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Wailing Heights cover art

Wailing Heights

Outsider Games · 2016-04-27

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Wailing Heights is a 2016 Adventure Indie game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 134 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 134 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
3.93★
PlayStation Store rating (74 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.0k copies

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

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-90%
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 27 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992016-04-272026-10-092016-04-27 — 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 $0.992026-10-02 — best price $0.992026-10-08 — best price $0.992026-10-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
44.7%
earned "Prison Break"
10.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-04-27, latest 2018-10-22 (Steam store data)

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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