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WORLD OF HORROR

panstasz · Ysbryd Games · 2023-10-19

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Oct 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2020 (Mac), Oct 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

WORLD OF HORROR is an Indie and RPG title released in 2023, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 9,851 reviews).

20
playing now
90%
positive of 9.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
89
Nexus mods (42k downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (777 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Trailer

WORLD OF HORROR trailer thumbnail

World of Horror - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 217 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~27/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,204 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 49,718 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 197k–443k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,851 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.04 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 50 of 82 observed days · $6.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20202026Week of 2020-02-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

32102026-09-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55515Feb 2020Aug 2026Feb 2020 — avg 350 · peak 646Apr 2020 — avg 75 · peak 142Jun 2020 — avg 52 · peak 92Aug 2020 — avg 43 · peak 79Oct 2020 — avg 74 · peak 432Dec 2020 — avg 70 · peak 197Feb 2021 — avg 46 · peak 83Apr 2021 — avg 29 · peak 53Jun 2021 — avg 21 · peak 41Aug 2021 — avg 17 · peak 37Oct 2021 — avg 31 · peak 150Dec 2021 — avg 108 · peak 496Feb 2022 — avg 36 · peak 79Apr 2022 — avg 27 · peak 63Jun 2022 — avg 25 · peak 58Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 41Oct 2022 — avg 45 · peak 288Dec 2022 — avg 39 · peak 93Feb 2023 — avg 26 · peak 47Apr 2023 — avg 64 · peak 218Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 60Aug 2023 — avg 27 · peak 52Oct 2023 — avg 555 · peak 2,621Dec 2023 — avg 109 · peak 185Feb 2024 — avg 53 · peak 88Apr 2024 — avg 53 · peak 109Jun 2024 — avg 41 · peak 89Aug 2024 — avg 40 · peak 83Oct 2024 — avg 48 · peak 143Dec 2024 — avg 34 · peak 66Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 53Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 39Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 39Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 36Oct 2025 — avg 29 · peak 89Dec 2025 — avg 19 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 52Apr 2026 — avg 29 · peak 60Jun 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$13.042020-02-202026-10-142020-02-20 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $13.042022-06-23 — best price $13.042022-08-08 — best price $14.992022-10-25 — best price $13.042022-11-23 — best price $13.042022-12-22 — best price $13.042023-03-16 — best price $13.042023-04-13 — best price $14.992023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-10-06 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $17.392024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-13 — best price $17.392024-06-27 — best price $17.392024-08-13 — best price $17.392024-10-24 — best price $15.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $17.392025-04-14 — best price $17.392025-06-05 — best price $17.392025-07-23 — best price $17.392025-09-04 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $19.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $15.992026-09-07 — best price $15.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $15.992026-09-25 — best price $15.992026-10-01 — best price $15.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

121492026-05-31 — 68 pageviews2026-06-04 — 103 pageviews2026-06-08 — 102 pageviews2026-06-12 — 67 pageviews2026-06-16 — 81 pageviews2026-06-20 — 70 pageviews2026-06-24 — 71 pageviews2026-06-28 — 88 pageviews2026-07-02 — 91 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-10 — 121 pageviews2026-07-14 — 66 pageviews2026-07-18 — 90 pageviews2026-07-22 — 70 pageviews2026-07-26 — 81 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-03 — 55 pageviews2026-08-07 — 56 pageviews2026-08-11 — 66 pageviews2026-08-15 — 85 pageviews2026-08-19 — 106 pageviews2026-08-23 — 90 pageviews2026-08-27 — 69 pageviews2026-08-31 — 78 pageviews2026-09-04 — 80 pageviews2026-09-08 — 49 pageviews2026-09-12 — 65 pageviews2026-09-16 — 85 pageviews2026-09-20 — 79 pageviews2026-09-24 — 78 pageviews2026-09-28 — 84 pageviews2026-10-02 — 79 pageviews2026-10-06 — 75 pageviews2026-10-09 — 63 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-10-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)1550%0
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGAnimeHorrorSurvivalRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericUnforgivingLovecraftian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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