WORLD OF HORROR
Worth it · Roguelike · 2023
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $19.99.
- Length
- 1.5h
- Value
- $13.33/hr
- Reviews
- 90% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 4400, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
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...
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $13.04. That was October 2020. 30 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 13 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 22 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, NO-SKIN ($6.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Decarnation ($14.99, scores 59).
77 from critics against 90 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
This site sampled 799 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 28 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2023 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 698 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 30 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 80 percent of the 1,454 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 16 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 43, 29 times as much.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.5 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
Players
15 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 12:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Despite me loving how the game is structured and the visual design (legit the closest game to come to Junji Ito's style and essence) I ended up disappointed with the lack of actual substance. It's a shame because it could really be something with more updates. Again not saying it's not a complete game for what it is right now. The mysteries and their multiple endings + unlockables are more than enough to occupy you...
Really cool game with creepy visuals and horrifying atmosphere, but extremely broken on a technical level. If you play on steamdeck, you must force 900p or 1440p or some other 16:9 aspect resolution in order to have it fullscreen properly. 1:1 is puny 3:3 is way too zoomed in and 2:2 crops the left and right sides a little. Also, do not activate controller support under any means because it will permanently break...
it's rare to see a developer and publisher fumble a game this badly. such an amazing missed opportunity. Do not buy. practically abandoned. no communication from developers, just promises with tons of merch released on the side.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
WORLD OF HORROR scores 72/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/913740/world-of-horrorReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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