Death Howl
Death Howl
Game
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Howl
Developer Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH
Howl is a turn-based puzzle video game developed by Austrian studio Mi'pu'mi Games and published by Astragon Entertainment. The game takes place in a dark fantasy folktale setting where a mysterious "Howling Plague" has begun turning those who hear it into werewolves. It was initially released for Windows and Nintendo Switch on November 14, 2023, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on January 26, 2024,… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
128 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
98
LovedLoved
53 positive · 1 negative
95% range 90–100%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 13 | 1 | 52 |
| Steam reviews | 53 | 1 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
55 of 56 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
98% recommend · 53 yes, 1 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 54 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (80 of 83 positive).
Players praise the game's beautiful art style and music, which create a charming fairy-tale atmosphere. [1][2][3] Many find it a short but enjoyable puzzle game with satisfying tactical gameplay. [4][5][6] Some note limited replay value and a simple story, but consider it worth the price. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Positive review, but with grounded expectations about what you're getting. This is more a puzzle game than strategy. The AI is completely algorithm-based and will have the same output for a given input. The sole exception is the final level where there is (very annoying) RNG that will determine how many times you're clicking Restart. While each puzzle is entertaining to figure out, there's not much replay value. …
- [1]
Relaxing and cute puzzle/strategy game; I really like the style as it is quite cute! I think the prize tag is absolutely justified as the fairy tale esque presentation is very nice and overall I'm having a good time playing this- just don't expect the most complex game possible
- [13]
Howl was a compelling and difficult puzzle game that made me frustrated in the way only a well made and engaging puzzle can. I really enjoyed it start to finish and completing all the prophecy was a challenging but rewarding task! Highly recommend, definitely worth your money :)
- [8]
This is a solid little puzzle game with a really nice and distinctive visual style. It provides enjoyable problem-solving without veering too egregiously into sheer trial-and-error, and it doesn't overstay its welcome. There's not much to the story, it could have done a better job of explaining its enemy mechanics, and it probably doesn't have much if any replay value, but it was definitely worth the five bucks I …
- [2]
Great game! Love the art and art style, the "Desktop Dungeon"-esque gameplay (with nice graphics!) and I find the music very well made and oddly relaxing!
Summarised from 34 of the 114 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Howl talk about beautiful art and music enhance the experience; those who didn't talk about limited replay value after completion. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to review aggregator website Metacritic, the game received "generally favorable" reviews on Windows, while receiving "mixed or average reviews" on the Switch. OpenCritic determined that 75% of critics recommended the game. Shaun Musgrave of TouchArcade rated the game's Switch version highly, saying that while it "completely fails to deliver" on its premise, it nevertheless had interesting gameplay that opened up the later in the game it was, allowing the player to solve it in various ways. Daniel Bueno of Siliconera also gave the Switch version a high rating, describing it as "delightful" and praising the game's presentation. He believed that its ideas could have been expanded on…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 128 · most liked firstSomething tells me it'd be so easy to convince Scott to play naked football (aka my friends and I just recently played some Monster Prom and now I'm thinkin' 'bout Scott Howl again) #bara | #gay | #art | #werewolf
neutral · AI labelView post →Positive review, but with grounded expectations about what you're getting. This is more a puzzle game than strategy. The AI is completely algorithm-based and will have the same output for a given input. The sole exception is the final level where there is (very annoying) RNG that will determine how many times you're clicking Restart. While each puzzle is entertaining to figure out, there's not much replay value. I've got pretty sizable experience in this type of game (Incredible Machine, Into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge 1️⃣9️⃣Strange Wicked Game - Chris Issak🎶 "The world was on fire, and no one could save me but you It's strange what desire will make foolish people do" spotify.link/PJBLEqcJzXb
neutral · AI labelView post →To any fans of the Twisted Wonderland game, be sure to check out "Twisted Wonderland The Animation", premiering October 29th on Disney Plus! I'm thrilled to announce that you can catch me as the English voice of Savanaclaw's big, tough Freshman, Jack Howl. (My streak of playing youths continues!)
