# The Howler

Summer DB entity ID: f082691b\-a948\-433b\-ba49\-585fc7071fe0

Steam App ID: 306040

Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra\-challenging game\.  You'll have to use your skill, wit, and reflexes, to complete all of The Howler's dozens of levels\.      All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically\-trained experienced painters\.  The majority of the art was created is by Rene Petruliene: all the graphic design was drawn by hand, on paper, the old fashioned way\.     The Howler was inspired by Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania\. The game's locations and architecture actually exist in Vilnius today\. Come to Vilnius to see them in real life\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Antanas Marcelionis, Renė Petrulienė

- Publisher: Antanas Marcelionis

- Release date: Jul 3, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/306040/ss\_795c777187615b0e818e0ff4beeaf95d1625cf30\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1553036489, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/306040/ss\_2f2436ece371ca7c0903b121cadb8f744cabf26a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1553036489, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/306040/ss\_e07c45c7b103e2f5e32c1df461b4eb579b03063f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1553036489, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/306040/ss\_c110be468b7f0cbc129d5d3e3badc9cc4d118ba6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1553036489, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/306040/ss\_8496a525d6a4dd9b9c8a3d6928907d2bd776e77f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1553036489

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 2093

- Steam positive reviews: 1624

- Steam negative reviews: 469

- Steam positive percentage: 77.59197324414716%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/f082691b-a948-433b-ba49-585fc7071fe0/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/f082691b-a948-433b-ba49-585fc7071fe0/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:24:57\.803251\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:24:59\.143394\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T00:24:58\.850631\+00:00

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Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"f082691b\-a948\-433b\-ba49\-585fc7071fe0","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/306040/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/f082691b-a948-433b-ba49-585fc7071fe0)