Overview
- Publisher 11 bit studios and developer The Outer Zone announced PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch versions will arrive on February 19, 2026 with Game Pass availability that day.
- The game launched on Windows PC via Steam on December 9 and is included in the PC Game Pass library.
- Death Howl blends tactical, grid-based battles and deckbuilding with Soulslike conventions such as rest points that revive defeated enemies.
- Its Death Howls resource serves both skill upgrades and card crafting, but is dropped on death, reinforcing a cyclical risk-and-recovery loop.
- Critics describe a steep challenge marked by limited healing, low health, region-specific progression, and grinding that some find needlessly punitive.