This World Unknown (2016)
- Developer
- ebi-hime
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Indie
- Rating
- 3.7 of 5, 58 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 8.3 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A gentle, story-driven visual novel that starts with quiet everyday life and slowly shifts into emotional tension as a childhood friend returns changed from war.
peaceful startromanticemotionalslow pacedrelationship focusedmildly dramaticreflective
What players say
Players are split on This World Unknown. Many love the cute art and the way it tackles heavy subjects like sex work and trauma, but just as many find it unbearably slow with hours of dialogue that goes nowhere. The game is very long for a visual novel, and romance routes are locked behind a lengthy common section with almost no choices.
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