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Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ cover art

Higurashi When They Cry Hou+

07th Expansion · MangaGamer · 2023-11-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Franchise: Higurashi When They Cry · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2023 (Mac), Nov 09, 2023 (Linux)

The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.

87%
positive of 198 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 16,975 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2023-11-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 0 of 14 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120232026Week of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$7.192023-11-102026-09-152023-11-10 — best price $7.192023-11-16 — best price $7.992023-12-22 — best price $7.192024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.192024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-05-30 — best price $7.192024-06-13 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-18 — best price $7.192024-11-01 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $7.192024-12-04 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.192025-01-02 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $7.192025-03-10 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.192025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $7.192025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-08-28 — best price $7.192025-09-11 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $7.192025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $7.192025-11-03 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $7.192026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-05-14 — best price $7.192026-05-28 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $7.192026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-09-01 — best price $7.192026-09-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
49.6%
earned "Bad Signs"
41.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Player tags

2DGoreAnimeIndieHorrorClassicMysteryViolentAdventureStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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