1-bit Horror Masterpiece Delights on Steam

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Yesterday, after more than three years in early access, version 1.0 of World of Horror has been released. It is a Polish game combining RPG and roguelike elements, inspired by Japanese horror comics (especially the works of Junji Ito) and made in the so-called 1-bit style, reminiscent of titles from Apple II and PC-88 computers.

1. The game is only available on PC for now. At the last minute, releases of console editions (PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch) have been delayed until October 26 due to delays in the certification process.. This slipdelaypage only applies to the Western versions, as in Japan the game came out as scheduled.
2. World of Horror can currently be purchased on Steam for $14.99. This is a promotional price, reduced by 25% to celebrate the release. The offer will remain valid until November 2, when the price will increase to $19.99.
3. A new trailer has been released to celebrate the launch, available below.

Very good reception of the game on Steam

The early version of the game has met with a very warm reception - on Steam 94% of all reviews praise World of Horror. While counting only those from the last 30 days, 84% are positive.

Before the release of version 1.0, the latest reviews were mixed, but this was mainly due to numerous delays. After leaving early access, however, Steam began to be flooded with comments praising World of Horror. Thanks to this, already in the morning, the game's reception in the last 30 days changed to "mostly positive" to turn into "very positive" shortly thereafter (these thresholds are reached at 70% and 80% positive reviews, respectively).

The road to version 1.0 has been very bumpy.

1. Long months often passed between updates to the early version, and it even seemed that the game had been abandoned.
2. These hardships, however, should not come as a surprise - the game was developed as a hobby project, mostly solo, by Pawel Kozminski (who creates under the pseudonym Panstasz), who is a dentist by day.
3. He was assisted only by writer Cassandra Khaw, and composers Garo (formerly ArcOfDream) and Qwesta were responsible for the music. Everything else, including graphics done in MS Paint, was created by the main developer. However, looking at the reactions to version 1.0, it was worth the wait.

It should be mentioned that the game is friendly to modders, who are able to easily create new adventures for it. The best of those already released is Pale Hand.

1. World of Horror on Steam

Finally, it is worth quoting the system requirements of the PC version of the game, which are extremely modest. Only the minimum configuration has been made available, as the game does not have any graphics options, the inclusion of which could make it more demanding.

World of Horror - minimum requirements for PC

1. Processor: Intel Core i3
2. Graphics card: Intel HD Graphics 4400
3. DirectX version: 11
4. RAM: 1 GB
5. Disk space: 500 MB
6. Operating System: Windows 7