Higurashi Daybreak (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Higurashi Daybreak

Higurashi Daybreak is a doujin game developed and distributed by Twilight Frontier with the cooperation of 07th Expansion. Unlike the original sound novels, the game is a two-on-two versus third-person shooter…

13 August 2006

What Higurashi Daybreak is

Higurashi Daybreak is a fighting game developed by Twilight Frontier and released in 2006. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a peaceful day like any other, a small box was dropped on Rika Furude's head when she was sweeping in the Furude Shrine. In it was a pair of magatama, one red and one white. The magatama is actually the sacred treasure of the Furude Shrine. With its magical powers, the holder of the red magatama would unconditionally fall in love with the holder of the white one. Upon testing its effects on the school faculty, the club members of a Hinamizawa school decided that they should duel each other to see which pair gets to keep the magatama. In the beginning it was only an afterschool club activity, but their game eventually engulfed all of Hinamizawa.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Higurashi When They Cry series

Higurashi Daybreak is the ninth of 107 entries we hold in the Higurashi When They Cry series. The next entry was Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Tactics in 2006.

See all 107 Higurashi When They Cry games in release order →

What it launched against

Higurashi Daybreak launched on 13 August 2006, within three weeks of Dead Rising, Civilization IV: Warlords, Saints Row and Scarface: The World Is Yours.

Released around the same time: Dead Rising, Civilization IV: Warlords, Saints Row, Scarface: The World Is Yours.

Higurashi Daybreak — frequently asked questions