Разработчик: panstasz
Описание
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.
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, german, japanese, korean, simplified chinese, traditional chinese
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Mac
- OS: Catalina
- Processor: 1,4 Ghz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Inted HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
- OS: Catalina
- Processor: 1,4 Ghz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Inted HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Отзывы пользователей
Addicting, Spooky and with wonderful music that I honestly never get bored of. (Also has gambling! Perfect for addicts like me!)
The workshop support is also great if you look outside of Steam's workshop for the game (Check the Discord!)
Very replayable point and click rouge-like with lots of extra locked content. Sometimes the locked stuff is a bit too hidden and difficult (You will need a guide, no question) Creepy when played in the dark; one of the only things in the last ten years to make me scream at a random bump in the night. Major thing to consider is the infrequency of updates; the Developer usually only updates once a year and as I'm currently writing this, there hasn't been an update in 9 months which was in March 2024 when steam integration was added. Game has some unfinished content in it, but is for the majority, feature complete.
This game is really solid: Its art style is brilliant, the horror style is exactly how I like it, and the soundtrack is something I find myself sitting back and listening to. With respect to horror and art, consider Franken Fran, Junji Ito, and a touch of Cosmic Horror; this game takes all of that together. The battles feel absolutely amazing, the sprites are designed for that interface and can feel almost life-like at times. The game is very confident in its cocktail of gore: It will not desperately try to jumpscare you, but guide you through its abominous world. It's something you can kind of just swamp yourself in and enjoy. The tutorials are really nice, albeit a bit awkward to switch on and off; the game really wants you to enjoy it, even with its sheer density. For something some have called unfinished, it's quite deep.
Why, them, do I agree with them? Well, despite the replayability, some mechanics feel half-baked. I do not feel very incentivised to use the spells, defensive skills, nor spiritual skills in combat. They're quite neat, but I feel like I'm goaded into forcing weapon-based attacks to hit to get anywhere. It feels like everything gets solved by them in the bulk of the fights, which gets pretty boring after you've got used to the art style. There are also times where, despite the game's commendable efforts to guide the player, it still sort of leaves you with a "what do I actually do" sort of situation. I will nevertheless recommend it: The effort that has gone into this is far beyond most Steam games, let alone games in general, and it absolutely qualifies as a work of art. It just needs ever so slightly more to be the GOTY contender it absolutely could have been a long time ago.
The retro vibe & Lovecraft/Ito atmosphere seem like a match made in heaven at first. Then after a couple hours of playing you start to notice certain mechanics seem incomplete, the narratives & events are glitchy, & entire sections feel like a bare-minimum placeholder was created so the game would be playable without being actually finished. It still feels like an EA title. It took me about 5-6 hours to become frustrated & bored with the game in its current state.
After looking into the game's history, the gist is - the solo dev became erratic & flaky partway thru the EA process, eventually found a publisher & created some content placeholders & a cool trailer so he could call it a 1.0 release, & since then has disappeared without ever publishing any updates or fixes he promised. It's been about a year since anyone has heard from him.
The game might look like your cup of eldritch tea, but I don't recommend giving this guy your money. I tend to give solo & small developer teams a ton of slack, but this is really not a finished product and the dev was actively misleading about that.
Its so sad this was abandoned because its a genuinely beautiful game, a lot of effort has already been put in and if you really like the look of it then it might be worth your time. But its unfinished at its core, theres polish missing and a lot of stuff that was promised never materialised. This is THE Junji Ito style game and its so sad to watch it rot, I would have thrown money at this game to watch it be completed but thats not the reality we live in. The horror was the expectations we made along the way
This game is really fun, It really tests your tactics going through different areas, and has really cool fight mechanics. There is hell of replayability when it comes to the game, and I really love its style 10/10
cool game that is much more interesting to look at than to actually play. cool ideas but for some reason not really gripping. worth getting on sale though
Genuinely I cannot recommend this game enough. Content is fairly limited for now but there are lots of different paths to choose just from what is already in game. Fingers crossed it continues to get updated because what's already here is GREAT!!!
The art in this game is neat. Its sort of a plot-less mess otherwise. I feel like im just hitting the 'win' button every fight.
a fun creepy game though sometimes in punishment it so hard like an elder god
Peak. This game is rly good and has high replayability due to all of its different events and endings. No two runs could be the same. I dont remember her name but in my opinion character 2 is the best of the starting characters. And getting the scissors as a weapon from the "Spine-Chilling Story of School Scissors" scenario is rly good for the early game later. Also as a DnD player this makes for great inspiration for future campaigns. Would recommend 9/10.
