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Death Howl

92% positive of 1,325 Steam reviews

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To finish
20 h
To 100%
35 h
Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, PlayStation

Made by The Outer Zone. Published by 11 bit studios.

About the game

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.

Tagged by players

  • Turn-Based
  • Deckbuilding
  • Souls-like
  • Card Game
  • Card Battler
  • Surreal
  • Tactical
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Female Protagonist
  • Turn-Based Tactics
  • Psychological

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The game it reminds me the most of is Black Book actually. A personal story of a woman tied to a mythological world, told through turn-based deckbuilder combat. Death Howl has less story and is more challenging — I had a blast figuring out some enemies — but it's even similar in its unusual drive to force the player to change the deck by unlocking new region-based themes. People call it a "turn-based soulslike"…

    38 h played when written. 22 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    This game is awesome. The aesthetic is very cool. The soundtrack is ominous. If you like tactics-style, grid-based RPG's then this game is great. Though it is a deck-builder, do not confuse it with a rogue-like, which I'm not a fan of. Instead, it is a long (50+ hours) single campaign. Dying does not mean losing progress, yes you'll still be challenged every step of the way. And as soon as you get comfortable and…

    67 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Just didn't click for me. Despite having lots of things I like, unique art direction, tactical combat, and interesting story premises.

    2.4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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