Werewolves: Haven Rising
Released Jul 2018
Rise up, werewolves! Throw off the shackles of a tyrannical military police state. Fight for your pack! Fight for your honor! Fight for your freedom!
88% positive · 101 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $6.99
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Evaluation
Werewolves: Haven Rising is a complete, self-contained interactive novel that launched on July 26, 2018. It is the first entry in a series — a patch released on October 18, 2024 made minor fixes (typo corrections, a checkpoint system, and continuity tweaks) explicitly described as preparation for the release of the third game in the series, Werewolves 3: Evolution's End. This confirms the developer considers this game's story content finished; the patch was maintenance work tied to series continuity, not new content for Haven Rising itself. There are no unreleased DLC, no announced future content for this title, and no sustained post-launch content cadence. The game shipped as a complete product and remains so.
Evidence
Small maintenance patch (typo fixes, checkpoint system, continuity tweaks) released explicitly in preparation for the upcoming Werewolves 3: Evolution's End — not to add new content to Haven Rising itself
285,000-word interactive novel described as a complete, self-contained story with no mention of DLC, expansions, or additional content
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Achievements
48
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Rise up, werewolves! Throw off the shackles of a tyrannical military police state. Fight for your pack! Fight for your honor! Fight for your freedom!
Werewolves: Haven Rising is a 285,000-word interactive novel by Jeffrey Dean, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You are one of fifteen pups born in Haven, a government internment camp where werewolves are forced to live and work. Raised in this refuge since birth, you've never known the freedom of the wilds. You soon discover the elders have selected you for a mission that will put you directly into the cross-hairs of both the military and werewolf radicals alike!
You're a new breed of lupine explorer, your hunting grounds an urban jungle of steel and concrete. When your expedition to a forbidden military base goes wrong, a startling discovery sparks an escalation of violence and tragedy that will lead your pack to the hungry maw of war.
Once hunted and imprisoned, the werewolves rise again!
Werewolves: Haven Rising is a 285,000-word interactive novel by Jeffrey Dean, where your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
You are one of fifteen pups born in Haven, a government internment camp where werewolves are forced to live and work. Raised in this refuge since birth, you've never known the freedom of the wilds. You soon discover the elders have selected you for a mission that will put you directly into the cross-hairs of both the military and werewolf radicals alike!
You're a new breed of lupine explorer, your hunting grounds an urban jungle of steel and concrete. When your expedition to a forbidden military base goes wrong, a startling discovery sparks an escalation of violence and tragedy that will lead your pack to the hungry maw of war.
- Play as male, female, or nonbinary; gay, straight, or bisexual.
- Rise to power in opposition to a war monger or join him in the fight for werewolf supremacy!
- Train in the path of the warrior, the shadow, or the sage.
- Fight your enemies with claw and fang, or take a non-lethal approach.
- Uncover the true motivations of a powerful anti-werewolf zealot.
- Explore several potential romances, finding love in an increasingly chaotic world.
Once hunted and imprisoned, the werewolves rise again!
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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