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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.1 Onikakushi is a visual novel, mystery and anime game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.
Released on May 15th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 5,312 reviews of which 5,114 were positive and 198 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi into these genres:

Visual Novel Mystery Anime Psychological Story Rich Dark Atmospheric Cult Classic Singleplayer Adventure Cute Great Soundtrack Linear Classic 2D Episodic Funny Indie Casual

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP, 7, 8
  • Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OSX 10.8: "Mountain Lion"
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
  • Processor: 1 Ghz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi This is the first visual novel released by 07th Expansion, written by Ryukishi07. This consists of 4 question arcs and 4 answer arcs, along with a few bonus chapters, and features absolutely zero gameplay. If you need gameplay, then I would suggest skipping this, but you would be doing yourself a disservice, as this is an absolute gem of a story that is greatly improved by the strengths of the VN medium, with appropriate music and voice acting that truly bring out the mood of each scene. However, this is only if you use the 07th Mod, which gives you the option of using the much better PS3 visuals (a significant improvement over this release's photos-with-a-filter). Even as someone who normally likes a silent protagonist, I found the incredible voice acting massively enhances the experience. The story begins with you playing Keiichi, the transfer student to a rural village. You quickly become friends with Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko, and enjoy the silly slice-of-life moments with your new buddies at the after-school club. Alongside these lighthearted moments, we gradually learn more about the town and its dark history. However, all seems relatively normal until Keiichi goes to the Watanagashi festival, and suddenly people start turning up dead or go missing, causing all of his friends to act extremely suspicious. The best part of this VN is how it keeps you on your toes, constantly wondering what will happen next. You really feel Keiichi's growing paranoia as the game progresses. I'm looking forward to getting through all of the question arcs so I can finally discover what on earth was going on in this chapter's answer arc.
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April 2025
Okay... NOW I see why my review count was so much lower than my completed game count... I didn't review any of the Higurashi series... Well... here it is... I got this because I watched the anime. I do NOT generally like horror... but I loved the anime, so I wanted to play the games.... and.... well.... they're not really games. They're completely linear. You just click through them. But they're pretty entertaining all the same. So sure. Get it... experience the plot firsthand. MIGHT be better to just watch the anime and be done with it though. It does kinda present things better.
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March 2025
The "getting to know all the characters" part of the game dragged on a bit too long, but once things got going, they REALLY got going. I was convinced to pick up the bundle. Looks like I have a new horror series to get into!
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Oct. 2024
Came for the "horror", stayed for the plot. The first chapter is free, but I'd pay for it. Read it. The true mystery of it all still keeps me up at night. Probably one of my favorite VNs of all time. I don't really have more words, just a heck of a lot of feelings. I really should watch the anime at some point, eh? ♥
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Sept. 2024
As someone who's seen all the anime like 10+ years ago, it's still just a good as I remember. The games give you the full experience and so this is a must play for newcomers and fans alike!
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is free to play on Steam.

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi received 5,114 positive votes out of a total of 5,312 achieving an impressive rating of 9.28.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi was developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi is a single-player game.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi does not currently offer any DLC.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi does not support Steam Remote Play.

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Free to play
9.3
5,114
198
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23
Developer
07th Expansion
Publisher
MangaGamer
Release 15 May 2015
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