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WORLD OF HORROR

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Recent Reviews:

Very Positive (50) - 82% of the 50 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

English Reviews:

Very Positive (5,951) - 91% of the 5,951 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Oct 19, 2023

Developer:

panstasz

Publisher:

Ysbryd Games, PLAYISM

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By 姐妹游戏会丨Her Ninth Art January 29, 2022

“这是一款伊藤润二画风克苏鲁风格的跑团文字游戏。背景为日本盐川镇邪教召唤古神。玩家需要解开谜团，收集钥匙，在毁灭值达到100%之前，登上高塔阻止古神复活。根据古神不同所处困境也不同。谜团有多结局。达成特定某个结局，需要与其他谜团连贯。游戏内含不少都市传说。如美人鱼、厕所里的花子、裂口女、红纸蓝纸等。制作者脑洞确实很大，对于恐怖承受力较低的人，玩此游戏会严重引起掉san。 —Hekate”

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Features

Single-player

Family Sharing

Languages:

	Interface	Subtitles
English	✔	✔
French	✔	✔
German	✔	✔
Japanese	✔	✔
Korean	✔	✔
Simplified Chinese	✔	✔
Traditional Chinese	✔	✔

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Title: WORLD OF HORROR
Genre: Indie, RPG

Developer: panstasz

Publisher: Ysbryd Games, PLAYISM

Franchise: Ysbryd Games

Release Date: Oct 19, 2023
Early Access Release Date: Feb 20, 2020

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Awards

RPG Site Best of 2023 Awards - Best Art

IndieCade Visual Design Award Winner 2023

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“Absolutely an instant cult classic.”
9 – Siliconera

“Easily one of the most engaging RPG experiences I’ve played this year.”
9 – RPG Site

“There aren’t many horror games like this... Games that are so well-oiled, they’re confident their horror will spread all over you just by touching them.”
Kotaku

About This Game

The Old Gods are reawakening, clawing their way back into a world that’s spiraling into madness. In hospitals, abandoned classrooms, quiet apartments, and dark forests, strange appearances and unexplainable phenomena test the sanity of residents in Shiokawa, Japan. Is it chaotic retribution, or the machinations of beings beyond our comprehension?

This is WORLD OF HORROR: The end of the world is nigh, and the only solution is to confront the terror reigning over the apocalypse. Navigate this hellish, roguelite reality through turn-based combat and unforgiving choices in this roguelite-style cosmic horror RPG.

Invoke dark rituals, uncover disturbing clues, and solve puzzles across multiple randomized mysteries. Each perplexing case unravels into a series of random encounters with nightmarish figures inspired by the works of horror legends Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft.

Unveil the fates of 14 unique playable characters, and choose your path through a pool of 20 dreadful investigations.
Most mysteries harbor multiple endings - for those that survive long enough.
A haunting chiptune soundtrack accentuates the game’s stark 1-bit art style, drawn 100% in MS Paint.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

In WORLD OF HORROR, there are frequent scenes disturbing and horrific scenes of implied violence, gore and mutilation of human bodies. All such scenes are presented in a 2D pixel art style, but nonetheless may have a realistic triggering impact on players with potential sensitivities. Player discretion is advised.

In addition, the game includes casual usage of cigarettes.