Adventure
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.2 Watanagashi
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 64% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 2,024
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (11%); after 15h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 89% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 64% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 2,039 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 16.3h for positive, 10.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (63.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (15)
- Game Masters Finish a Sunday of fun and games. 100%
- Double the Fun Meet Shion. 95%
- Food for Thought Get an unexpected delivery. 92%
- Mob Mentality Get rescued. 90%
- Not Easy Being Green Figure out the twins. 87%
- A Little Elbow Grease Help set up for the festival. 86%
- Plumbing the Depths Discover what's in the storehouse. 84%
- Close Calls Form an alliance. 83%
- Empty-Handed Go home already. 81%
- Tough Call Demand the truth. 80%
- Sorry 'Bout That! Twisted Sisters 80%
- Twisted Sisters Learn the truth. 80%
- The Last Nail Complete Watanagashi. 80%
- Watanagashi Party Enjoy Watanagashi's after-party. 72%
- Detective - Watanagashi Read all TIPS in Watanagashi. 69%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.