Wailing Heights

Buy78%

Mostly Positive · 134 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Outsider Games · Adventure · Apr 27, 2016

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Wailing Heights?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 134 player reviews · updated

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
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
30 of 104 sampled reviews raised 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.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
27 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
The possesion mechanic is great albiet a little confusing at times when trying to solve puzzles that require specific characters.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
21 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
-Graphics- Colourful, comic book-style artwork is instantly a good thing and it totally matches the themes and tenor of the game.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
21 of 104 sampled reviews raised it
The voice acting is really good, the music will get you singing for sure, and the characters are cute, and comical but also make sense, in a weird way.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story30 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio21 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
100% still recommend
Characters
75% still recommend
Crashes
67% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
64% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $0.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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