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Death Howl

The Outer Zone · 11 bit studios · 2025-12-09

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 19, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 09, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Feb 19, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

93%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 35h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Death Howl is a turn-based strategy video game developed by The Outer Zone and published by 11 Bit Studios, released on December 9, 2025 on Windows. The game launched on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on February 19, 2026. Developer The Outer Zone is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 96 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99-35%
GOG$13.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.05 at GameBillet (2026-08-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 90 of 119 observed days · $2.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19319320252026Week of 2025-12-09: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$10.142025-12-042026-08-302025-12-04 — best price $19.992025-12-13 — best price $19.992025-12-26 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $15.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-03-11 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $14.992026-04-07 — best price $12.652026-04-13 — best price $12.792026-04-22 — best price $15.992026-04-29 — best price $12.602026-05-07 — best price $10.142026-05-14 — best price $11.852026-05-21 — best price $11.842026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-06-07 — best price $11.842026-06-11 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $11.692026-06-27 — best price $12.592026-07-09 — best price $13.492026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $19.992026-07-25 — best price $14.992026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-05 — best price $19.992026-08-14 — best price $16.542026-08-22 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $13.992026-08-30 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

53142026-05-27 — 41 pageviews2026-05-30 — 44 pageviews2026-06-02 — 53 pageviews2026-06-05 — 26 pageviews2026-06-08 — 30 pageviews2026-06-11 — 31 pageviews2026-06-14 — 29 pageviews2026-06-17 — 32 pageviews2026-06-20 — 41 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-29 — 39 pageviews2026-07-02 — 42 pageviews2026-07-05 — 41 pageviews2026-07-08 — 31 pageviews2026-07-11 — 20 pageviews2026-07-14 — 30 pageviews2026-07-17 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 31 pageviews2026-07-23 — 19 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-29 — 29 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-04 — 27 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-16 — 30 pageviews2026-08-19 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
34.7%
earned "Balancing the Scales"
18.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Danish, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28023%20
Windows (Xbox)21623%20
PS5 (PlayStation)15241%21
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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