Games like Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei
If Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stella of The End, Better Off Dead - Life as a Prison Guard and Geminism — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hirukowashi as absurd comedy, atmospheric and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei: 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.
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Stella of The End
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Top pick for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Jude Gray, a wandering Courier, receives a request to deliver some very special cargo. This cargo turns out to be Philia, an android girl who is unaffected by the enigmatic Singularity Machines.
Better Off Dead - Life as a Prison Guard
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Second-strongest match for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Story driven first-person comedy-thriller where you are tasked with guarding a small prison for 7 days.
Geminism
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Third-strongest match for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Two pairs of twins war for love, life, and limb beneath the curtain of a dark Tokyo night. From the artisans at CRAFTWORK comes a visual novel lush with art, action, and mystery; a story of GEMINISM—deformity and divinity.
Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Ranked #4 for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Kill each other...for science! The class of '89 is trapped in an elite school killing game. Investigate, solve, and expose your classmates in Kumitantei™: Old-School Slaughter, an episodic murder-mystery ADV card-battler inspired by retro anime.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
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Shares character psychology exploration and a melancholic mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Ranked #5 for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Ranked #6 for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
The tragedy of Hinamizawa is over. Those held captive within its grip are free from the fate that bound them to June 1983. Yet the tale of Hinamizawa is not truly complete. There are many worlds not yet explored.
Marco & The Galaxy Dragon
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Ranked #7 for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Marco, an orphan with missing memories, and Arco, a dragon who rules the galaxy, were hunting for treasure in space! On one of their adventures, Marco was given a clue to the whereabouts of her mother. Their next stop, her birthplace - Earth!
Cleo - a pirate's tale
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Ranked #8 for Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~67% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Sally Face - Episode One
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Priced ~50% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Delve into a dark adventure following the boy with a prosthetic face and a tragic past. Unravel the sinister mysteries of Sally's world to find the truth that lies hidden beneath the shadows.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~67% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Downwell
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Priced ~50% under Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Umineko When They Cry is the 2nd series of Sound Novel released by 07th Expansion. The steam version features renewed character sprites which is swappable from the classic art.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
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Shares narrative branching and an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
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Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
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Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
WHY THIS
Shares character psychology exploration and a melancholic mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
Another title from 07th Expansion, the studio behind Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei.
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.
Frequently asked about Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei
- Does Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei run on Steam Deck?
- Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei cost?
- Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei are Stella of The End, Better Off Dead - Life as a Prison Guard, Geminism.
- Who developed Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei?
- Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei was developed by 07th Expansion and published by MangaGamer.
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