World of Horror
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World of Horror is an adventure developed by panstasz, released 19 October 2023 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What World of Horror is
World of Horror is an adventure game developed by panstasz and released in 2023. It was published by Ysbryd Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
World of Horror holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3, 1 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4400. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
World of Horror launched on 19 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Cocoon. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 10 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Cocoon.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for World of Horror yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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