Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $7.99. It has been as low as $5.19.
- Story and characters: 143 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 856 player reviews · updated 7 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
After 155 hours I finally finished this story and these last couple of chapter has made me so emotional for the characters I have grown to love.
Higurashi began as a Psych-Horror novel, with the Gameplay coming more from the reader gathering their thoughts to theorise between every part.
Visually, the chapter retains the series’ signature style—simple sprites, detailed backgrounds, and a hauntingly atmospheric soundtrack that oscillates between calm and tension.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.19.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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