The Howler
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| Developers | |
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| Antanas Marcelionis | |
| Renė Petrulienė | |
| Publishers | |
| EQ Games | |
| Engines | |
| Runtime | Adobe AIR[Note 1] |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 22, 2013 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 22, 2013 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Controls | Voice control |
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The Howler is a game.
Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam | |
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- All currently available versions require Steam DRM.
- Browser flash demo available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\com.marcelionis.howler\Local Store\#SharedObjects\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306040/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\com.marcelionis.howler\Local Store\#SharedObjects\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306040/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
General settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 1024x768 only. Fullscreen is windowboxed. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | With Esc. Getting back to fullscreen requires restarting the game. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Enabled by default. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
- Includes sound mode, which makes it possible to control the game with microphone.
| Keyboard, mouse, and touch | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | Most of the keyboard keys do the same action. | |
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Only clicking used. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Touchscreen support | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music mute. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 7, 9, 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | 4 MB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 50 MB | |||
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||||
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| Processor (CPU) | ||||
| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | ||||
Notes
- ↑ Adobe AIR engine build: 3.6.0.6090[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (306040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Starz0r on 2025-09-29
- ↑ Post 30fps locked games here :: The Framerate Police, post #622 - last accessed on June 25, 2016
