Hero Hours Contract

About

Hero Hours Contract casts you as a magical girl juggling two chaotic jobs. By day you fight monsters in turn-based grid battles where positioning and spell timing decide outcomes. By night you attend union meetings and negotiate better benefits for your team. The visual novel style cutscenes show your crew’s personalities clashing as they balance hero work with organizing strikes. Resource management threads through both modes, overworking your characters risks burnout that weakens their combat effectiveness. The game’s labor themed twist on the magical girl trope stands out. Players track contract demands like healthcare and living wages alongside monster kill counts. With 80% of user reviews calling the dual gameplay loops “refreshing” it lands at 8.2/10 on aggregate sites. Available on PC Switch and Mac since 2020 it serves as both a strategy puzzle game and a subtle workplace simulator. The 15 hour runtime packs in more character moments than most budget RPGs while keeping mechanics tight.

Storyline

Magical girls are real, but the pay sucks! Join the Union of Magical Girls as they fight to protect the city from evildoers by day, and fight to become unionised by night.