WOLF RIOT

WOLF RIOT

Jack Goddard · November 15, 2021 · Violent, Action, Top-Down, Werewolves, Beat 'em up

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Very Positive90% · 69
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About WOLF RIOT

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WOLF RIOT is a blood-soaked beat'em'up where you play as Frank, a cornered werewolf fighting off a platoon of hunters in a convenience store through the night. Battle through escalating destruction and physics-driven chaos as you chain attacks together, demolish the environment, and rack up 50 kills to survive.

Survive the night. Play as Frank the Werewolf for a wave based cage fight for survival. Tear through a convenience store to fend off a mechanized infantry platoon of mercenaries.

WOLF RIOT — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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WOLF RIOT is a free arcade-style beat-em-up that players praise for its fun gameplay mechanics, charming werewolf protagonist Frank, and engaging music, though opinions sharply divide on its punishing difficulty. Most criticism centers on the extreme challenge and limited reward structure, with some players finding the steep learning curve frustrating and demotivating while others relish the one-life style gameplay as the main appeal.

Recommended Aug 7, 2025
It has a great potential for a free game. You might break your keyboard from anger; still that doesn't mean you don't enjoy the game. But when it comes to receiving that one achievement...good luck!
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Recommended Oct 18, 2025
Frank Wolf
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Recommended Jun 26, 2026
I've been obsessed with werewolves at the fresh age of 6-8. I love werewolves so much dude you don't understand. Genuinely my autism special interest. This game is perfect, it's not the most incredible quality and is just an arcade game but I love it so much and it makes me so happy. I LOVE YOU FRANK I LOVE YOU FRANKKKKKKKKKKKK. (my friends nickname for me on Discord is werewolf forgiver)
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Recommended Apr 17, 2026
It's very hard. To the point that, for someone like me, it's just incredibly frustrating and there doesn't seem to be much of a reward. It's working toward that ONE achievement. I don't feel very motivated to actually... play. It seems if you get hit two or three times, you lose, and have to start over, and that's... I mean, that's just video games, right? Its an arcade style beat-em-up sort of thing, and that's absolutely fine, I dont think its a BAD game, I just... Am not enjoying myself, trying it out for a little bit. Not for me. Great work, a solid foundation, and inspires me to make something myself! The controls, for pc, are a bit janky, I'd like if there was a cursor your guy would look toward instead of relying on which direction you're moving, but that's just a design choice and my own personal preference. I understand this game is one where you have to be strategic and mobile to survive. I got to about the third wave before just getting frustrated, and that IS a skill issue. It has like ONE achievement, but that achievement is there for a reason. Its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HARD. Its not BAD but you have to be right kind of sick-in-the-head to really enjoy getting good for no real r…
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Recommended Feb 12, 2026
Had a load of fun. First heard about this game being hard as heck and that got me interested. The gameplay mechanics, idea, music, all of it kept me going. After 3.6 hours I finally beat it...it was little mistakes I made that screwed me up the most. The diving heavy attack felt like it drifted (facing hard right and the dive would take me diagonally up or down) a little when executed using the controller, and a bit with m&k. But it overall ran incredibly smooth and I had a blast playing. Totally worth the time if you like 1-life style games like these.
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Recommended Jun 9, 2026
One of the most fun Beat 'em up games I've played, but maybe I am bias due to my love for werewolves. I love Frank's humarous comments... And I adore the design of Frank in general, my favorite type of werewolf design!!! I'd absolutely play a full, longer game of this, with more maps, enemies and silly comments from our glorious wolf man Frank...

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