The Howler
Skip · Strategy · 2014
The verdict
SKIP IT.
The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 78% of 2,091
- Genre rank
- Top 20% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Time and effort
- Main story
- 0.9h
- To 100%
- 1.4h 1.6x the story
Players and genre
- Online
- 0 now
- Better reviewed
- 70% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Its score sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 70 percent of its genre. The Bridge ($9.99, scores 66) outscores it, and so does Death and Taxes ($12.99, scores 72). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The Howler
Inside the two-hour refund window, 74 percent of the 839 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 49 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 51 MB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Howler scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/306040/the-howlerReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 17. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.