Wailing Heights
A musical point-and-click adventure where songs let you possess monsters
Outsider Games · Released Apr 27, 2016
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 73% of 114
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 6 years ago
- Sep 3, 2020
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Wailing Heights?
This 2D adventure takes place in a monster village, where a band manager is jailed for being alive. You explore the town, choose dialogue, collect lyrics, and listen for musical clues to possess different creatures, using their abilities to retrieve your body and escape.
For you if...
- +you enjoy campy horror humor and pop culture references
Not for you if...
- −you want action-focused play rather than conversations and puzzles
What players say
73% of 114 reviews are positive
Players praise the comic-book artwork and soundtrack. Complaints center on awkward PC controls, slow pacing, and lengthy animations when switching characters.
Screenshots and trailer
Wailing Heights system requirements
Minimum: 7600 GT, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Wailing Heights?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 or higher (32-bit not supported)
- Processor
- Dual-Core 1.6 GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT/AMD X1650 XT
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Wailing Heights have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Wailing Heights run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Wailing Heights use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Adventure
- Indie
- Point & Click
- Comic Book
- Comedy
- Zombies
- Werewolves
- Hand-drawn
- Great Soundtrack
- 2D
- Funny
- Story Rich
- Singleplayer
- Cartoony
- Music
- 2.5D
Recent updates
- Sep 3, 2020 · Library Images Updated
- Oct 5, 2017 · Jennifer Wilde - Free Demo Update - Kickstarter Half Way point
- Oct 5, 2017 · Jennifer Wilde - Free Demo Update - Kickstarter Half Way point
- Mar 3, 2017 · AGGIE awards, Upcoming Update!
- Mar 3, 2017 · AGGIE awards, Upcoming Update!
2 DLC available.