I was expecting more storytelling, but it's basically a numbers game. They stories are very poorly paced and have zero impact. Very odd choice when cribbing Junji Ito's visual style. Also not scary at all.
What exists of this game is great. I had a lot of fun playing it, but this is not a finished game and will likely never be updated again.
I loved playing this game and played it for a solid week or so trying to get all of the achievements and encounter all of the events and enemies in the game. Unfortunately, I couldn't even do that because there are several enemies, an event, a mystery, and even a whole game mode that had placeholders but just aren't there. That game mode has said it is "coming soon" for four years now, and the game as a whole feels like it was meant to be so much more than it is.
I can't recommend this game because, after my short obsession with it, I was ultimately left disappointed by the amount of work that was left undone.
This was an ambitious project that could have been a reality as everything it was missing (except for possibly the mysterious game mode) could have been added or fixed had the developer invested more time into this game. No one knows what the developer is up to now, and they have had no activity on Steam for years so it is highly unlikely this game will ever be completed.
It's quite awful, depressingly so.
I'm a sucker for good music design, and unusual calls like the slower music during the scenario briefing and the music in general are fun.
Although I will say sometimes the optimal solution is to not try to save the dog in the haunted forest... but its worth losing the run tbh.
If you loved Junji ito and Uzumaki specifically I cannot recommend anything more
Amazing game with tons of secrets to unravel and nearly infinite replay value. I absolutely love the art and sound direction of this game and wish every day for more expansions or a sequel although the modding community has a ton of neat stuff you can try!
Choose Your Own Bad Ending
World of Horror feels like booting up a floppy disk you found in that dumpster behind the GameStop, only to unleash a digital poltergeist. Made by some insane Polish tooth doctor using MS Paint, this game looks like a cursed Windows 95 screensaver and plays like getting repeatedly kicked in the balls by Cthulhu’s weird cousin. Every decision you make is wrong, and every enemy you face is the stuff of nightmares. 10/10 would cry again.
The art is straight-up Junji Ito fanboy bait, but with a side of "I just learned what layers are in Photoshop." The gameplay is a cruel mix of RNG and bad vibes—it's less about strategy and more about accepting that you’re going to get bodied by a haunted bathrobe or some other insane bullsh*t. And that’s the point. You’re not the protagonist—you’re the dumb NPC that dies in the opening cutscene of someone else’s story. It's oddly romantic.
It's also worth mentioning that there was supposed to be an update back in March '24. Packed with fresh horrors and all the additional doom you’d take that to mean. But here’s the thing—our boy, the developer, has gone full-on vanished. Like poof, not even a whisper. This mystery of the missing modder, the phantom programmer, the cryptic coder conundrum—whatever you want to call it—only deepens the intrigue. It’s like he slipped through some sort of dimensional digital crack, vanishing with all the grace of a spectral soul seeking refuge from its own creation.
Despite the dev ghosting, what is already here is chef’s kiss. It’s janky. It’s terrifying. It's ethereal. If you’re into masochism and pixelated entrails, congrats, you’ve found your new favorite poem.
At first enjoyed the game for the artwork, music and stories, but eventually, as I became knowledgable on the outcomes of certain mysteries and events, I enjoyed figuring out and completing the achievements and challenge runs.
I do recommend playing the game WITHOUT a guide and getting as many achievements as you can before looking anything up. The game can be confusing (I admit the tutorial scenario doesn't help much learning the mechanics), but you should quickly catch on what's powerful and how to play the odds by simply playing the game and reading what's in front of you.
This game has so much in store, so get lost in the atmosphere and don't take your first runs too seriously. Dying is a certainty after all.
Very much recommended for the full price. It's an indie masterpiece imo
I didnt get this game at first, but now I do.
and it is great.
8.5/10
With more and more frequent updates, would be 10/10.
Game is confusing.
Nice relaxing text game.
Mix of Lovecraft, mix of Junji Ito.
Seed-based crime solving stories. Lots of fun to do some japanese-folklore-ish ghost stories with sanity as part of your health.
