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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi

07th Expansion · MangaGamer · 2015-11-13

SteamGOG

Adventure

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

Releases: Nov 13, 2015 (Linux), Nov 13, 2015 (Mac), Nov 13, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

23
playing now
97%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer. It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years. By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas. We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside. There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event. This event is a mysterious death. On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing. The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project. A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted. Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 317 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity up 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,981 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 61 of 80 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
515120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

35132026-09-15 02:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 26 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 24 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 30 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
312Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 19 · peak 76Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Nov 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2018 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2019 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Jul 2020 — avg 18 · peak 37Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 57Mar 2021 — avg 15 · peak 38Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 37Nov 2021 — avg 11 · peak 22Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 19Jul 2022 — avg 12 · peak 25Nov 2022 — avg 12 · peak 27Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 30Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 23Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 46Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 18 · peak 39Mar 2026 — avg 21 · peak 46Jul 2026 — avg 31 · peak 66Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.592015-11-142026-10-142015-11-14 — best price $7.192016-11-23 — best price $6.392017-10-26 — best price $5.592018-06-13 — best price $3.992018-11-14 — best price $3.992019-04-10 — best price $3.992019-09-16 — best price $7.992020-03-03 — best price $2.392020-10-26 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-05-06 — best price $7.992021-11-08 — best price $7.992022-04-01 — best price $3.992022-08-01 — best price $7.992022-11-23 — best price $3.992023-02-21 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-10-25 — best price $3.992024-02-06 — best price $7.992024-06-13 — best price $7.992024-10-08 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-03-20 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-11-25 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-16 — best price $7.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-09-11 — best price $7.992026-09-21 — best price $3.992026-10-01 — best price $3.992026-10-11 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
63.5%
earned "Game Masters"
52.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,16079%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDarkGoreAnimeHorrorMysteryViolentAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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