WORLD OF HORROR

Fun game. Very replayable and a great game for offline use.

The game is good and addictive, but it has been abandoned. It is incomplete and has not been updated for almost 2 years. Unless you find a very good promotion, I do not recommend it.

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"Please describe what you liked or disliked about this product."

Everything. < 3

Alright first steam review, you bastards forced my hand. Let me explain, this game was made by one person, whom shot themselves in the foot by over-promising much within a much too small of a time frame. This is another tragic early access mishap (early access is a garbage system). And I felt the need to do my part in skewing the reviews more towards positive.

Did they take too long to make this game? Maybe. Did they screw up by giving the trailer these amazing black/white animations, making people assume they would be in the game? Yes. (They shouldve just made a standard gameplay trailer, the art is amazing enough to stand on its' own) Does it deserve all the hate and review bombing? No, absolutely not. And just to be clear, you think by review bombing and hating on the developer, that will motivate him to come back and update the game? Why would it, clearly the community has expressed an insane amount of hate towards the dev, I imagine the animosity is two sided at this point. I've been keeping my eye on this game for a long time, and the hate started way before 1.0, if you're curious. I just hope it hasn't soured their motivation to make another game.

To Summarize quickly, the game has amazing Junji-Ito Inspired art, Mysteries based/influenced by very obscure japanese horror movies (I caught that Mermaid in the Manhole reference), Tons of random events that makes me see new sick art every time I play. It is a turn based JRPG, Horror, Mystery, Rogue-like, which is unique in and of itself. If you're a massive horror buff or Junji Ito fan, I think you should give it a shot when it's on sale. If you're not a huge horror fan, this may not be for you, because you will be missing a ton of references and details. I do consider the RNG events and rogue-like nature a plus, but some may consider it a minus. ALSO ALL THE ART WAS MADE IN MS PAINT!

Uniquely creepy, sets a perfect atmosphere for fans of Japanese horror films and manga. Insane replay value with the base game alone, let alone with the massive amount of mods that passionate players have created for this game.

There are a lot of complaints about the game being “unfinished” with plotlines that reach dead ends, but:
1) The creator is probably burnt out! This was a one man show and one can only keep something like that up for so long before they have to move on to the next thing.
2) The most terrifying things reside in the unknown. If something isn’t explained, that can only add to the mystery and feeling of apprehension.
3) This isn’t a hard game to mod! If you’re positive how certain things should turn out then get to work!

For what this ended up being, I honestly couldn’t be happier with it. Give it a few spins if you got some extra change to sling around.

I love the Idea of the game but it's currently unfinished and probably won't get any new updates in the near future (currently 1+ year without any news)
if you get a good deal check it out

I have no idea what I am doing this is awesome

8-bit homage to the illustrative works of Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft where you fight horrors beyond human comprehension to unlock a lighthouse with an unnecessary amount of locks and stop several mad-as-hell gods as they attempt to stop Japan from creating anime.

9/10, excuse me while I crawl into a hole made just for me.

So much left unfinished and all that's left is missed potential

i really love this game, but unfortunately i cannot recommend this game for few reasons
1. game has stopped on version 1.01 and i dont think it will get any updates soon
2. game is 100% rng based, so most "mistakes" and game losses feel like it isn't even your fault
3. there aren't many mysteries after you get to know all of them
4. start of the game feel like "reroll your mysteries untill you get ones without boss fights at the end of them"
5. fighting kind of feel empty, or it just might be my skill issue, because it's mostly "dodge, prep, attack, repeat" (for me at least)

so, i said that i love this game, so now i'll tell reasons why
1. artstyle is amazing
2. mysteries feel really immersive if you're doing them for the first time
3. i love the fact that this game is kind of rouge-like because from doing achievements you unlock more content
4. i just like to turn on game, turn on one round that will last less than 1 hour and have fun
5. UI feels really complicated if you're watching someone playing this but in reality this UI is very simple
6. i feel like i have still A LOT to do after 20 hours of playing (i have 33% of achievements)

so, that being said my biggest issue with this game are no updates and heavy relying on rng so i will change this review after this game gets an update that will satisfy me

Dev has abandoned this game, so do not expect any further updates. That said, there's a sufficient amount of content here and there's a healthy modding community if you're looking for more. Vibes and music are immaculate, definitely worth playing if you are a fan of Junji Ito's work

Hour long, rogue-like jaunts into a 2 bit Japanese horror world.
It plays surprisingly like the Arkham Horror board game.

The dev has apparently abandoned it, but I still think there's value in the unlockables and broad variety of experiences in this push-your-luck simulator.

unfinished. the developer just took the money and ran.

super fun. once all the content is spent though its unfortunate there isnt much more. unless workshop items

This game is perfectly what it intends to be. It's not breaking any new ground, but it's one-of-a-kind as far as horror games go.

Just buy if you love Ito and Lovecraft

There's some decent content here, but it's a $5 to $7 game not a $20 game. The game is absolutely nothing like the trailer at all. It's 99% static images with the occasional 2 second animation. The individual missions have a plot, but they're mostly random encounters vaguely related to the story padding out a single boss encounter and a few paragraphs of plot. Keep in mind that the missions have nothing at all to do with each other or the overarching plot and there are only a couple of them.

