Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Gather heroes, rescue citizens, and solve the Sphinx, Yeti, Jiangshi, and Cthulhu’s distinct cooperative puzzles.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
Pick-up and Deliver
Use Pick-up and Deliver as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Read the full game description
Horrified: World of Monsters is a standalone cooperative game built around four legendary threats: the Sphinx, Yeti, Jiangshi, and Cthulhu. Heroes move through a town connected to a mysterious interdimensional doorway, collect colour-coded items, escort citizens to safety, and spend those items to complete each monster’s unique objective. Every hero has a special ability, so the group must coordinate routes and actions while the monster deck advances enemies, creates incidents, and raises the terror level. The familiar Horrified structure makes the turn easy to follow, but the challenges diverge sharply: this set adds lairs and the series’ first multi-phase confrontation, making Cthulhu feel like a final crisis rather than a larger health track. Different monster combinations scale difficulty and reshape priorities, supporting both solo and group play. World of Monsters can also exchange compatible monsters with Horrified: Greek Monsters, extending the puzzle pool without losing the accessible, story-forward rhythm that defines the series.
