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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi

07th Expansion · MangaGamer · 2016-10-13

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndie

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

Releases: Oct 07, 2016 (Linux), Oct 07, 2016 (Mac), Oct 07, 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.4 Himatsubushi is a 2016 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 986 reviews).

8
playing now
97%
positive of 986 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 178 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 986 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 62 of 81 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020172026Week of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1832026-09-15 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
130Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 25May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.792016-10-142026-10-142016-10-14 — best price $5.392017-03-10 — best price $5.092017-11-22 — best price $4.192018-06-13 — best price $2.992018-09-13 — best price $4.792018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-05-30 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $5.992020-03-03 — best price $2.392020-10-01 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $5.992021-04-01 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-08 — best price $5.992022-02-21 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $5.992022-09-27 — best price $5.992022-12-01 — best price $5.992023-02-21 — best price $5.992023-06-29 — best price $2.992023-10-19 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-04-18 — best price $2.992024-07-16 — best price $2.992024-10-15 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-08-15 — best price $2.992025-10-08 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-17 — best price $3.002026-05-21 — best price $5.992026-08-12 — best price $5.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-11 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Land of the Demons"
62.5%
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)2,13790%8

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

Player tags

2DDarkAnimeIndieCasualHorrorMysteryViolentAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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