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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.2 Watanagashi is a visual novel, horror and anime game developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.
Released on November 13th 2015 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 1,464 reviews of which 1,416 were positive and 48 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi into these genres:

Visual Novel Horror Anime Mystery Psychological Horror Story Rich Dark Great Soundtrack Psychological Gore Violent Atmospheric Singleplayer Adventure Cute Linear Cult Classic Classic 2D Indie

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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
  • Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL Compatible Card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 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
  • Storage: 512 MB available space

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April 2025
I'm not such a big fan of different timelines in anime, but when applied to horror, I perceive it differently. I do want to see how many possible paths exist and what possible outcomes there could be, because it helps me understand the story of Hinamizawa better.
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Jan. 2025
higurashi have a serious pacing problem but its ok i think keiichi is funny
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Dec. 2024
Most elements bar the story and plot are common with the other Higurashi iterations. The focus is on the story itself, which is very well written, and artwork is secondary to the novel. Great music and sound effects that fits in with the story at hand. No CGs, no voice acting, rough backgrounds, and the sprites of the characters themselves appear less often then just big plain wall of texts, often with not even background at all. As for the story itself, this is where the novel excels at. Great story telling, deep character and story development that gets progressively darker and thrilling as it progresses. Like the first half of the series, some story content requires reading the sequels in order to be understood. Overall, a great novel, if for the story alone. Rating: 7/10.
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Dec. 2024
I honestly can't recommend this highly enough. I've already read it on youtube but I want to buy it all to support the writer because it's just that good. Seriously. Check out the first chapter for free. If you're at all interested after that, you're in for a hell of a ride! I introduced it to my friend who doesn't even like visual novels and now he loves it, too. I'd recommend it even if you've seen one or both of the animes since there is waaaay more story in this than in either adaptation.
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June 2024
Wow, this chapter was actually SO much better than 'Onikakushi'. The first chapter was really tedious at times with its overblowing slice-of-life sequences (they are essentical for characters' development and buidling up the anticipation, that's for sure, but the author was REALLY demoned away in them a lot, making the length way too big or adding several SOL sequences back-to-back). So in order to get to the best part you had to literally fight your way through until the second half of it. But the second chapter cut short the majority of lengthy SOL scenes as it considered that you were already introduced to the characters well enough, and finally focused on the environment and the village lore instead, and that's where the novel truly started to shine. The SOL scenes became much more balanced and adequate, and when the heat starts building up, it doesn't stop until the end which made reading this chapter after Watanagashi night one of the best horror experiences I've ever had. The mystery was smartly convoluted and it tries to fool you until the very end. The madness and cold logic of an isolated village with its ancient not-very-kind history gets twisted just like the twin sisters the mysteries (and miseries) of which you are still about to unfold. I also loved how this chapter showed the emotional side of the horror going on, and the writing was excellent in here. The only problem is (if it's a problem at all though), is that Keiichi is still dumb as a brick but that's okay. He's just a boy after all, ke ke ke. I hope that the next protagonist(s) will be a little bit smarter...
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 7.99€ on Steam.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi received 1,416 positive votes out of a total of 1,464 achieving an impressive rating of 9.15.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi was developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi is a single-player game.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi does not currently offer any DLC.

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
7.99€
9.2
1,416
48
Game modes
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18
Developer
07th Expansion
Publisher
MangaGamer
Release 13 Nov 2015
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