Wailing Heights

Wailing Heights

Steam Deck · unrated

Outsider Games · Adventure · Apr 27, 2016

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $0.99.

78%
Mostly Positive
134 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 134 player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 104 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The game has a nice artsy cartoony look to it and the story is nicely written with lot's of animations, spoken texts, comical humour and plenty of nice tunes to boot.
55 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
A charming spooky town full of monsters, humour and quality music that sets the stage for a fun game.
25 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
-Graphics- Colourful, comic book-style artwork is instantly a good thing and it totally matches the themes and tenor of the game.
22 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
I recommend a controller for this game (and play with the default settings).
5 of 104 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters55 reviews
Audio25 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Controls5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay23 reviews
78%
Interface7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs12 reviews
58%
Crashes4 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $0.99 (−90%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $0.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
12
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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