Hap Inc.

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hap Inc.
Company type Private
Industry Video games
FoundedMarch 6, 2007;17 years ago (2007-03-06)
FounderYuusaka Ishimoto
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Website app.hap.ne.jp

hap Inc. is an privately held Japanese video game developer best known for the Mom Hid My Game! series. The company is well-known for its "poorly" English-translated titles. [1]

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History

hap inc. released their first game, 10 Dice, [2] on July 3, 2012, an app where the user rolled dice. On August 8, 2016, hap inc. released Mom Hid My Game! for the iOS and Android, which would be the first installment in the series with the same name. [3] Later on January 3, 2017, a sequel to Mom Hid My Game! was released, titled Hidden my game by mom 2, [4] and a third installment, Hidden my game by mom 3, was later released on July 17, 2018. [5]

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