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Death Howl

Death Howl

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.

Released Dec 9, 2025 Developer The Outer Zone Publisher 11 bit studios Platforms Windows DeckbuildingCard GameTurn-BasedTacticalSouls-like
View on Steam ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

92.5%positive1,505 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Incredible deck builder. A difficult Star Vaders without the roguelike aspect. Four regions surround a mountain. Each region has its own set of cards with certain flavours of gameplay style. By the time you finish a region you get to explore that flavour enough before it becomes…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“So this game most resembles the Magic the Gathering game Shandalar. The deck building is very good, and the gameplay itself is decent. The problem is the "soulslike" thing. Having enemies respawn every time you need to heal makes traversal a grind. Maybe it's not enough enemy…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“I bought this game because I wanted to find a Deckbuilder with a solo adventure as I dont enjoy roguelikes much. This game has everything I was looking for gameplay wise, but even more. It is hard, but in a good way. The feeling of becoming stronger is there all along the game.…”

— a player, Steam review · 88 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

669all-time peak
0 250 500 2026 312 avg · Dec 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

20achievements
18.8%median completion
7.8%rarest: Warrior
34.8% of players 31.6% of players 29.9% of players 22.9% of players 21.8% of players 21.6% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.9% of players 19.6% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 17.3% of players 16.7% of players 15.0% of players 13.7% of players 12.5% of players 11.9% of players 7.8% of players 7.8% of players 34.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
34.8%Balancing the Scales — You brought back the scales to the big fish
31.6%Flames of Vengeance — You returned the blue bird to the tree
29.9%Decayed Denial — Cantharsis' denials have come to an end
Rarest badges of honor
7.8%Warrior — You proved yourself as a true warrior
7.8%Water Bearer — You unveiled the secret of sending water between worlds
11.9%In Search of Beauty — You helped the cave painter

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$13.99−30% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$19.99base price
$13.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US13.99 USD−30%
EU13.99 EUR−30%
UK11.72 GBP−30%
Australia20.65 AUD−30%
Canada18.19 CAD−30%
Japan1,610 JPY−30%
Brazil41.99 BRL−30%
China49.00 CNY−30%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$16

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 04, 2026
REBIRTH and Custom Mode are Available Now!

Hello Howling Souls, Today, we’re back with a major update that fixes issues, improves game balance based on your feedback, and introduces two brand new modes: REBIRTH and Custom Mode . After reading

Feb 19, 2026
New "REBIRTH" Mode Open Playtests

Hello Spirits, Today marks the console release of Death Howl, and to celebrate, we’re giving our Steam players an early look at something new. We’re opening access to an experimental playtest branch f

Feb 04, 2026
Quick Update

Hello Everyone, We’re back with a small news between patches to tease what’s coming next to the Spirit Realm . First of all, thank you so much for all your feedback on Discord, Reddit, and in the comm

Jan 26, 2026
Patch 1.0.0.5

Hello Lost Souls, We gathered all of your amazing feedback, and suggestions, shared across different platforms. Over the past weeks, we’ve been working on implementing them, and we hope these changes

Dec 30, 2025
Throwback to Where it All Started

Hello Everyone! We’ve reached the end of the year, and honestly, we cannot wait for 2026! We’ve just released Death Howl , and we’re already preparing the console launch on February 19th , along with

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsDeckbuilding · Card Game · Turn-Based · Tactical · Souls-like · Surreal · Female Protagonist · Atmospheric · Card Battler · Dark Fantasy · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 960, Radeon RX 570 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space