Within hours after its release, HoloCure became a viral hit, garnering over 50,000 downloads on its first day.[2] The game was also featured by numerous Hololive talents who streamed themselves playing the game.[3] In addition, the game's leaderboard functionality was disabled by the game's developer, citing the overwhelming data load.[4] It was re-added a year later in HoloCure 0.6.[5]
Kay Yu was inspired to make HoloCure after seeing Hololive members play Vampire Survivors[6] with development starting around late February 2022,[7] and on March 9, 2022, lead developer Kay Yu wrote a tweet announcing that he, DuDuL, and eufrik were working on a new Hololive fan game as a hobby, and shared a clip of an early build of the game. At the time, the game was titled Holo Fan Love.[8] The game was made using GameMaker Studio 2, with Yu having been familiar with the engine since 2008,[9] and online leaderboards were hosted using Firebase.[10]
Following a period of closed beta, the first public demo of the game was released on June 24, 2022 and included all members of Hololive English at the time[c] as playable characters.[11][12] The game's logo was designed by Ribbon Black and Japanese translation done by HighGai and Miss Wendi Gogh.[13]
The game's development is still ongoing and all development costs for the game were paid for by Yu out of his own pocket, including costs for translation work and server costs. However, Yu has refused to accept donations for the game's development, citing his desire to keep the game strictly as a passion project.[14]
On May 12, 2023, it was announced that HoloCure 0.6 would be additionally released on Steam.[18] The itch.io version would continue to be updated.[19] Holocure 0.6 released on Steam and Itch.io on August 17th, 2023 with it peaking at over 46,000 players after 2 days on steam.[20] HoloCure 0.6 added Holo House, Hololive Indonesia and various other features and changes. HoloCure 0.6 also re-added the Leaderboard.[21]
The HoloCure Twitter account showed a teaser for HoloCure 0.7 on October 28th, 2023.[22]
Set in the year 20XX, virtual idols have won the hearts of many on the internet. However, one day, an evil force brainwashes the fans and turns them into mindless minions. Hololive talents must now work to "cure" the fans and save them.
Similar to other "bullet heaven" games inspired by Vampire Survivors, players must move their chosen character in a 2D space from a top-down perspective, "curing" (defeating) swarms of "fans" (mobs) that come on screen from all directions by using various methods of attacking. As players cured fans, they drop items. Most commonly, they'd drop experience points in the form of the Hololive logo. Accumulating enough experience points level up the character, which give them access to a semi-randomized choice of power-ups to be selected upon to strengthen the character. Fans would also sometimes drop Coins, which can be used to enhance weapons beyond their maximum Level; unused Coins are saved after a player finished a stage (regardless of result, but as long as they don't quit the game), and can be spent in the Shop to unlock various boons and challenges, or in the Gacha (see below) to unlock more characters and costumes. Actually winning a Stage would also grant even more Coins, in addition to the amount dropped by cured fans.
Players can select a character from a pool of Hololive Production talents. At the beginning of a fresh save file, only those of Hololive English -Myth- are selectable, with further unlocks available by pulling in the Character Gacha by using saved up Coins from playing the game.
Three modes of gameplay are available: Stage, Endless and Time. In Stage mode, players must defeat the final boss to mark completion. In Endless mode, players must survive the game as long as possible, while accumulating score. In Time mode, players must cure a set number of fans as fast as possible.
Holo House is a game mode added in update 0.6, it features multiple activities and a house that can be customized by the player.
Unlocked characters will occasionally join and walk around the map, the player can interact with the characters which will cause emotes to show up above the character. Characters will leave at some point and will be replaced by another character.
The fishing minigame can be found at the small lake at the left of the map and interacting with it will cause the minigame to start. The minigame takes on the form of a rhythm game where the player has to use the correct keys with the correct input timing. When the player wins the minigame they will be rewarded a random amount of fish. The fish can be traded in at the shop for sand, the amount of sand gained depends on its rarity. The shop features more fishing rods and allows the player to trade in the sand for HoloCoins at a 1:1 ratio.