neutral · AI labelView post →#Howl-A-Ween 👻 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 3️⃣: Unrequited love 🗣️ Amy Winehouse 🔊 Love is a Losing Game
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #Howl-A-Ween Day 23. Devilish Chris Isaak - Wicked Game #MusicSky 🎶🎧 youtu.be/DqaRPOEuFjQ?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Vtuber game news. @tomakeys.bsky.social's GachaBlast ability finalized. Portal spawns random elemental blasts and assigns status effects to enemies. Poison here. Have to make @buffpup.bsky.social's Bloody Howl and @twirlincurtis.bsky.social Guitar abilities then update on #Steam. #BattleTubers
neutral · AI labelView post →#Howl-A-Ween 🎃👻 #NowPlaying #MusicChallenge #Music Day 19 prompt: strange Strange Game by Mick Jagger Used as the title track of Slow Horses, which stars Gary Oldman. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB_Q...
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 3 Prompt: Unrequited Love Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 #Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #ChrisIsaak #WickedGame
neutral · AI labelView post →🧵 GAME OVER, MAN! Coming later this summer: 'Play to Death', a retro gaming podcast about the dark side of games hosted by me (Stephen Brotherstone) and horror maestro @manoghosts.bsky.social (T.W. Burgess - Mr Howl, Photoghasts, and an upcoming Paramount film directed by André Øvredal) 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →My friends at The Outer Zone has released a (lengthy) demo for Death Howl on Steam. Awesome game. Congrats @theouterzone.bsky.social and team ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/2825880/... Hit that Wishlist.
positive · AI labelView post →'Death Howl' is coming Xbox Series, PS5 and Nintendo Switch on February 19th 2026. Already on PC and Pc Game Pass. youtu.be/N7J4c7mzP2M?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass: Mortal Kombat 1, Death Howl, Dome Keeper, Routine, and more! news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →Death Howl might just be my favorite game to screenshot in 2025 The melancholic vibes and limited color palette are *chef's kiss*
positive · AI labelView post →Did you know we have comics for our game, @neonroar.bsky.social ? Here's pages 1-2! Art by @peritian.bsky.social Writing by Thurston Howl If you want to read more of our comics, and get sneak peaks of new stuff come check us out on Patreon! www.patreon.com/huffaromas
neutral · AI labelView post →niche but Death Howl is a very nice game if you like a deckbuilder. probably tuned a hair too easy but there’s easily 25 hours of really engaging gameplay and the realm mechanic means you don’t spend very much time feeling like you’ve solved it
positive · AI labelView post →it doesn't help that i want to drop $ to namechange howl bc the two oomfies i ship howl with fuckin changed their char's last names to howl's (vremyasch) BUT HOWL'S IN GAME NAME IS JENKINS AND I WANT TO MATCH THEM WHEN WE IDLE I WANT TO LOOK LIKE AN ECOUPLE WITH MY OOMFIES BUT CAD & AAAAAAAAA
neutral · AI labelView post →SWORDTEMBER day 4: Young Wolf's Howl Game: Destiny
neutral · AI labelView post →If you love basing miniatures like I LOVE basing miniatures, you are gonna want to save this vid and watch a few times. Dana Howl demonstrates some game-changing techniques! #miniatures #nerdlings
neutral · AI labelView post →"[...] make no mistake, this is a game for deckbuilding sickos. If you love polishing, testing and perfecting your deck composition, you’ll find a rich landscape of proving grounds in Death Howl." Read @aspecificegg.bsky.social's full review of Death Howl: nosmallgames.com/2025/12/deat...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #Music #MusicSky Day 27 - Haunted Symphony X - The Haunting (The Damnation Game, 1995) youtu.be/qBc5wWPOtRw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Turn-based card game Death Howl officially announced. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2825880 #indiegame #steam #turnbased #pixelart #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been inactive for the past week because I was helping a team with a game! Winter's Howl is a top-down survival game where your group of nomads are trapped in a deadly snowstorm with hellhounds and thieves in your midst. gamedevaaron.itch.io/winters-howl #gamedev #indiegame #gamejam #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →In the books Howl lets his family think he is an indie game developer rather than admit he is a wizard.