I've followed the development of this game since the start, so I am finally submitting my review as I have nominated it for Labor Of Love Steam Award 2024.
This game scratches a part of my brain no other game or idea has before, it's the perfect recipe, and a must-play for any Japanese folklore or cosmic horror enthusiast. I often hear that this game is like a playable Junji Ito story, and if Ito had his rise on popularity back in the day, this would've been an officially licensed game released by an obscure company. I'm so glad it's not. I'm glad World Of Horror is able to borrow from so many more places than just that. And I'm glad the indie game scene made it possible for this to be a true labor of love.
I'm also not great at rolling random numbers and battle strategy, but this game has many modes down to a fully custom one, and its weapons and systems make it so no matter how bad I am, I keep coming back to try another way. The clap & bow system was implemented a bit later in development and I really like it, it's a really smart way to make your usual "prayer" option much more engaging, even when you mess it up 50 times.
I have a deep love for games that feel like something is terribly wrong and World Of Horror nails that even outside of its horror narrative. Sometimes I fire up the game to use as a spooky, yet relaxing screensaver. From the beep of the system starting, to the music that fades in and out, to the light switches you can click for no reason... to whatever you saw pop up out of the corner of your eye. Something is foul and cursed in its atmosphere.
And, if you've been chosen, you'll realize it's with good reason. Getting some rest will not help you.
Most fun I've ever had failing to save the world from a horrifying apocalypse!
As much as I would love to recommend this phenomenal game, the dev has seemingly abandoned it and it will never be finished. If it looks really fun to you, and you think it's worth it in the state it's in, then buy it, because workshop support was added right before the dev disappeared and that might take this game far. But I can't recommend an unfinished product in good faith.
This is a really good Rpg horror game, i love how it reminds me of Uzumaki
neat game. the mods bring a little more content, but for the most part mods are a visual gag to play as your favorite character. the gameplay loop is enjoyable before you try hunting down certain outcomes/achievements and realize how RNG it can be.
there has been absolutely no content updates since release. but the game is decent. If the game looks good for you. no harm is trying it.
World of Horror is a very unique horror game, drawing from Junji Ito and H.P Lovecraft. It's more of a classic RPG and a roguelike, with stats like Strength, Perception, Dexterity, Luck, etc. and a Stamina (Health) and Reason (Sanity) level. If either of those two reach 0, you get a game over. This game has a LOT of content and details in it, like a LOT.
From how cigarettes give you nicotine rush and withdrawal, to Backstories being modifiers to your run, to a lot of characters to play, each with their own unique content. There's a lot of achievements in this game, and all of them unlock content for you to play! I really like it when games do this sort of thing. Don't let the 1 (or 2)-bit artstyle deceive you, because the game can actually be very gory and startling at times, even though most of the game is still frames. There's a little bit of animation but most of the game is either still frames or small gifs in encounters.
I highly recommend playing this game blind, and all the mysteries and content is really well made! The game does a good job of making it feel like a world that's alive, and one that is relatively unbothered by the events of the game while at the same time making it abundantly clear that something sinister is brewing in the background.
There are some important bugs though, like with certain mysteries bugging out and either making the game completely unplayable due to the bug and needing to restart the game (therefore ending your run).
These issues are overshadowed by the game though and I would give this game a 9/10. It is absolutely one of the best horror games of the decade for me, and im fairly certain it can run on virtually anything!
good game lookin behind me
Breaking News: 'Local priest with wrench and brain boosters fucks up a elder god.' god i love this game. :3
Really feels like a Junji ito creation.
It does have some problems, feels repetityve after a while, it feels like it lacks content and some storyes are way to short, still a cool game
A fantastic time killer. Also the shopkeep is a shiba inu. What's not to love?
Pretty good game.
I enjoy the weird eldritch horror of it. World of Horror definitely wears its inspirations on its sleeve, but not to the point where it's unoriginal.
The RNG can be kind of brutal at some points and result in an unwinnable run, but other times you can end up doing 100+ damage in a single turn if things go well. (Ayaka is extremely powerful after a couple levels if you let her curses pile up.)
Overall, I did enjoy it, but at the same time the game doesn't feel completely finished.
If you're considering buying it, but are unsure, probably just wait for a sale.
