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Wailing Heights cover art

Wailing Heights

Outsider Games · 2016-04-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2018 (Xbox One), Aug 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2016 (Mac), Apr 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2016 (Linux)

A body-hopping, musical adventure game. Trapped in a horrific hamlet of modern monsters, ex-band manager Francis Finkelstein uses the possession wheel to sing his soul into hipster vampires, vegan werewolves and soulful zombies, using their ghoulish powers to escape from Wailing Heights.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 134 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 62% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 134 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-09-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 24 of 25 observed days · $11.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992016-04-272026-08-282016-04-27 — best price $8.992016-08-22 — best price $9.992016-11-01 — best price $9.992017-03-13 — best price $6.992017-09-07 — best price $5.992017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-01-25 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-23 — best price $3.492019-01-10 — best price $3.492019-03-11 — best price $2.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-09-30 — best price $9.992020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-05-18 — best price $9.992020-10-05 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-10-03 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-29 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992024-03-11 — best price $9.992024-06-03 — best price $9.992024-09-23 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-08-11 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $0.992026-08-28 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMusicComedyZombiesCartoonyAdventureComic BookHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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