Holo House allows players to farm, it can be found at the right side of the map at the open-fenced garden. It features 8 plots for plants and a vendor called Nemu that allows the player to buy soil and crops. Crops can be used for cooking, feeding fans or sold for HoloCoins.
A large cooking cauldron can be found below the lake, it allows players to cook meals from crops the player has farmed. The meals are used when starting a run in the main game mode giving various buffs and bonus depending on the meal.
There is a management board at the bottom right of the map, it allows the player to hire fans to automatically gain HoloCoins. The player must feed the fans using the crops gained from farming. The fans can leveled up which will improve the fans stats, the player can also level up their manager level allowing the player to hire better fans. The fans have randomly given names submited by players.[23]
At the north of the map the player can find the Holo House, using furnishings bought at the Shiranui Constructions Shop the house can be decorated and changed to the players wishes.
The following are playable characters in-game. Each have their own unique set of power ups and special ability. The first five characters from Hololive English -Myth- are available as default characters. Additional characters must be pulled via the game's gacha system. More characters are planned to be added in future updates, as well as additional outfits.[24] In 2023 Kay Yu stated in a interview with Koefficient that he plans to add all the Hololive members including Holostars.[25]
Stage 1 is a large grassy plain. The fans (enemies) are based on Hololive English -Myth- and CouncilRyS. The final boss is Smol Ame.
In the hard version of the stage called Grassy Plains (Night) the difficulty is increased, Shishiro Botan's SSRB are added and Halloween Bae is added as a boss.
Stage 2: Holo Office
Stage 2 is based on Hololive's Office in Holo no Graffiti. It features a TV that shows various images from Holo no Graffiti, Songs and videos. The final boss A-chan can be seen sleeping before the boss fight starts.
In the hard version of the stage called Halloween Castle (Myth) the difficulty is increased, enemies based on Hololive English -Myth- are added and -Myth- members are added as bosses based on their Halloween VRChat avatars.
Stage 4: Gelora Bung Yagoo
Stage 4 is named after the real life Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Indonesia. The enemies are based on Hololive Indonesia and Coco. The final boss is a trio of bosses called Area 15, The 3 bosses are Moontato (Moona Hoshinova), UFOFI (Airani Iofifteen) and Risusaurus (Ayunda Risu)
The game offers a large number of power ups with each character having their own exclusive set of weapons and abilities. The rest are made available for everyone. Everything can be upgraded a number of times, while some can actually be combined as "collaboration" for even stronger weapons. Parts borrowed from the Holocure Wiki
Items can increase stats and can have various effects.
Power Ups
Type
Reference
Credit Card
Item
Reference to either Matsuri (getting her card locked multiple times), Suisei (many gacha pulls), Kanata's inability to get one of these cards, or fans donating too much money.
Energy Drink
Item
During a conversation between Calli and Gura, Calli revealed she drink a lot of energy drinks much to Gura's disgust
Facemask
Item
Ether a reference to COVID 19 mask mandates or to the fact idols in Japan commonly use face masks to stay anonymous in public.
Full Meal
Item
Injection Type Asacoco
Item
Reference to the fake ads on Coco's morning "Asacoco" news streams.
Piki Piki Piman
Item
The name is a reference to the bell pepper emoji's on Korone's channel, while the icon is her on-screen prop of a pepper in a coffee, called shishitou.
Gorilla's Paw
Item
Reference to Kanata's incredibly high grip power, causing other members to refer to her as a gorilla.
Reference to either Noel's "Knight Cup" breasts and the trope of drinking milk to increase breast size, or referencing Lamy's Story of Seasons playthrough where she named a cow "Noel" and regularly collected fresh "Noel's Milk" for her personal consumption.
Idol Costume
Item
Referencing the Idol Costumes members are given for their 3D model.