It took me about 28 hours to get all 96 in-game achievements.
very easy to slip into this game and lose track of time! definitely worth a purchase
awesome horror game
I'm a little torn. On the one hand, this is a series of short-stories interwoven in a rogue-like rpg experience. Its unique, done well, and it's addicting enough to make me come back more than once.
On the other, I think I'd be more enamored with the game if there was a full-length storyline that you could sink into and explore.
Still really good, and the mod community is surprisingly active which brings a lot of fun. If there's ever a sequel, I hope the next project will go bigger on some kind of overarching story that brings all these monsters and evil gods together.
A very unique game with a premise that is not often explored in video games nowadays. It feels kinda like a cut down version of the Call of Cthulu tabletop game, but with rogue like elements.
World of Horror is a horror point and click game with some rogue like elements, turn based combat, and Junji Ito inspired artwork. The main game is about solving a set of five unrelated mysteries which gives you a key for each one you solve which you then use those keys to go to the final area of the game which is a light house where an old god who is starting to wake up is at the very top of it. You need to solve the mysteries and collect the keys as soon as possible and get to the top of the light house because if the old god wakes up its game over. If you manage to get to the top of the light tower the character will then destroy the old god and win.
There are three ways to lose at the game, one is either losing all of your STAMINA or REASON (essentially this game has two health bars) if you lose all of your stamina you die, if you lose all of your reason your character goes insane and the old god wins. The other way to lose at the game is by raising 100 DOOM, at the top of the games screen there is a little percentage counter labeled DOOM that goes up for every investigation action that you do in the game and sometimes it goes up even more if your unlucky if you run into an game event that gives you more.
When you decide to choose which mystery you wish to take on the gameplay for it consists of you clicking on tiles which is supposed to represent a specific location for you to go investigate (You can see what they look like in the imgur link below, its the icons around where my mouse is located at). To investigate a location you just click on it to select it and then click the "investigate" button, every time you investigate an area you will gain DOOM so you have to strategically decide what you want to do or what you want to investigate. The area the game wants you to investigate typically is the one it has circled, investigating those locations will progress the story of the mystery you are working on and you typically keep selecting those locations with a circle highlighted until you get to the end of the mystery.
https://imgur.com/a/eIX6vOX
When you investigate a location you will then encounter an event, usually its an event where you will be presented a couple of options to choose or you will encounter an event which is a combat encounter. The events where you are presented a couple options usually involve "skill checks", the skills listed for the playable characters are strength, dexterity, perception, knowledge, charisma, funds (which is used for buying stuff), and a hidden skill named luck. For example there is an event where a man in a hospital asks for your help to go down some stairs because he has a cast on his leg. You are then presented two options, either help the man walk down the stairs or choose not to. If you choose to help the man walk down the stairs the game will go through the "skill check" and see if your stat is high enough to have a successful result in the situation. In this situation if the "dexterity" stat is high enough you will successfully help the man go down the stairs and be rewarded experience points, failing the skill check you will be penalized -2 STAMINA. And if you choose not to help the man you will lose -2 DOOM so you kind of have to decide if you want to risk gaining more experience points or just leave and reduce the amount of doom you have. When the game is doing skill checks sometimes you can still fail if the specific skill you have for it is high like a 9, I think its like a dice roll if the game rolls a higher number than the current level of your skill then you will fail.
The game also does not tell you which "skill" that its going to do a skill test on, so your first time playing through events you are going to be basically guessing which skill its going to be. For example for the first time running into the man with the cast you aren't going to know which skill its going to run through so you're going to have to use your "best judgement", you might think its strength because you'd think you need to be strong to assist the man going down the stairs but that's the wrong skill. Another example there is an event where a hallway in school is filled with blood and one of the options is to go through the hallway regardless, which skill do you think the game will go through? If you guessed dexterity you are wrong it's perception. Your first playthroughs with the events you aren't going to know what they do or what skill they are going to check so the game kind of feels random/luck based until you kind of learn which event does what. In one of the events your character can encounter some sort of art room that has a statue and a wall with masks on it. Whenever I have that encounter I always choose the option to examine the masks because I "learned from previous attempts" they give me an equipable item and I personally never had anything bad happen to me when I chose that option, sometimes when I examined the statue it attacked me and I had to fight it. Sometimes the game throws events at you that have a negative outcome regardless. For example there is a situation where you can run into a group of students all wearing creepy masks and the game gives you three options all with negative outcomes, one takes away your STAMINA, one takes away your REASON, and the other gives you more DOOM.
