Oh shoot, the door has five locks on it?

Better hop to it, it’sWorld Of Horrortime!

Alice Bee:World Of Horror came out at just the right time for me.

A close up of Horace the Endless Bear looking at a big pile of presents with his name on, next to a plate of cookies with a glass of milk. It’s the 2023 RPS Advent Calendar!

I played a lot of big, flashy, competent games this year that were enjoyable but quite bland.

Smoothed out for a frictionless experience.

In a great way, though.

A spell in World Of Horror that will grant you more teeth until the end of a case

This is a fairly grasp-able horror game set up, but World Of Horror mixes things up.

It is singularly unsettling seeing e.g.

The order you do things affects your play through.

Getting in a fight with a horrible ‘aspiring model’ - a woman with a strange mask wielding a knife in World Of Horror

But maybe this is a problem with me and how I approach roguelikelike games.

Edwin:I loved the early access version of this I played back in… 2020, possibly?

What I particularly liked is the range of bespoke story setups and supporting mechanics.

A case in World Of Horror where the player is trying to get to the bottom of a strange festival in a nearby town

I’m looking forward to trying the full thing over Cthulhumas.