Wailing Heights
Released Apr 2016
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.
77% positive · 133 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Wailing Heights launched on April 27, 2016 as a complete point-and-click adventure game. After release, the developer worked on an audio remaster, which was delivered as a patch on October 22, 2018, alongside the release of a Script Book DLC. That patch — which included remastered dialogue audio, bug fixes, and other polish — appears to be the last substantive update the game received.
All DLC in the store listing has been released: the Original Soundtrack and PDF Comic Artbook (released at launch on April 27, 2016) and the Script Book (released October 22, 2018). No unreleased DLC exists.
The developer's attention has since moved entirely to new projects. In August 2016, Outsider Games announced a new game called Jennifer Wilde, which launched on October 25, 2022. By August 2023, they announced yet another new title — Tax-Force — which was still in pre-release as of June 2025, when a demo was featured at Steam Next Fest. The developer has made no mention of any further content or updates for Wailing Heights since October 2018.
The game launched as a self-contained narrative adventure with no ongoing content structure, and the developer has communicated nothing to suggest additional content is planned. The last developer communication specific to Wailing Heights was on October 22, 2018.
Evidence
Audio remaster patch released with remastered dialogue audio, bug fixes, and other corrections — the last update shipped for Wailing Heights.
Script Book DLC released on October 22, 2018 — the final DLC for the game. Both DLC items are released with nothing outstanding.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Outsider Games
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
A coffin-rocking, body-hopping, musical adventure game, set in a horrific hamlet of monsters.
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, soulful zombies and all manner of well-adjusted supernatural taxpaying home-owners.
Meet Frances Finklestein, the one-time manager of the all-time greatest rock band that Great Britain ever produced: The Deadbeats.
After being invited to a gig in a town no one's ever heard of, Frances Finklestein is trapped in a holding cell, charged with the crime of... Being Alive! A mysterious cellmate teaches you the power of possession. You learn to “body-hop”, leaving your corpse in the holding cell and jumping from ghost to vampire to werewolf to zombie. Each creature’s skills and abilities bring you one step closer to getting your body out of lock-up and getting the hell out of Wailing Heights. But of course, it’s never that easy…
As you jump from one musical monster to another, familiar sounds and faces start up show up. The Deadbeats have returned as the undead, and they want to get the band back together.
In the style of classic adventure games, you will need to talk to the locals, choosing just the right thing to say (and who to be), collect lyrics as you explore the town, listen to musical clues, and like all great songwriters; steal things from other songs. Add these ingredients to your musical possession wheel, and sing your soul right into a monsters' body, gaining their supernatural abilities and moving one step closer to escaping Wailing Heights.
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, soulful zombies and all manner of well-adjusted supernatural taxpaying home-owners.
Story
Meet Frances Finklestein, the one-time manager of the all-time greatest rock band that Great Britain ever produced: The Deadbeats.
After being invited to a gig in a town no one's ever heard of, Frances Finklestein is trapped in a holding cell, charged with the crime of... Being Alive! A mysterious cellmate teaches you the power of possession. You learn to “body-hop”, leaving your corpse in the holding cell and jumping from ghost to vampire to werewolf to zombie. Each creature’s skills and abilities bring you one step closer to getting your body out of lock-up and getting the hell out of Wailing Heights. But of course, it’s never that easy…
As you jump from one musical monster to another, familiar sounds and faces start up show up. The Deadbeats have returned as the undead, and they want to get the band back together.
Gameplay
In the style of classic adventure games, you will need to talk to the locals, choosing just the right thing to say (and who to be), collect lyrics as you explore the town, listen to musical clues, and like all great songwriters; steal things from other songs. Add these ingredients to your musical possession wheel, and sing your soul right into a monsters' body, gaining their supernatural abilities and moving one step closer to escaping Wailing Heights.
Features
- A laugh-out-loud script from Kevin Beimers, who brought you tthe critically-defamed Hector: Badge of Carnage (Published by Telltale Games) and Schrödinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark (Published by Team17)
- Gorgeous comic-book styled visuals and cut-scenes, brought to you by awesome artists such as John Mc Farlane (The Revenants), Glenn Fabry (Preacher), John McCrea (Hitman), PJ Holden (Judge Dredd) and more...
- Over 4000 lines of quality voice acting!
- An original soundtrack of indie, pop, soul and country tunes!
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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