Study Glasses
Item
Spiral-patterned glasses resembling those worn by Korone.[27]
A Reference to the joke that YAGOO's dream to build a idol company is broken due to the how un-idollike hololive memebers act
Crescent Bardiche
Idol Song
Psycho Axe
Based on Suisei's bardiche that was introduced alongside her maid outfit
Curse Ball
Bounce Ball
EN's Curse
No Reference Known
Dragon Fire
Fan Beam
Plug Type Asacoco
The term Legendary and its Japanese equivalent Densetsu (伝説) is a term that was commonly used by Kiryu Coco to described her husbando Kiryu Kazuma. Due to Coco influence and achievement in both Hololive and Virtual YouTubing in general, her fans also attribute the title to her
Eldritch Horror
EN's Curse
Spider Cooking
The collab could be a reference to 'The Haachama Saga' or a general reference to cosmic horror related jokes and meme associated with Hololive members such as Haato, Ina or Mumei
Elite Cooking
Elite Lava Bucket
Spider Cooking
No Reference Known
Flattening Board
Cutting Board
Holo Bomb
No Reference Known
Frozen Sea
BL Book
Wamy Water
Both the item icon and the in game sprite for Frozen Sea features both Marine's Pirate Hat and Lamy's Hair Flower making it a reference to the two. The ice motif could also be referencing Lamy's lore as a snow elf and her ice attack from the 2nd Hololive Alternative trailer
Idol Concert
Glowstick
Idol Song
No Reference Known
I'm Die, Thank You Forever
Holo Bomb
X-Potato
The weapon is a reference to a stream between Calli and Korone where they were playing Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, a collaborative bomb defusion game. Both talents are challenging themselves with the bomb defuser speaking in her non-native language - English for Korone, Japanese for Calliope. In one attempt, as Korone realizes she has no time to win, she goes out on a one-liner that this item would be named after
Legendary Sausage
BL Book
Sausage
The Legendary Sausage's name is based off the mobile game Sausage Legend, with the design of the weapon being based off said game's Lightning Sausage, a unique sausage added to the game during an official collaboration with hololive. In particular, the Lightning Sausage was designed to reference Oozora Subaru, who is a big fan of the game
Light Beam
Fan Beam
Glowstick
Light Beam likely reference Wotagei or glowstick dance typically seen in Idol fandom (and by extension Hololive fandom)
Lightning Wiener
Plug Type Asacoco
Sausage
Lightning Weiner is a reference to the Lightning Cocktail Wieners optional weapon in Sausage Legend
MiComet
Elite Lava Bucket
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MiComet is the official unit name of Hoshimachi Suisei and Sakura Miko
MiKorone
Elite Lava Bucket
X-Potato
Mikorone is the unit name for collab streams between Sakura Miko and Inugami Korone
Rap Dog
Idol Song
X-Potato
This item is likely named after Korone doing an impressive rap showing while singing "if..." by DA PUMP with Okayu in a karaoke collab. She's also improvised a rap verse during one of her other streams after expressing a desire to collab with Calliope
Ring Of Fitness
Bounce Ball
CEO's Tears
The Ring of Fitness itself is a reference to Ring Fit Adventure, an "exertainment" RPG where players use a ring-shaped controller to perform exercise maneuvers
Snow Flower Sake
Glowstick
Wamy Water
The weapon is a reference to Yukihana Lamy's Yuki-Yo-Zuki (雪夜月) daiginjo sake with the icon being based on the original bottle. The creation of this sake brand was supervised by Lamy herself, and later won a Bronze Medal at the International Wine Challenge 2022
Stream Of Tears
CEO's Tears
Fan Beam
Reference to jokes about members crushing YAGOO's "Hololive is a Idol company" statement "dream"
Super Collabs are weapons that are created by fusing a collab and a item together.
Power Ups
Weapon
Item
Reference
Holy Fire
Dragon Fire
Gorilla's Paw
The use of Dragon Fire and Gorilla's Paw to form Holy Fire is a reference to the "KanaCoco" pairing between Amane Kanata and Coco. The two were genmates under Hololive 4th Generation and formed a close bond together with Kanata frequently acting as Coco's right hand man
Idol Live
Idol Concert
Idol Costume
No Reference Known
Jingisukan
Elite Cooking
Uber Sheep
"Jingisukan" (derived from the name "Genghis Khan"), is a Japanese lamb dish made out of grilled mutton. The choice of dish is an allusion to the use of the Uber Sheep item that references Hololive Gen 4 member Tsunomaki Watame, who is a sheep in lore and thus often the butt of jokes about other Hololive members eating her, such as turning her into Jingisukan
Snow Queen
Snow Flower Sake
Sake
The weapon's icon shows the "Tweeur" (「ツウィル」) flower, a fictional plant that is part of Yukihana Lamy's lore.