The gameplay is pretty weak too. The spells are essentially useless. The ghost banishment sequence is the same for every single ghost and there's a flowchart of the optimal guesses to make. Combat is entirely dependent on getting a weapon that matches your character's primary stat and randomly getting the right perks. The timing system seems unique at first, but in reality it lacks any depth. It's also not actually unique so much as it is rare; it's called action points and there are quite a few games that use them.

The interplay of decreasing stamina and reason along with increasing doom (failure conditions essentially) contrasted with increasing stats is sorta interesting, but from a practical perspective there's not much there. You have to balance those three stats so that you don't die, go crazy, or take too long allowing the cult to win, but what it really means is that you need decent RNG in beginning so you don't take a bunch of damage in combat before you can defend yourself.

Some of the more interesting content requires a sequence of rare random encounters all in the right order. The otherworldly Thirst achievement comes to mind. At least the Strange Lights event has an interesting result. Then again the ending of the game is just, "congrats, you beat the eldritch god", so the bar is pretty low.

I put a ton of hours into this game, so I can't say I dislike it, but I only recommend this game when it's at least 67% off. It's game jam quality at a professional game price. I'm a professional software developer for what it's worth. I can't draw, but I could throw the rest of this game together in my spare time in under a year.

There's no excuse for this guy to take years to make this and him calling it a full release while leaving so many little things unfinished is pathetic. For those of you that weren't paying attention during early access he always had a new excuse as to why he'd blow a deadline then there'd be complete radio silence for the next year until he'd push out an update. None of the updates should have taken two years. He should have hired someone to help if he was struggling so much.

tl;dr: decent indie game if you're into Junji Ito, but not worth $20. Buy it and enjoy, but find some people to play call of cthulhu with while you wait for a sale.

Telling scary stories in the dark really amps up the creep factor whenever I play this game with friends.

Wasted potential this could have been something amazing but since launch dev has abandoned this game some content even unfinished and promised to be add next update which It didnt one years of no update i lost all faith that this game will get an update.

It's easy to recommend this game, I have been following the development for years and between the console and PC releases have sunk enough time into it for the game to give me a positive opinion. Simple horror storytelling, wrapped in a Ito'verse-Lovecraftian shell. Its meant for bite sized play through. I will also say it almost gives me Oregon Trail vibes with its randomness in which encounters happen. The fact that its modifiable means that new content from the player base should keep it going a long while.

i would join my fellas here commenting about the game being abandoned by the dev suddenly without releasing the update promised last year (last post was announcing the update at end of february and never delivered).

i have this game +40h in a friend account before i bought it, so here is my honest opinion:

the game is interesting for a good chunk of hours while you learn the different stories, try to achieve the different endings and learn the "meta" for each character, they have their own weakness and strengths, but there are unfinished stuff around and you find about it soon or later.

gameplay-wise, is a text-based rng roleplay game basically, each "turn" you choose where to go and a random event will happen (hence the rng part). you have encounters too, some of them are pretty hard but most of them are pretty trivial if you know how to build your character.

the ending of each run is what i find the most dissapointing aspect of the game, feels like was something rushed for a first version to release the alpha with something bigger in mind that was never developed, feeling anticlimatic when you finish.

visual of the game as everyone said and the primary focus is a mix of lovecraft and junji ito, aesthetically i freaking love it and is the biggest selling point imho.

the community is good, they have develop some good mods with the tools they have, some great characters, new events, enemies and stories, some quirky stuff too, so there's a little bit for everyone i guess.

i can't recommend to buy it "now" because the situation with the dev and the promised last update, BUT is a good game for a few hours and from time to time i check it out hoping for a new update release.

what you get if you mix call of Cthulhu and the works of Junji Ito with an Old School RPG.
The art is Amazing and if your a fan of J-Horror this is a must own.
Will say apparently the Main Dev left so updates are probably unlikely but luckily the game isnt too hard to mod and theres some good content out there.

1-Bit Uzumaki/10
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Been playing on and off since Early Access and had high hopes and enjoyed it for a while but every year dev failed to give meaningful updateS. It's 2025 dev has no other known projects and cannot finish a pixel game that has been in development since before 2020. SHAMEFUL

Amazing, fun little horror game, a work of art.

some creepy pasta level writing to these mysteries lol

Decent enough game, but the developer promised an update and abandoned it instead.

I REALLY want to like this game, especially since it does deliver what it advertises. But let's be real here, this game is an unfinished frame of a game, and it's not getting finished.

I know I'm not getting my money back for this, but honestly, I kinda wish I could, because there's barely any content added from the pre-1.0 release.

Every time I try to save the game crashes making impossible any kind of progression

I personally love the game, though what others are saying that the Dev abandoned the game holds some truth.

It's not an expensive game and is met to be replayed with different outcomes and diverging paths. Though it may be "incomplete" I would still strongly recommend the game as it has so much to offer and still is a solid game even in its current state.

