A streamlined turn-based tactics game where every move is plotted like a puzzle against slow-moving hordes. The papercraft art direction is gorgeous and it's easy to pick up. Short and a touch repetitive, but wonderfully elegant.
Your verdict
Category
Tactics1 player7+
Description
A hunter crosses lands struck by a wolfish curse, foreseeing every enemy move. Published by Astragon, released worldwide in 2023. Turn-based fights you plan at a glance, grid movement, narrative choices and a world of hand-painted illustration.
Howl review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
A folk tale engraved like a woodcut: black flats, cut paper and angular silhouettes evoking old Northern European illustrated books. This animated-engraving aesthetic, austere and spellbinding, gives the world the strangeness of a forgotten legend.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
A compact turn-based tactics piece, Howl leans on movement puzzles where every enemy step can be read in advance. Its campaign wraps up fairly briskly, yet replaying stages to nail a flawless, hitless run turns mastery into a genuine playground. Its lasting appeal lies less in raw length than in the pull to keep refining your tactics.
