Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

Developers
	07th Expansion
Publishers
	MangaGamer
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	May 15, 2015
macOS (OS X)	May 15, 2015
Linux	May 15, 2015
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Detective/mystery, Horror
Series	Higurashi

Higurashi
Subseries of When They Cry
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi	2015
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi	2015
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi	2016
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.4 Himatsubushi	2016
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.5 Meakashi	2017
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.6 Tsumihoroboshi	2018
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.7 Minagoroshi	2019
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.8 Matsuribayashi	2020
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Rei	2022

General information

Visual Novel Database article

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		NSFW store.
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

PS3 Voices and Graphics Patch

Adds the voice acting, graphics, and other features exclusive to the PS3 version of the game. Can restore music tracks that were changed in the April 2019 update.

Save files from the unpatched version or previous patched versions do not always work properly.

Follow instructions on 07th-Mod wiki

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mangagamer\Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.1 Onikakushi
macOS (OS X)
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/MangaGamer/Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.1 Onikakushi

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Mangagamer\higurashi01
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		PS3 patch makes the game 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Unpatched, backgrounds are 480p and sprites are up to 960p. PS3 patch backgrounds are 1080p and sprites are 1440p.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Labeled as "Fullscreen".
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Runs at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		BGM and Sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Disabled by default.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese				PS3 patch adds voice acting from the PS3 version.
Russian				Fan translation by «-07- & tr1ton»

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP		Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz		Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB		1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible