Games like The Howler
Closest overall match: DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon (★ 2.1). Highest rated: Out There Somewhere at ★ 2.6. Quickest to finish: DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon at about 3 hours.
Looking for something like The Howler? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Anime, Shoot 'Em Up and 2D.
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66%
1. DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon
Shares Hand-drawn, Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy and 2D and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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65%
2. Morphopolis
Shares Short, Anime, Fantasy, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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64%
3. Polarity
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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64%
4. Out There Somewhere
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Short, Anime, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 53%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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64%
5. Battle Ranch: Pigs vs Plants
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Zombies, Anime, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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63%
6. Revolution Ace
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Zombies, Anime, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 16%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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63%
7. DETOUR
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 8%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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63%
8. The Odyssey: Winds of Athena
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.6
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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63%
9. PARTICLE MACE
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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63%
10. Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.7
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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62%
11. Flight of the Paladin
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy, 2D and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 1.9
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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62%
12. Waveform
Shares Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 11%
- Shared genres
- 1, 3, 4, RPG, 10, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like The Howler?
On our similarity model, DRAGON: A Game About a Dragon is the closest match to The Howler — shares Hand-drawn, Shoot 'Em Up, Anime, Fantasy and 2D and 2 more tags; released within 2 years.
Which game like The Howler is rated highest?
Out There Somewhere holds the highest player rating in this list at 2.6/5 from 145 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against The Howler on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.