WORLD OF HORROR

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About

World of Horror (stylized as WORLD OF HORROR) is a rogue-lite horror game developed by Polish game developer panstasz and published by Ysbryd Games. The game is described as a love letter to the works of Japanese horror mangaka artist and author Junji Ito and horror author H.P. Lovecraft. The game has received overwhelmingly positive reception and has developed a dedicated following online.

History

A demo for WORLD OF HORROR was first uploaded to AGDG Demo Day 11, a game jam hosted by the Amateur Game Development General (AGDG) community via /vg/ on 4chan, on November 8th, 2016.^[1] Subsequent demos were submitted on days 12 and 15, with it being ranked consistently popular among the submissions. On February 20th, 2020, developer panstasz uploaded WORLD OF HORROR onto Steam in Early Access, slated for an official release for last quarter 2020.^[2] The game is also slated for release on major consoles.

Reception

WORLD OF HORROR has received an overwhelmingly positive reception since its playable release. Neil Bolt via Bloody Disgusting described the game as a "well-realized throwback to early text-based RPGs" and calling it an "immersive experience."^[3] Jenna Stoeber of Polygon commented that the games "choose your own adventure" style gameplay captured her urge to "go to the haunted circus and read the cursed book."^[4] Adi Robertson of The Verge called WORLD OF HORROR "hypnotic" and commented about how the gameplay was "like going back to a familiar storybook with a wealth of quirky extra details waiting to be discovered."^[5]

Online Presence

WORLD OF HORROR has a subreddit dedicated to discussion and fanart for the game.^[6] It has over 2,000 subscribers. Multiple examples of fan art for the game have been made as well by artists online (examples shown below).

Multiple Let's Players like Jesse Cox and Pat Stares At played the game on their own channels, gathering thousands of views (Shown below).