neutral · AI labelView post →The rating results are out, and our game is in the top 100 overall!! Thank you to everyone who played Winter's Howl! 💖 We'll work on polish and expansions very soon 🙏 In the meantime, check out our game as well as other submissions! There were lots of amazing games ^^ #gamedev #indiegame #gamejam
neutral · AI labelView post →Huge year for my teams NotForYouGames (BRUT) & Twin Howl Games (Rotten Bloom)! At Guerrilla Game Festival: - BRUT won Best Innovative Game + Best Visuals, - Rotten Bloom got a Best Social Impact nomination. 🔥🔥🔥 #GameDev #IndieDev not-for-you-games.itch.io/brut store.steampowered.com/app/4551100/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Death Howl (PS5) is $26.93 on Amazon amzn.to/4dijqfC Walmart buff.ly/jQtKtO7 #ad (Steam) $11.85 Gamebillet buff.ly/ljznSji also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →I loved reviewing Death Howl! Really appreciate how much it rewards the player for exploring and spending time in its world. Congrats to @11bitstudios.bsky.social for such an awesome game.
positive · AI labelView post →Joseph Moran (@mrbadbit.bsky.social) joins us to talk through all the big TGA game announcements, Terminator 2D: No Fate, Death Howl, and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →Relaxing and cute puzzle/strategy game; I really like the style as it is quite cute! I think the prize tag is absolutely justified as the fairy tale esque presentation is very nice and overall I'm having a good time playing this- just don't expect the most complex game possible
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Death Howl (PS5) is $25.58 on Amazon amzn.to/4dijqfC Walmart buff.ly/jQtKtO7 #ad (Steam) $12.79 Fanatical buff.ly/NVX2hRr also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Woolly wip 🫶 Gotta draw my Woolly Howl from my Minecraft world but I just wanted to color the basic one from the game for now!
neutral · AI labelView post →Dark fantasy deckbuilding game with grid-based combat 'Death Howl' launches on December 9. Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/2825880 #indiegames #steam #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Death Howl is releasing soon, and they sent me some *beautiful* custom playing cards and a cute sticker pack. Thanks @11bitstudios.bsky.social!
positive · AI labelView post →This sequence shows how I arrived at the skull effigy (called a Howl) for my game while playing around in Aseprite. Did I go wrong at some turn? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #puzzlegame #cosmichorror
neutral · AI labelView post →Death Howl (PS5) is $21.87 on Amazon amzn.to/4dijqfC Walmart buff.ly/jQtKtO7 #ad (Steam) $11.84 Gamebillet buff.ly/ljznSji also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →I created a Ninth shard of Orion. His name is Howl (aka Howlite), and he’s a writer for games and comics, occasional music creator, & dabbles in art & game design. He’s basically my S9 version of Toby Fox, to the point that I made a little guy similar to a certain dog to represent Howl to his fans…
neutral · AI labelView post →Howl Jenkins: who up popping their corn (game crashes)
neutral · AI labelView post →As a fan of Into the Breach and the XCOM series, I feel right at home here. The puzzle aspect to the tactics are fun and engaging. All with wonderful narration and stellar art that compliment one another perfectly to create a super charming storybook atmosphere. The voice of the narrator is calm and soothing, while the art is alive and gives everything so much character, especially the wolves, who have so many little dynamic expressions that constantly shift to telegram exactly what action…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Love the art and art style, the "Desktop Dungeon"-esque gameplay (with nice graphics!) and I find the music very well made and oddly relaxing!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey if you like things that look really good, Howl is a gorgeous game. It's a relatively simple puzzler where enemies move when you do, but it also dumps a ton of tools on you and lets you move through levels the way you want. store.steampowered.com/app/2172180/...
