The Howler
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.
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Developer: Antanas Marcelionis, Renė Petrulienė Publisher: Antanas Marcelionis
Genre: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Languages: English
Tags: Indie (62), Casual (50), Steampunk (35), Puzzle (30), Strategy (24), 2D (24), Simulation (22), Atmospheric (20), Singleplayer (16), Difficult (13), Platformer (12), Hand-drawn (12), Arcade (10), Physics (9), Short (8), Voice Control (7), Funny (7), Great Soundtrack (7), Sandbox (6), Exploration (5)
Category: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Family SharingSingle-player, Steam Trading Cards, Family SharingMulti-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Trading Cards, Captions available, In-App Purchases, Partial Controller Support, HDR available, Family SharingSingle-player, Steam Trading Cards
Release date: Jul 3, 2014
Free
Score rank: 88% Userscore: 77% Old userscore: 77%
Owners: 200,000 .. 500,000
Ownership data: 2026-11-12 (UTC) — out of date
Followers: 2,743
YouTube stats: 1 new videos uploaded yesterday.
Playtime total: 03:06 (average) 03:06 (median)
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