Howlbound

Howlbound is a single-player roguelike deckbuilder set in a moonlit wood. You lead one wolf of a small pack through the Wildwood, building a deck of strikes, wards and howls as you go, and every hunt is a fresh path you have never walked before. It runs entirely offline, with no account, no ads and nothing to buy. A hunt begins in the Den, where you choose your wolf and step onto a branching map of the Wildwood. Each node is a choice: a beast to fight, an elite standing in a harder path, a quiet hollow where your Spirit returns, or a moonlit shrine that offers you a gift. Battles are turn-based and played from your hand — spend Moon energy to strike, raise Ward against what is coming, or howl to grow stronger for the rest of the fight. The enemy always shows you its next move before it makes it, so a losing turn is a turn you misread, never a turn the game hid from you. Win, and you choose a new card to weave into the deck. Lose, and the run ends — but your unlocked wolves and the lore you uncovered stay with you for the next hunt. KEY FEATURES ✓ Three wolves, three playstyles — Ember burns with lingering Smolder, Frost opens every fight already warded, Shade draws an extra card to start ✓ A deck that grows with you — 21 hand-crafted cards across Strike, Ward, Howl and Spirit, each one earned by winning a fight or visiting a shrine ✓ A new map every hunt — a procedurally generated branching path of battles, elites, rests and shrines, ending at one of two bosses ✓ Honest, readable combat — Ward, Strength, Smolder, Resolve and Freeze, with the enemy's next intent always visible ✓ A bestiary that fights back — eight enemies, each with its own repeating pattern to learn and play around ✓ The Codex — twelve pages of Wildwood lore that unlock as you defeat what wrote them ✓ Your Ledger — hunts started and won, battles won, cards played, best streak and your most-played card ✓ Pick up where you left the trail — a run is saved as you play, including a battle left half-finished HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose a wolf in the Den and begin a hunt. 2. Pick your next node on the map — fight, rest or seek a shrine. 3. Play cards from your hand, watch the enemy's intent, and end your turn. 4. Take your reward, then choose the path onward to the boss. WHY HOWLBOUND It is a complete game in your pocket, not a storefront. There is no energy timer, no daily login, no season pass and no sign-in wall — you open it and you play. Runs are short enough for a bus ride and deep enough to keep pulling at you, and because the map and the draw are different every time, losing a hunt is an invitation rather than a wall. The art and writing are unhurried and sparse, built for late hours and a dark screen. PRIVACY Howlbound works fully offline. It has no internet permission at all, collects nothing, and sends nothing anywhere. Your pack, your progress and your lore live only on your device, and "Forget Everything" in Rites erases all of it at once. Slip into the Wildwood. The moon is waiting, and so is the pack.