positive · AI labelView post →Death Howl on Steam. Master the grid, defy death. Enter a grim Spirit Realm in this open-world deck builder. Craft lethal decks from 160+ cards, claim powerful Totems, and defeat foes in tactical grid combat. Fight as the desperate hunter Ro to bring her son back from beyond the veil.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm done with men Let me marry Jack Howl from hit Disney game Twisted Wonderland please
neutral · AI labelView post →Been a while since I've done one of these: another batch of Monster Prom character emotes, based off of their in-game character sprites. This one's for werewolf himbo jock "Scott Howl"! #MonsterProm l #FanArt l #ScottHowl
neutral · AI labelView post →I really do be loving Jack Howl from hit game Twisted Wonderland
neutral · AI labelView post →Played through the demo and full release as soon as they hit Steam. I really enjoyed the gameplay, music, and art; everything lends itself to a beautiful, fairytale-inspired atmosphere.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whoever made this stupid Spin & Howl puzzle AI game sure can't tell how hands work.
negative · AI labelView post →EVERY MONDAY! A NEW HORROR GAME! 🎃 HOPE YOU ARE READY TO POOP YOUR PANTS 💩 GET READY FOR.. CYPHER'S HOWL-O-WEEN! 🌙 AWROOOOO!
neutral · AI labelView post →Cute tactical/puzzle game with some interesting (but basic) mechanics. A good snack for a few hours, but that's it. The 100% completion challenge is the only thing stopping us from making it even faster - but it's also not that appealing.There's not really any story or anything else to keep you going.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Howl was a compelling and difficult puzzle game that made me frustrated in the way only a well made and engaging puzzle can. I really enjoyed it start to finish and completing all the prophecy was a challenging but rewarding task! Highly recommend, definitely worth your money :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I fired up Howl for the first time after a hard day’s work. The main theme on acoustic guitar and cello soothed my mind. The folk tale atmosphere drew me in as the player character’s letter-writing voice-over narration set the tone for a dark adventure. It took me back to reading the original fairy tales as they used to be, before they were censored and infantilized by modern books. Howl is a relaxing game with a minimalistic turn-based combat gameplay that rewards elegant solutions. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wonderful little puzzle/strategy gem. Intuitive mechanics, charming presentation, and just long enough to feel fully realized without overstaying its welcome. If the store page interested you enough for you to be reading this review I bet you'll like the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The way Ghibli's villains work says something special to me. The ultimate villain in Howl's Moving Castle isn't the Witch of the Wastes or the heart eating fire demon. It's the court magician causing a war. The ultimate villain in Spirited Away isn't the uncaring parents or the dragon no one trusts or the scary spider dude or the grumpy frog guys or the giant baby who hurts Chihiro or even the greed demon. Or the woman who tries to kill the love interest. It's the woman what owns the bath…
neutral · AI labelView post →I get so scared when someone ingame asks me if I'm the Silent Howl and I'm like "Nope, never heard of that, is it a game????"
neutral · AI labelView post →Arcanist and Loch I got to play in some one-shots. Howl was for a game that never got off the ground, and Baby Blue was an NPC in my campaign setting, but I'd also love to play him.
neutral · AI labelView post →Next Friday, October 16th starting at 7:00 PM CST, I'm hosting Haunt & Howl! A Halloween themed game night! Join my group to be able to join the instance when its live: vrchat.com/home/group/g... (Must be 18+ to join) - #vrchat #vrc #furry #vrcfurry #vrchatfurry
neutral · AI labelView post →You think the film is wild? Book Howl just conjured an Atari cartridge, of a game he designed himself.
neutral · AI labelView post →a short but sweet puzzle game with incredible atmosphere and style. i have played this game twice (once on switch before the content update and now on my laptop after the update) and i fell in love with it for the time i spent playing it. the story isn't super deep, but there's clearly a lot of heart and effort put into this game :) most of the levels are rather simple, but get rather challenging if you're trying to complete it within a certain turn order or saving everyone. it won't be to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A hidden gem. Seriously the game is amazing, i dont need to explain the game, other reviews explains it better than i can. But it is truly sad that i can't find it's community. I tried youtubing and googling some difficult spots but found no results. I even found an LP but only one part. This game deserves more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I immediately liked the game's storybook visuals and was intrigued by the promise of challenging tactical gameplay. As far as promises and trailers go, they can be hit and miss, so I appreciate there being a relatively comprehensive demo. It lets you play about 70% of the first chapter and made a good case for the game. The early levels seem a bit more restricted and puzzle-y, especially considering that enemies are acting deterministically, i.e. they follow a known set of rules, no…
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