Game profile
OMORI
An introverted boy shifts between a colorful dream world and the real world, where he must confront his past and trauma. Turn based battles meet an increasingly unsettling psychological story.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is RPG / JRPG, set in an abstract, non-literal space. Visually it is built on pixel art, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Dream world meets reality
- Psychologically intense story
- Turn based combat
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you actually want to be scared
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you like a deliberate retro look over photorealism
- you prefer a darker, heavier tone
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you want something light and easy going
- pixel art puts you off
- you specifically want an open world to roam
How long is OMORI?
About 25 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 4 weeks, or 13 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 86 out of 100, which puts it above 66 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 413 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, RPG averages 82 points across the database, so this one sits 4 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 200 collected ratings.
Released in 2020, so it has 6 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2020
- Genres
- RPG, JRPG, Horror
- Playtime
- approx. 25 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Abstract, Present day
- Visual style
- Pixel art
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Switch, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 86 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMORI | 2020 | approx. 25 hrs. | 86 | Mid price |
| Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines | 2004 | approx. 25 hrs. | 72 | Budget |
| Silent Hill 2 (Remake 2024) | 2024 | approx. 17 hrs. | 86 | Full price |
| System Shock 2 | 1999 | approx. 17 hrs. | 92 | Budget |
If you liked this, try these
- 72/100 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines Shared: RPG, Horror, Present day
- 86/100 Silent Hill 2 (Remake 2024) Shared: Horror, Abstract, shorter
- 92/100 System Shock 2 Shared: RPG, Horror, shorter, rated higher
- 89/100 Persona 3 Reload Shared: RPG, JRPG, Present day, longer
- n/a Pathologic 3 Shared: RPG, Horror
- 93/100 Alan Wake 2 Shared: Horror, Present day, rated higher