Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi
Released Oct 2016
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.
97% positive · 983 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi is a standalone chapter in a multi-part visual novel series, released on October 13, 2016. This chapter is a self-contained story entry — it launched as a complete, finished product with no post-launch DLC, expansions, or additional content planned for this specific chapter. The developer's subsequent news posts announce other chapters and titles in the broader When They Cry franchise (Ch.5 Meakashi in April 2017, Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi in June 2018, Ch.7 Minagoroshi in July 2019, Ch.8 Matsuribayashi in May 2020, Higurashi Rei in June 2022, and a Hou+ compilation in November 2023), but none of these represent new content added to Chapter 4 itself. The April 2019 BGM and SFX update applied a sound quality upgrade to the series, but this is a maintenance-level improvement rather than new story content. Chapter 4 shipped as a complete narrative unit and has remained unchanged in scope since its release.
Evidence
Chapter 4 (Himatsubushi) released as a complete, self-contained chapter in the Higurashi When They Cry Hou series with no mention of planned additional content for this chapter.
Higurashi When They Cry Hou+ released as a compiled bundle of the full series, representing the franchise's completed arc rather than new content for any individual chapter.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
MangaGamer
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer.
It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.
We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.
This event is a mysterious death.
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing.
The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project.
A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there isn’t.
Someone who wasn’t supposed to be there is.
Someone who was alive last night is dead now.
And someone who is here right now isn’t alive.
So, there is no way to avert tragedy. There is no choice but to give up.
But don’t give up.
Only you can stand up to this.
It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.
We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here. But every year, there is an event.
This event is a mysterious death.
On a certain day in June, someone dies, and someone else goes missing.
The series of deaths is connected to the upheaval surrounding the dam construction project.
A murder case that was covered up is being reenacted.
Is it a conspiracy? A coincidence? Or perhaps a curse?
Someone who was supposed to be there isn’t.
Someone who wasn’t supposed to be there is.
Someone who was alive last night is dead now.
And someone who is here right now isn’t alive.
So, there is no way to avert tragedy. There is no choice but to give up.
But don’t give up.
Only you can stand up to this.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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