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Ciconia When They Cry - Phase 1: For You, the Replaceable Ones
This is the first chapter in newest entry When They Cry visual novel series produced by Ryuukishi07. It features HD graphics, more detailed animations, and newly created songs by many of the composers from Umineko, as well as several new additions.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Testing the PC specs attaching business. Hopefully it looks like a steam deck. :) By the way, this game plays great on a deck, but writing a review on the deck is pure masochism. :( If you've played Higurashi and Umineko, you know what you're getting into here. It's a genuine…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“The best opening chapter to a WTC game to date very harrowing and the most thoughtful highly highly recommend if you're okay with a cliffhanger that will take a very long wait to resolve ♥♥♥♥ you Ryushiki07 for ending phase one like that but also I love you you're a genius”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“I don't think I'm gonna ever recover from this Ryukishi please, I need phase 2”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedLatest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Visual Novel · Violent · Mystery · Story Rich · Great Soundtrack · Anime · Sci-fi · Singleplayer · Action · LGBTQ+ (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.07th-expansion.net/cico/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP and up Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1280 x 720 Storage: 3 GB available space