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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
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. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Maybe the real treasure was the friends we killed along the way :3”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“The worst chapter of Higurashi: the one that brings this beautiful story to an end and reminds me I can never experience it for the first time again”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“No matter how bad the mistake, there's nothing that can't be forgiven. There's no such thing as an irreparable mistake. You just need to be more careful next time. ...She's still apologizing, even now. Then... has she really done something that can't be fixed? I have no idea…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:36 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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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https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33017084/fe266b8d9a64fd5d1f9d4bc1c3dcd839427d7a53.jpg The relentless cycle of tragedy surrounding Hinamizawa and the club members
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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 · Psychological Horror · Indie · Horror · 2D · Story Rich · Anime · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (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: 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1024 MB available space