Pros:
-Beautiful and horrifying pixel graphics
-Engaging story that will be different every time
-Multiple characters all with different stats
-Unique Game play with and old school RPG combat style
-Multiple endings with different eldritch gods
-Affordable price for good quality

Cons:
-Developer left the project
-Difficulty spikes occur frequently
-I want to bang some the monsters (I need therapy)

World Of Horror is a game I still highly recommend as is.

I found a way to cheese it by getting some holy level item.

10/10 it's all over the necronomicon.

I have been intermittently checking up on WORLD OF HORROR since 2021. Lately, interest in it has understandably dwindled due to its lack of updates, and communication from the developer has been sparse at best. With that in mind, it still caters to a Lovecraftian-Japanese horror-visual novel-mystery game niche very well, and is worth your time if that sounds interesting.

Игра даст уникальный опыт, но не факт, что слишком хороший 7/10

It's good, but it still feels like an early access game. Dev has had long periods of silence before, but the rush to 1.0 makes this one feel a bit more permanent. Get it on sale.

Sadly remains unfinished and abandoned. Otherwise an interesting game.

Nice funny lovecraft nonsense.

Do I like unfinished, open-ended mysteries? NO
It certainly has room for improvement and some graphics could be polished to display what was given to us in the trailers.

However, I can't seem to find a game that replaces World of Horror.

I'll wait for any updates. In the mean time, I'll try looking for something new.

I REALLY want to recommend this game. It stands now as a really interesting, arkham horror-like rogue-like, but its is very unfinished, and probably shouldn't have been taken out of early access yet. I say this as someone who has been following this game for years. The dev seems to have taken the money and ran, which I hope that is not really the case. If the dev breaks radio silence, even if its to give an explanation and not an actual update, I'll probably consider changing my review. Despite all that, if you still want to give it a swing, go ahead. Just be prepared for multiple neat things that go nowhere due to being unfinished.

Creepy vibes and engaging RPG gameplay

I really, REALLY like this games style. it definetely is not for everyone, but if you get this game, you get it. Feels like i'm really in another world.

PS-If you see a door,
D O
N O T
R E S I S T

Even as the lack of communication goes on, World of Horror has still aged very well. Very fun roguelike!

Definitely a fun and unique experience. I'd say pick it up on sale tho

I use this as a training tool for when I decide to go mad

Bravo!
We all chase the feeling of starting a new game, then falling in love with it, only for it to end so shortly, leaving you wondering what could've you done differently?
The entirety of this game is a one big plot twist, lots of questions left unanswered, but in the end you'll understand everything, or nothing, depending on how immersed you were in your play through.
I enjoy Lovecraftian horror, Stephen King, and Junji Ito, so I was really hooked by the dense and creepy atmosphere in this game! The visuals and gameplay are truly captivating. I've only completed 20% of the game, but I definitely want to finish it!
It would be great if the achievements were also tracked on Steam, but having them in the game is still good.
It took me about three hours of continuous play to fully grasp the mechanics and get comfortable with World of Horror, but once I did, I was hooked. As a fan of Junji Ito and horror manga, I never expected to find a game that so perfectly captures that eerie, unsettling atmosphere—yet World of Horror delivers.
One of the game’s greatest strengths is how it keeps you questioning every decision. You constantly wonder what you might have missed, what you could have done differently, and how to improve on your next run. Like any good roguelike, it leaves you with that irresistible feeling of “just one more run.” And with mods, the experience expands even further, offering even more variety.
That said, if you’re looking for a game that holds your hand, this isn’t it. The roguelike structure means you’ll encounter similar scenarios repeatedly, and the game doesn’t go out of its way to guide you. If that’s a dealbreaker, World of Horror might not be for you.
Overall, it’s a well-crafted and atmospheric game that I hope continues to receive updates and new content.
 

Dev abandoned the game with zero communication. It's not a bad game but is missing so much that it feels a hollow, imo. Dev not very professional, so buyer beware.

Abandoned by the devs, not really worth the price given how little there is in the game. A lot of content is missing

Me when I call up the death modem, say no, and get my number banned for life.

For real though, I got this game originally on my switch and bought it again so I can play with mods and experience the game how it was actually meant to be played: on desktop. It's a fantastic game, with the brutal difficulty making every fight feel like it could be your last, which is fitting considering none of the characters are really all that well-equipped for the supernatural. Like others have said before, the horror is a little lackluster, but that comes from it being a point-and-click roguelike; While the game does fantastic with what it has, the gameplay stops it from being able to give the buildup that its Junji Ito "full spread" moments deserve. Still, it's a very fun game and looks phenomenally creepy, plus it still is effective at giving the player a hearty sense of anxiety when the going gets rough. Seriously, my last run ended with me having 3 stamina, 4 reason, on the second floor of an extended lighthouse, all because my doom meter got to max, try as I might to stop it, and THAT build-up was phenomenal. Sure, each individual encounter card might not send chills up your spine, but know that SOMETHING TRULY EVIL HAS YOU IN ITS GRASP when you play this game!

great game!!!

if you like junji ito at all you will like this video game

This is what happenes when the dev spends all the bugdet for the promotion animation you never see in-game.