Higurashi When They Cry (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Higurashi When They Cry

Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery visual novel. The series is focused on a group of young friends and the strange events that occur in the rural village of Hinamizawa, where they reside. The…

90 5 December 2009

What Higurashi When They Cry is

Higurashi When They Cry is an adventure game developed by 07th Expansion and released in 2009. It is available on Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on NScripter.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Higurashi When They Cry is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. The games are built on the NScripter game engine and the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Higurashi When They Cry holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Higurashi When They Cry launched on 5 December 2009, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Cheats and codes

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