Single-player games like Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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DROOM
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
DROOM" is an adventure game of choice-based progression. The rooms are inhabited by a variety of alien life forms, and your choices are the key to success. As you progress through the levels, the threats in the rooms increase and the path becomes more difficult.
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CORPSE FACTORY
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
Discard your sense of morality and enter the world of CORPSE FACTORY. An obscure website allows users to request a death. Victims supposedly receive a photograph of their own corpse before they are killed! With English voice acting by an all-star cast.
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The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
"A Requiem for Innocence" is a companion to the visual novel "The House in Fata Morgana." It tells the tale of a young man dragged down by his ambitions and a girl both worshiped as a saint and maligned as a witch. For them, there is no happily ever after.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou+
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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.
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Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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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Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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.
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Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi
Single-player alternative to Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi.
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.