I'll admit I rolled my eyes a bit at Death Howl's self-proclaimed genre, "soulslike deckbuilder". Reporting on PC games can feel a bit like wading through word salad sometimes, and it's hard to imagine how two genres so radically different could possibly be combined. But I'm not too proud to admit my first impression was wrong here. Not only does Death Howl bring the two together beautifully, it's also a really excellent turn-based strategy game to boot.
The game begins in prehistoric Scandinavia, with a grieving mother entering the spirit world to try and retrieve her deceased son. In the ethereal forest she finds herself in, the boy has taken the form of a deer—and she must make her way through a forest full of hostile animal spirits to find him.
