixel graphics a great and harkent back tot he NEC PC titles of the 90's. Solid soundtrack and the controls feel good. The depth and difficulty is on par with an arcade game, replayability only for novelty or highscore huntin…
10 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 29, 2017
There's not much going on in this game. The gameplay couldn't be more repetitive: do two drinking QTEs as you creep along the screen to the girl, repeat 5x per girl. There's no interesting environmental interaction or visual queues. The game doesn't even lean into the player character being "super masochistic," once you finish a stage everyone's all smiles. He never really seems to get abused, verbally or otherwise. Not very fun, only sort of marginally funny thanks to the intro text.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 28, 2017
I played this game for a very short period of time . But long enough to decide that for me at least it was Just not very interesting .The game has as far as i can tell Has no nudity or anything that your average person would consider sexual although the game does have a deviant sexual theme . It did not have the game theme that i thought it had . Fair warning due to the nature of the game this game review will be discussing deviant sexual practices . I decided to give the game a positive review because it does deliver exactly what it says does on the store page. But not in the context I thought it would there is nothing else to the game . Other than what is presented on the store page . The games theme is female domination and public humiliation used in a BD/SM context At the start of the game you get a game screen that tells you that Taro is a super masochist . That likes to be verbally abused by Cos play girls . community screen shot http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1104390335 The goal of the game is to move Taro as close as possible to the Cos play girl while her back is turned . Presumably Taro can be close eno…
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 26, 2023
thank you fo rmaking this non functional i will never be able to enjoy this masterpiuece because of you now i have nothing left
1 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 22, 2020
This is a weird and silly game but it passes the time and is kind of fun. The only bummer is that I could only play it on my older Windows 7 computer because I could not get it to work for Windows 10. Simple and fun game though. Some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr36mFFa_5Q
1 found this helpful

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