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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi

07th Expansion · MangaGamer · 2016-06-17

SteamGOG

Adventure

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

Releases: Jun 17, 2016 (Mac), Jun 17, 2016 (Linux), Jun 17, 2016 (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.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1392 reviews).

17
playing now
97%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 261 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,392 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 61 of 80 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3182026-09-15 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 31 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 28 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 28 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
220May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 22Sep 2020 — avg 10 · peak 21Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 32May 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 20May 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 16Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 22May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 14 · peak 28Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 17 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.992016-06-182026-10-142016-06-18 — best price $7.192017-03-10 — best price $6.392017-11-22 — best price $5.592018-06-13 — best price $3.992018-10-29 — best price $3.992019-01-03 — best price $7.992019-05-30 — best price $3.992019-11-01 — best price $7.992020-03-03 — best price $3.192020-10-01 — best price $3.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-04-01 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $3.992021-11-08 — best price $7.992022-02-21 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992022-09-27 — best price $7.992022-12-01 — best price $7.992023-02-21 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992023-11-02 — best price $7.992024-01-19 — best price $3.992024-05-28 — best price $3.992024-08-13 — best price $3.992024-10-18 — best price $3.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-19 — best price $3.992025-09-11 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-05-28 — best price $7.992026-08-29 — best price $3.992026-09-06 — best price $3.992026-09-14 — best price $7.992026-09-22 — best price $3.992026-09-30 — best price $3.992026-10-08 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
70%
earned " You're On Fire"
61.3%
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)2,44380%16

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

Player tags

CuteDarkAnimeHorrorMysteryViolentAdventureStory RichAtmosphericCult Classic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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