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Read a sound novel set in a murder-haunted 1983 village, as Rika and her friends try to change its recurring tragedies.
Released 18 Jul 2019
Read Rika's Loops
Rally the Village
Fight for Satoko
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.
Developed by 07th Expansion · Published by MangaGamer









In June 1983, Hinamizawa is a small rural village where deaths and disappearances have recurred for years. Their connection to an abandoned dam project leaves residents and newcomers wondering whether the events stem from a conspiracy, a curse, or something else.
This chapter follows Rika and her friends as they try to prevent another tragedy. They work together to help Satoko and persuade people in the village and beyond to take her situation seriously, while Rika confronts the weight of repeated failures.
Presented as a single-player sound novel, the game unfolds through text, character art, backgrounds, and music rather than action-based play. Readers follow the story and its dialogue as new answers connect events in Hinamizawa with mysteries established in earlier chapters.
In this helpfulness-selected sample, players often praise the chapter's answers to long-running mysteries, Rika's development, and the emotional force of the friends working together. Some describe it as moving and suspenseful, while others find the central effort to help Satoko too drawn out or disagree with the story's explanations and resolution.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 14 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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