Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei is a smartphone-based gacha game released on September 3, 2020. The game has a new story written by Kanou Kiichi, with help from Ryukishi07.

3 September 2020

What Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei is

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by SMILEAXE and released in 2020. It was published by D-techno Co.,Ltd.. It is available on Android and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On Summer 1983, poisonous volcanic gas suddenly emerged in the village of Hinamizawa, killing around 1200 residents. This event is known as the Great Hinamizawa Disaster. Higurashi Mei begins ten years later, on June 1993. A girl who lost her family in the disaster, Ichiho Kimiyoshi, decided to visit her now abandoned hometown. There, she ended up discovering monsters she’s never seen before. Ichiho desperately ran away, but got cornered. As she was about to be killed, Ichiho was saved by Tamurahime no Mikoto, who introduced herself as a goddess. Ichiho received from Tamurahime no Mikoto a special power which allows her to fight against the Tsukuyomi, the monsters. And as per Tamurahime no…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Higurashi When They Cry series

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei is the 96th of 107 entries we hold in the Higurashi When They Cry series. The next entry was Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Hou + Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku Twin Pack in 2021.

See all 107 Higurashi When They Cry games in release order →