The Running of the Wolves

Pineridge's annual Running of the Wolves Festival isn't about outrunning bulls. The town's version swaps livestock for monsters and tentacled things, and the tradition is exactly as bad an idea for the runner as it sounds.

You take control of a female protagonist who has to make it through the festival in one piece, fighting off wolves and worse in 3D combat encounters that don't go her way as often as she'd like. Losing has consequences, and the game leans hard into that instead of pretending the festival is just a footrace.

There's no dressing this up as a wholesome hometown tradition. It's a monster gauntlet with a body count of dignity, not people, and the combat exists mainly to set up what happens when you fail it.