The icon is a reference to the book Ina can be seen holding on her model, the name is a reference to her bio stating she is "a priestess of the Ancient Ones".
The Void
Skill
"Takodachi" are crated from the void. She sometimes references the void on her stream titles etc. "The Void" is also a philosophical concept of nothingness manifested.
The Forbidden Wah
Skill
During Ina's hiatus, her fans created the Twitter hashtag #4thWah which became used to post NSFW art of Ina.
Reference to the clock hands Kronii can be seeing holding on her model.
Ruler of Time
Special
Kronii's bio states she is "The Warden of Time".
Time Bubble
Skill
Reference to Kronii being "The Warden of Time".
Kroniicopter
Skill
Reference to the joke that the floating clock behind her head could make her fly like a helicopter, a concept also used in her "Small Halloween" 3D model.
Perfection
Skill
Refence to Kronii's narcissistic jokes as the icon for the skill is of herself.
The skill icon being of a planet is a reference to Sana's bio stating she is "The Speaker of Space".
Become Beeg
Special
A reference to "Sana is beeg" from her debut stream which became a popular phrase among her and her fans. The icon for the skill is the Kanji from the word "big" (大きな).
Gravity
Skill
A concept relating to Space.
Astrology
Skill
Sana often did astrology streams centered around a specific themes.
Japanese Onomatopoeia for eating. Okayu is known for her strong appetite, even eating other members food at the Hololive office. Also part of the name of her original song Mogu Mogu Yummy
Feast
Skill
Reference to Okayu's love for food.
Yummy
Skill
Reference to Okayu's love for food. Also part of the name of her original song Mogu Mogu Yummy
Sensitive Voice
Skill
Okayu tends to make "sensitive" sounds during gaming, such as when getting hit by enemies.
An exclamation Korone often makes. It is mainly uttered when choosing something or making an aggressive move. The attack animation being boxing gloves is due to Korone practicing boxing.
Ending Making Time!
Special
Korone often ends her streams with an "Ending Making Time" segment where she sets up a small gag using clip art and her drawing of her fans.
Choco Coronet
Skill
Possibly reference to Korone's bio stating she works at bakery and "Coronet" sounding like "Korone".
Korone Brainwashing
Skill
Reference to the game Evil God Korone where she brainwashes humans.
Endurance
Skill
Korone is known for doing "endurance streams", streaming anywhere from 8 to 12 hours.
Possibly a reference to Sora's star-shaped hair pin or Sora "shining like a star" as an idol.
Idol Dream
Special
Reference to the joke about "Yagoo's dream" of "Hololive being an idol company" being dead. Or possibly Sora being the one keeping it alive.
Ankimo
Skill
Ankimo is Sora's sidekick / mascot bear.
Idol Healing
Skill
Reference to Sora being very idol-like.
You're The Enemy, Then
Skill
Reference to a famous line uttered by Sora during an old Minecraft collab where Aqua stated she was part of the "Hololive Resistance" and Sora responded with "So you're the enemy"
Gohei are wooden wands, decorated with two shide (zigzagging paper streamers). The shrine priest or attendants (Miko) use the gohei to bless or sanctify a person or object in various Shinto rituals. Sakura is Miko's last name.
Demon Lord's Domain
Special
Miko created a "Demon Lord Castle" in Minecraft and called herself a "Demon Lord".
Elite
Skill
Miko often refers to herself as being "Elite".
Baby Language?
Skill
Many members and fans joke about Miko's accent and speech as being hard to understand, even calling her a baby. She also has an original song called Baby Dance. The skill effect creates the word "Nyeh" that is often said by Miko
AZKi's bio calls her "A diva who became reborn into the virtual world".
