
Achi ran away from the orphanage and he found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. He was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Aug 16 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
This is the first part of a story about leads and bystanders.
The Beginning...
Achi ran away from the orphanage when he was sixteen and found himself surrounded by concrete, indifference, and violence. Three years later, when the weight of his sin became unbearable, he was saved by a mysterious creature that came from within, and by a peculiar detective. He had no way of knowing that darker, more disturbing voices were about to reach him.
A Call Within...
In this episode, you’ll find yourself in the shoes of Achi ______, a young Yakuza who will do everything in his power to redeem himself and fight for his freedom and for the people he loves. But something incomprehensible and disturbing is crawling, with its pale limbs, toward the gates of the world below.
What you will get...
- A pulp-style narrative that blends different genres and will surprise you until the very end.
- Handrawn sprites and CGs.
- Real photos of Osaka edited to give them a unique, surreal feel.
- A stunning and varied OST.
- Disturbing and unexpected moments.
- A unique cast of memorable characters.
- Intense and original fighting scenes.
- 8/10 hours of reading (depends on the reading pace).
- And more...?
Answer the call...
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I've been very excited for this as I loved this dev's previous game already, and I really enjoyed it as well! I'm obsessed with the visual presentation; the art is very unique and memorable, I like how it's mostly achromatic with a few colorful accents. Also the character sprites are very expressive and make the characters feel alive in addition to their writing. The soundtrack is fantastic again with a wide variety and establishes an immersive, oftentimes creepy and uncomfortable atmosphere. I found the story intriguing - unconventional and already grim daily life being combined with conspiratorial, supernatural horror is a great premise and I enjoyed the execution! I really liked the characters, they all have distinct personalities, create fun silly moments, and keep the story engaging. The writing itself is great in my opinion, I enjoy the writing style a lot, the way it fluctuates between being casual and cryptic makes the deranged scenes even more eerie. Only issue with it is the notable amount of grammar and spelling errors that could become a bit immersion-breaking, however the dev is willing to work on it, hence after further editing it should be improved. Otherwise the ending felt somewhat abrupt to me and didn't answer all questions, however it also gave the impression of a potential sequel, which seems plausible, considering that this VN is already set in the same universe as the previous one, so I got hopes lol. Altogether it's a lovely VN with a mesmerizing presentation and captivating interesting story!
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Languages: English
An underrated VN that sadly seems to have slipped under the radar. This is part one of a multi part series. + The hand drawn characters and the B&W photo backgrounds look amazing and really compliment each other. They look especially good on an OLED screen with those inky blacks. + The story is pretty good. The main character is a member of the Yakuza and gets mixed up in some supernatural stuff. + The music is also surprisingly very good. It's nothing crazy but it fits the mood of the story really well. + The price is very reasonable to begin with but an absolute steal when discounted. - The author is writes natively in Italian so the English is not the best but he is actively working on it. Even so, you can still understand what is being portrayed with little issue and I have read much worse over the years. I very much look forward to the next part.
"The World Below - A Call Within" is a linear psychological horror mystery VN with unique art, charming characters and a good pacing. It plays in the same universe as the authors last work "Nami no Iro" and has a very similar style and vibe but with a greater focus on action scenes and comedic banter between the characters while also being less depressing, dark and morbid. While it is not necessary to have read "Nami no Iro" first I would still recommend doing so. The story is quite straight forward and there wasn't a big twist at the end but I still found it enjoyable due to the well written characters the eerie art, the fast pacing and the excelent integration of music and sound and visual effects which add alot to the immersion. Unfortunately there are a lot of grammer mistakes but the author is in the process of fixing those, as far as I understand. While I didn't enjoy "The World Below - A Call Within" as much as "Nami no Iro" it is still a very good VN that hasn't gotten the attention it deserves, so give it a try!
Nice piece of art - great combination of well done pacing, truly unique art, good music and the occasionally popping up funny humour. Going back to your previous work - and looking up for more in the future :) [spoiler]P.S.: Since he's highly important to the Anima/Animus topic of your work: Carl Gustav Jung (C. G. Jung) was Swiss, not Swedish :)[/spoiler]
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