
A well-crafted rpg experience, World of Horror is well worth your time.
89
Verdict
90%
Steam
88
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (90% positive from 9.7K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (88/100 critic average)
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
World of Horror is a 2023 role-playing video game developed by Paweł Koźmiński and published by Ysbryd Games. It takes place in the year "198X" in the fictional town of Shiokawa, Japan. The player explores various locations and fights otherworldly creatures in order to halt a looming apocalypse.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
Despite me loving how the game is structured and the visual design (legit the closest game to come to Junji Ito’s style and essence) I ended up disappointed with the lack of actual substance. It’s a shame because it could really be something with more updates. Again not saying it’s not a complete game for what it is right now. The mysteries and their multiple endings + unlockables are more than enough to occupy you it’s the endings of the story itself and how the story deals with the eldritch gods that disappoint me.
Top notch visuals, sound, music (the music absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥ jesus christ), atmosphere and overall presentation. I remember playing this game for the first time and being infatuated with the world and the aesthetic on offer. Sadly however, it's lacking in actual depth and variety as a game. After you've beaten it a couple times, you've seen it all really. The new characters, old gods and backstories are cool, and do help add some variety. But these do not make up for the games lack of depth. Very heavy on the RNG, although after playing a while you do begin to pick up on the meta and game the system. I bought this game during early access, and had nothing but good faith towards the developer and the game, believing the games shortcomings and lack of content would be made up for in subsequent releases. It's a shame because the potential to be something amazing is definitely here. Burnout is a real thing, and I can understand why people shelve, or step away from projects. But, when you're solely focused on merchandise and quick cash grabs, when your game is desperate for updates and content, it rubs the community the wrong way, and just makes it seem like the dev doesn't give a ♥♥♥♥. FIX THIS GAME, GIVE IT THE LOVE IT DESERVES AND MAKE IT TRULY SPECIAL.
Really cool game with creepy visuals and horrifying atmosphere, but extremely broken on a technical level. If you play on steamdeck, you must force 900p or 1440p or some other 16:9 aspect resolution in order to have it fullscreen properly. 1:1 is puny 3:3 is way too zoomed in and 2:2 crops the left and right sides a little. Also, do not activate controller support under any means because it will permanently break game input and no longer properly register mouse input. The way I fixed it was by reinstalling the game, but there are no steam cloud saves so keep that in mind.
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