Full Concert
Special
Reference to AZKi often holding concerts.
Virtual Diva
Skill
AZKi's bio calls her "A diva who became reborn into the virtual world". The icon for the skill is based on the the second iteration of her design by late artist Kogecha.
Encore!
Skill
An encore is an additional performance given after the planned show has ended. AZKi is known to hold long encore's in her concerts.
Reference to Haato's original song Redheart, as well as her name which translates to Red Heart
Change of Heart
Special
The skill switches between Haato and Haachama forms. Haachama is an alternate persona created by Haato during a period where she often did "lore" streams, as well as her official nickname.
Worldwide Strongest Idol
Skill
Haato is self proclaimed "Worldwide Strongest Idol". The skill effect buffing Spider related attacks is a reference to her stream where she ate real life spiders.
Purity And Insanity
Skill
References the "two sides" of Haato, Haato and Haachama
Coexistance
Skill
At the end of her "lore" streams Haato and Haachama finally became able to coexist
During an ARK stream Aki created her character to be an extremely muscular male which became known as Mukirose ("Muki" being an onomatopoeia for an extremely fit body). Mukirose has since become a mainstay on many of Aki's streams.
Belly Dancing
Skill
Aki practices belly dancing and has showed it off on live concerts.
The fried shrimplion plushie Matsuri has on her pajama outfit.
WASSHOI!
Special
"Wasshoi" is a chant typically used during festivals (Matsuri).
Cheerleader
Skill
According to Matsuri's official bio, Matsuri is a part her schools cheerleading team.
GOD
Skill
Matsuri often jokes saying in English "I am God"
Seiso Representative
Skill
Reference to her bio saying she is a "purity symbol", also part of the stream introduction. Calling matsuri pure (Seiso) is often ironic as she is everything but, this is also referenced in the skill itself wherein she can become "Unseiso"
Kapu is the onomatopoeia for biting in Japanese. Mel often says she will kapu viewers.
Banpire
Special
During her return from hiatus stream, Mel would get her stream taken down by Youtube multiple times causing chat to call her Banpire, combination of the words Banned and Vampire
Acerola Juice
Skill
Despite being a vampire, Mel dislikes drinking blood and instead prefers Acerola Juice
Genius Vampire
Skill
Reference to her official bio stating she is a "Underworld's vampire prodigy!", which has over the years become used by Mel as "Genius Vampire"
Mel Mel Cooking
Skill
Reference to her somewhat unique cooking, such as potato chips with ketchup, acerola juice and cotton candy.
The skill icon is the megaphone seen hanging on Subaru's hip on her original outfit. The name and skill sound effect are a refence to Subaru being called a duck.
Oozora Police
Skill
Oozora Police is a series of streams by Subaru styled after police procedurals. Prior to the streams, Subaru would ask fans to report "crimes" committed by the other talents, who would then be interrogated by Subaru.
Duck Whisperer
Skill
Subaru can not whisper. When she tries, she ends up sounding like a duck.
Sunny Optimism
Skill
Reference to her original song Taiyou Shoujo (Lit. Sun Girl) and Subaru's optimistic and sunny personality.
The two swords seen on Ayame's back on her original outift.
Spirit of the Oni
Special
The skill effect is a reference to her summoning a spirit in the Hololive Alternative PV.
Lady of Oni
Skill
Ayame's nickname "Ojou" (Short from Ojousama) is formal Japanese word meaning "Young Lady"
Ayame Defense Field
Skill
The skill icon looks like an AT-Field from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. During a stream with Marine where Marine kept making "moves" against Ayame, Ayame would put up an AT-Field, which in the anime is an neigh-impenetrable defensive field, to block Marine.
Nakirium
Skill
Ayame's fans often say she supplies them "Nakirium" and her streams will recharge fans Nakirium.
Aqua's official bio states she is a "Marine Maid", as well as the maid theming on her original outfit.
NEKO
Special
At one point after visiting Okayu, Aqua became obsessed with cats. The NEKO is her self made cat drawing which has since become a kind of a mascot for her, appearing in her 3D sololives.
