Wailing Heights

April 27, 2016 Outsider Games Outsider Games
Point-and-click Puzzle Adventure Indie
PS4 Linux PC Mac XONE
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A coffin-rocking, body-hopping, musical adventure game, set in with a horrific hamlet of monsters, with a story by Kevin Beimers (Hector: Badge of Carnage) and glorious 2D artwork from a host of illustrious comic book talent.

Set in a peaceful, blood-curdling village blessed with gorgeous panoramic mountaintop views and the blissful stench of rotting corpses, Wailing Heights is home to the likes of vegan werewolves, hipster vampires, gossiping ghosts and all manner of well-adjusted supernatural taxpaying homeowners.
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Release Date April 27, 2016
Developer Outsider Games
Publisher Outsider Games
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Horror, Comedy
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