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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“reveal the truth before their memory fades into oblivion”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Higurashi Himatsubushi is kinda a bridge chapter, the final mystery before Higurashi Kai, told from a different POV and timeline. It gives us a look into Rika’s past and her predictions, which only ramps up the mystery even more. By the end, it honestly just made me literally…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Pretty good short story. It gave a lot more open questions and the new MC was pretty fun. I wonder how the mystery is being solved...”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/33017084/b30f1c832daffec065ce6bf624e86d8f67c46064.png The relentless cycle of tragedy surrounding Hinamizawa and the club members has finally ended. Peac
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Anime · Mystery · Story Rich · Violent · Psychological Horror · Dark · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Indie · Horror · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://07th-expansion.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL Compatible Card DirectX: Version 9.0a Storage: 500 MB available space