Sololive
Skill
The skill name is a reference to both a literal Sololive; A solo concert, as well as Aqua's tendency to want to play games alone. The skill effect giving Aqua a damage buff if enemies are not within a certain range of her and a speed buff if they are, is a reference to Aqua being an introvert.
Kluz
Skill
The skill icon is a reference to an emote on Aqua's channel which is also sometimes used ironically.
Cleaning Maid
Skill
Aqua's official bio states she is a "Marine Maid", as well as the maid theming on her original outfit.
The nuts theming of her moveset is based on Risu's love of nuts jokes (both literal and sexual) which started as her playing along with her character trait of being a squirrel girl.
Big Nuts
Special
Either a literal "Big Nut" or the sexual innuendo, as Risu is fan of making such nut jokes.
Deez
Skill
Reference to the " Deez Nuts" joke that Risu is fond of making.
Nonstop Nuts
Skill
Reference to Risu's Nonstop Nut November series in which Risu would release a short nut joke video everyday for the entirely of November.
DLC
Skill
DLC (Downloadable Content) is a paid video-game add on. The name is a reference to how Risu can greatly change her vocal rang,leading fans to label said voices as "DLC" in reference to them being add-ons to her usual voice.
The moon theming of Moona moveset is a reference to Moona's moon and star visual theming that would later became her unofficial lore of being a moon goddess.
Moon Goddess
Special
Reference to her High Tide animated music video with her appearance being based on the "Goddess" Hoshinova, while her attack is based on the "Hero" Moona.
Moon Song
Skill
Reference to Moona's popular MoonUtau (Moona Singing) unarchived singing streams
Moona & Hoshinova
Skill
Reference to Moona's two opposite personalities, the motherly and casual Moona and the sadistic and domineering Hoshinova. Originally, fans used Hoshinova to refer to any moment where Moona becomes unhinged or angry, but when the Moon Goddess Moona concept became more popular, fans began to associate it with the existing Hoshinova lore.
Lunar Construction
Skill
Reference to Moona's Minecraft skill and her connection with Pekora's Usada Construction (Usaken) Minecraft "construction company"
Reference to Iofi being an artist, having participated in many art related events such as with the popular Japanese art site Pixiv
Draw!
Special
Reference to Iofi being an artist, having participated in many art related events such as with the popular Japanese art site Pixiv
Erofi
Skill
A popular nickname for Iofi originating from how she would often act lewd or make lewd jokes onstream.
Alien Brainwashing
Skill
Reference to Iofi's lore of being an alien who ran away from home.
Polyglot
Skill
Polyglot is a term referring to a person who can speak in multiple languages (at least four). This is a reference to how Iofi speaks multiple languages, namely Indonesian, English, Japanese, German, Korean, and Sundanese, along with multiple Sign Languages.
Path of Sincerity is the name of the sword seen on Ollie's head. The blue glow of the Awakened state is based on Ollie's 3D showcase where the sword would glow blue when Ollie powers it up.
Charge Rifle
Special
Charge Rifle is a reference to Ollie's (former) favorite weapon of the same name from the FPS battle royale game Apex Legends.
Also a reference to Ollie infamously saying she "peed like a charge rifle"
Zombie Ninjutsu
Skill
Reference to Ollie's New Year's Kimono, whose ninja-themed design is heavily inspired by the various outfits seen in the popular manga/anime Naruto. Said title popularized the various ninjutsu "hand seals" used by characters in the show to cast spells, which the icon and description of Zombie Ninjutsu references.
Undead
Skill
Reference to Ollie's lore as a undying zombie highschool girl
Simp of All Time
Skill
Refers to Ollie's nature of being a very enthusiastic fan of vtubers and streamers in general.
References her lore reason for entering hololive, which is to seek out the "Rarest Material"
No Pressure
Skill
References how Kaela would eagerly and quickly complete all available content in the latest HoloCure update before asking the developer for more
Material Grind
Skill
Reference Kaela's penchant for grinding oftentimes playing a game she likes for several hours on end in order to gather various rewards or resources, whether onstream or off it.