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WORLD OF HORROR

panstasz · Ysbryd Games · 2023-10-19

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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...

33
playing now
90%
positive of 9.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$15.99
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 33 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 5% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 197k–443k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,840 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$15.99-20%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.99-20%

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 19 of 47 observed days · $2.95 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

4302026-08-07 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$13.042020-02-202026-08-302020-02-20 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $13.042021-11-03 — best price $14.992022-02-12 — best price $14.992022-07-04 — best price $13.042022-08-22 — best price $13.042022-10-25 — best price $13.042022-11-22 — best price $13.042022-12-12 — best price $13.042023-01-20 — best price $13.042023-03-20 — best price $13.042023-04-20 — best price $14.992023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-10-05 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $17.392024-01-27 — best price $19.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $17.392024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $17.392024-11-21 — best price $17.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $17.392025-04-14 — best price $17.392025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $17.392025-09-12 — best price $17.392025-10-07 — best price $17.392025-11-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $17.392026-02-12 — best price $19.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-07-24 — best price $15.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

169512026-05-31 — 68 pageviews2026-06-03 — 71 pageviews2026-06-06 — 66 pageviews2026-06-09 — 57 pageviews2026-06-12 — 67 pageviews2026-06-15 — 53 pageviews2026-06-18 — 72 pageviews2026-06-21 — 77 pageviews2026-06-24 — 71 pageviews2026-06-27 — 91 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-03 — 77 pageviews2026-07-06 — 71 pageviews2026-07-09 — 57 pageviews2026-07-12 — 107 pageviews2026-07-15 — 82 pageviews2026-07-18 — 90 pageviews2026-07-21 — 92 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-27 — 82 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 66 pageviews2026-08-05 — 59 pageviews2026-08-08 — 60 pageviews2026-08-11 — 66 pageviews2026-08-14 — 55 pageviews2026-08-17 — 89 pageviews2026-08-20 — 71 pageviews2026-08-23 — 90 pageviews2026-08-26 — 85 pageviews2026-08-28 — 86 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

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.

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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