The World Ends in Ohio (2025)

Developer: PDS Games
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 5 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 59 minutes
Where to get it: Steam

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A tense, lonely feeling of creeping dread as familiar people and places turn alien under a dark, unknown threat.

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What players say

Players laugh at the silly Cleveland spoof and enjoy the dialogue, but note it is a sidescrolling RPG rather than a true metroidvania, and some suffer from bugs like bullet travel during pauses.

Screenshots

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.