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Games like Wailing Heights

If Wailing Heights is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mortadelo y Filemón: Terror, Espanto y Pavor, Lone Wolf and Petko and the Black Island — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its darkly comedic supernatural narrative, atmospheric and melancholic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Wailing Heights: A body-hopping, musical adventure game. Trapped in a horrific hamlet of modern monsters, ex-band manager Francis Finkelstein uses the possession wheel to sing his soul into hipster vampires, vegan werewolves and soulful zombies, using their ghoulish powers to escape from Wailing Heights.

2016IndieAdventure9.99 USDMetacritic 70Windows · macOS · Linuxby Outsider Games
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Darkly comedic supernatural narrativeHand drawn comic book art stylePossess undead characters to solve puzzlesAtmosphericMelancholicWhimsical

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Steam players who put hours into Wailing Heights also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Mortadelo y Filemón: Terror, Espanto y Pavor

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Mort and Phil travel to the world of horror cinema in this adventure, thanks to Dr. Bacterio (of course!).

    2024Adventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Lone Wolf

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Lone Wolf: A Post Apocalyptic Beat-Em Up Role Playing Game. This action/adventure game lets a player use martial arts skills, weapons, and turn into a werewolf to fight their way through a world set in the aftermath of post nuclear devastation.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Petko and the Black Island

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    A classical 2D point & click adventure taking place on the eve of a tropical zombie apocalypse! Join world traveler Petko in this crazy adventure full of quirky characters and challenging puzzles!

    AdventureSteam ↗
  4. Polda 5.5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Starověký Egypt byl vyspělou civilizací, která měla potenciál trvat navždy. Pak se do toho ovšem vložil náš neohrožený detektiv Pankrác. Ten na konci minulého dílu zůstal v Egyptě a stal se faraonem. Zjistítěte s námi co tam vyváděl a jak se vlasntě vrátil zpátky do Lupan.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  5. About a Boy

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    “About a Boy” immerses players in a narrative-driven journey set in a future city devoid of humanity as we know it. Through the eyes of Miro, a boy with the unique ability to perceive people based on their animal temperaments, players embark on a puzzle point-and-click adventure.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sticky Date

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    An anti-dating simulator that subverts the genre and provides catharsis through relatable, raw and satirical dates. You play as an underpaid dumpling cook who, in order to make ends meet, gets recruited by a sketchy dating app agent. Now you need to crash dates in order to earn a living wage!

  7. Pushing Kids Off Bikes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    You'll run around 10, 3D levels, as a hand drawn 2D Chinchilla gathering seeds, growing pumpkins, and pushing kids off bikes! Your chinchilla Bazooka will make sure those kids don't get in your way. You'll look for happiness orbs to jump and seeds to fire your Bazooka, in this arcade farming game!

    2026ActionIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Wailing Heights.

    Ranked #8 for Wailing Heights fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Hair metal's not dead, it just smells funny! Get your denim vest, bandana and makeup, and dive into a point-and-click adventure as a middle-aged teddy bear planning a comeback with his old glam metal band – in a world where glam metal has been dead and buried for decades.

    2022IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wailing Heights at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wailing Heights on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wailing Heights.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wailing Heights.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wailing Heights

How much does Wailing Heights cost?
Wailing Heights is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Wailing Heights?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wailing Heights are Mortadelo y Filemón: Terror, Espanto y Pavor, Lone Wolf, Petko and the Black Island.
Who developed Wailing Heights?
Wailing Heights was developed by Outsider Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Wailing Heights.

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