Frankly, you should know better by now about publishing an article with a title like "'World of Horror' will finally be released in the summer of 2023." This is a fascinating opportunity the universe is using to humble me, something I have failed to learn in my 10 years of writing about games.

Anyway, the cult favorite indie survival horror RPG "World of Horror" will be released on October 19, 2023, publisher Ysbryd Games has announced, and October is, of course, fall, which means that the game will be released on October 19, 2023, which means that the game will be released in the fall.

However, I don't begrudge it. Because "World of Horror" is a great game, and we are blessed to have it. It's a strange blend of turn-based rogue-lite RPG and survival horror visual novel. The kind of cosmic horror nurtured in Junji Ito's comics is condensed into a wonderful soup of gruesome weirdness by the minds of creator panstasz.

In World of Horror, you are a character trying to save the town of Salt River from all manner of horrific creatures and a terrifying big bad at the top of horror. You lose more often than you win, but that's part of the fun. By tweaking and twisting what's in the game and how you start, you can create a surreal, cosmic horror story.

Earlier this year, I called it "one of those games that people will be talking about for years to come. This is because "World of Horror" was not designed with a specific genre in mind. The game is a clickable collection of abominations and horrors rendered in black-and-white one bits, and the interface is more reminiscent of early Mac games than of modern video games.

World of Horror has been in development since before 2020 and has gone through a long development cycle with ups and downs. Due to the long-term absence of the sole developer, there were times when it was despaired that it would ever be completed. However, since 2022, the pace has been faster, with new updates regularly dropping delightful new horror before our eyes.

The latest update, "Dreadful Dreams," added to the game "KTU-RUFU," a Cthulhu-inspired horror that gives mankind terrifying nightmares; ROOFTOP GIRL began whispering to herself;" "New items added: rusty sickle, handcuffs, switchblade.

World of Horror is available on GOG, itch, Steam, and the Windows Store for $15. Release date is October 19, 2023, but they have also said they will release it in the summer.