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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei
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 2026-05-15.
“It's called gratitude, and that's right.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“good and better ending than 8”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“More Higurashi content? Why not! Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei serves as an epilogue to the main Higurashi series and deals with the aftermath of Rika's liberation from the century-long time loops of murder, torture, and despair in the village of Hinamizawa. Unfortunately, Rika…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 23:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ Now Available on Steam!
https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/33017084/b30f1c832daffec065ce6bf624e86d8f67c46064.png The relentless cycle of tragedy surrounding Hinamizawa and the club members has finally ended. Peac
Higurashi Rei On Sale Now!
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 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Visual Novel · Cute · 2D · Funny · Anime · Story Rich · Comedy · Emotional · Linear · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese |
| Achievements | 7 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128MB DirectX 9c Compatible (Pixel Shader 2.0+) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 850 MB available space