About the game
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.
The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer.
It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
Gameplay
This event is a mysterious death.
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing.
The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project.
A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there isn’t.
Background
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.
We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.
Complete official description
The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer.
It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.
We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.
This event is a mysterious death.
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing.
The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project.
A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there isn’t.
Someone who wasn’t supposed to be there is.
Someone who was alive last night is dead now.
And someone who is here right now isn’t alive.
So, there is no way to avert tragedy. There is no choice but to give up.
But don’t give up.
Only you can stand up to this.
Official videos
Watanagashi Gameplay
System requirements
Windows
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统 *: Windows XP 处理器: Pentium III 800 MHz 内存: 512 MB RAM 显卡: OpenGL Compatible Card DirectX 版本: 9.0 存储空间: 需要 500 MB 可用空间
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 操作系统 *: Windows 7 + 处理器: Pentium 4 1.4GHz 内存: 1 GB RAM 显卡: DirectX or OpenGL Compatible Card
macOS
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统: Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 处理器: 1 Ghz or faster processor 内存: 512 MB RAM 存储空间: 需要 500 MB 可用空间
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 操作系统: Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion 内存: 1 GB RAM
Linux
Minimum requirements
最低配置: 操作系统: Ubuntu or equivalent 处理器: 1 Ghz or faster processor 存储空间: 需要 512 MB 可用空间
Recommended requirements
推荐配置: 存储空间: 需要 1 GB 可用空间
Supported languages
英语, 日语
* Indicates full audio as listed by the store. Interface, subtitle or audio support is not inferred when unspecified.