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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

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.

22
playing now
97%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 22% of 11,408 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 49k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,958 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 25 of 42 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

3182026-08-11 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 26 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 23 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$1.592015-11-142026-08-302015-11-14 — best price $7.192016-10-28 — best price $6.392017-03-30 — best price $5.992017-12-21 — best price $1.592018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-11-14 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-06-25 — best price $3.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-03-16 — best price $2.392020-10-26 — best price $3.992020-12-22 — best price $5.192021-04-09 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-04-01 — best price $3.992022-07-17 — best price $7.992022-10-27 — best price $3.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-03-20 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-10-03 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-07-11 — best price $7.992024-10-08 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $3.992025-03-10 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-11-25 — best price $3.992026-03-11 — best price $3.992026-05-14 — best price $3.992026-07-24 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — 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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