The mysteries have multiple endings which encourage you to play through the game multiple times to see all of them. Some specific endings give greater rewards and items, some are faster and safer to complete so there is some strategy on which ending you think you might want to get in a run. Playing through the game a few times you kind of learn which mysteries and which of its endings has you fight a tough boss or if they even have a battle at the end of it so you can kind of strategically choose which mystery to attempt first.
One of the games major issues is the fact that its apparently not really completely "finished" and the impression people are getting from the games developer is that he isn't going to completely finish the game. Apparently he is a very "quiet" person and has done very minimal amount of work over the years while this game was in early access and was even offered help. I heard from someone that the developer probably saw that his game was a "hot product" and was going to make a lot of money from it, so he did minimal effort over the years to please his publisher and the platforms where his game is on and made easy money, resulting in some unfinished plot points and a missing game mode he promised, both of which probably wont be put in the game. One of the mysteries after you beat it gives you a tape that is broken, you might be wondering what it does? Well apparently nothing because the dev never implemented that into the game fully. While investigating the seaside you might encounter a Eldritch Statuette, if you pick it up and managed to take it home the game makes a big deal and tells you (IT'S A BAD IDEA) but it actually does nothing at home. At the school yard where you can recruit students to your group you have an option to go to the rooftop. There you can meet a student sitting there by herself, the game gives you an option to talk to her but she doesn't say much and a option to put a telescope for some reason. The dev apparently never implemented the telescope or any other interactions with the strange student.
Regardless this game was pretty good and I recommend even if it is unfinished. I have no interest in playing more of it because I feel like I have seen most of what was in the game. A playthrough takes me about 30ish minutes and I feel like I read most of the stories, events/encounters, and endings in the game so I have no interest in playing more unless a blue moon occurs and the dev decides to add steam achievements which he promised. I enjoyed reading the games short stories but as a game once you read them you kind of just skim through them because you read them before.
Fun and spooky mystery horror game with cool retro visuals. Watching Uzumaki anime lately made me re-install this Junji Ito inspired game and still having blast with it.
Very atmospheric horror game centered around a city in japan plagued by the supernatural. Incredibly easy to pick up, incredibly easy to replay. I love this, and I cant endorse it enough.
World of Horror is an excellent combination of several strong elements from different genres. It's a horror themed roguelite with Lovecraftian enemies, 16 bit music and a Junji Ito inspired Visual style. Each run lasts about 10-15 minutes, and unlocking achievements unlocks new items, characters and spells to use in future runs. Very fun and replayable endlessly. I've had the game since early access and it really has come a long way from its original iteration. No longer being updated I don't think, but it has Steam workshop; so there is an endless amount of fresh content if you need to mix it up. Definitely pick it up on sale if you are a fan of either Roguelites or horror themed atmospheres.
neat little game
It's a fun game, but I have mixed feelings. This game feels confused most of the time. The art is stellar with great animations, and yet most of the time the scary creatures are always locked to a nearly static battle animation where the horrific creatures just kinda stare at you. Even just something small like the creatures slowly popping out of their little corner of the screen on a turn timer for you to fight would have been great. The U.I. is also a mess where critical information is popping up on complete opposite sides of the screen and it took most of the my gameplay experience to understand it. It just feels like the amazing art direction they went for is fighting the format their serving it to you at all times.
its a word of horror, i so scared
The indescribable horrors did not stand a chance against my scalpel.
Lots of fun and a bunch of replay value. There are so many things I am still excitedly trying to figure out, I feel like I've only scratched the surface. The artwork, aesthetic, music and overall vibe are totally awesome, love it!
Just consider this a "meh" review. Not really terrible or anything. The aesthetic is great but the gameplay sucks, it's pretty much entirely luck-based and higher difficulties just tilt the luck against you and give you less resources to work with.
I got a near-perfect clear on my first two runs and haven't really felt any desire to go back to the game. It's fine. If you can coast by on how it looks and sounds and enjoy the simple horror stories then I'd recommend, but if you're looking for an actually solid game to play, I'd say look elsewhere.
If you've ever even heard the name 'Junji Ito' you're obligated to buy this game.
its very fun, but it is unfinished.
1.0 release was a joke
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Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | panstasz |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 18.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 94% положительных (5724) |