The World Next Door

About this game

Inspired by the emotional storytelling and thrilling action of anime and indie gaming, The World Next Door follows Jun, a rebellious teen who finds herself far from home in the magical and mysterious world of Emrys. As she encounters a colorful cast of otherworldly creatures, Jun must learn to rely on her new friends to get back to Earth before time runs out.

In The World Next Door, players will find an addictive mix of immersive visual novel elements, powerful storytelling and lightning-fast puzzle battles. Learn for yourself why The World Next Door was nominated for the 2019 SXSW Gamer’s Voice Award, selected for the 2019 Indie Mega Booth PAX East Showcase and awarded numerous accolades/nominations for Best Action-Adventure Game.

• Journey into Emrys, a magical world brought to life with anime-inspired characters designed by Lord Gris
  
• Play as Jun, an adventurous teenager, who must use magical runes and the help of her friends to defeat opponents and find a way home
  
• Cast spells by activating magical runes in fast-paced, real-time combat that mixes the fun of puzzle-combos with action gameplay
  
• Immerse yourself in a supernatural story with branching dialogue and reputation systems that affect your relationships with characters in the game
  
• Focus on the story while still enjoying the gameplay using Assist Mode
  
• Challenge your friends in the lightning-fast Versus Mode

Latest news

• Announcements·30 Jul 2022Official

  We're going to PAX West 2022

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33145580/15b3dff7b8f9e60bb1356a5d769365df36b76bb9.png Look out Seattle... we’re pulling out all the stops for our biggest booth yet! For this year's PAX West, we will have demo stations for The World Next Door, Floppy Knights, and Garden Story. Come say hi to our team and pick up some limited edition merch. We'll be selling T-shirts, and enamel pins! It’s been a while since we last went to a convention, so we're excited to (safely) hang out with everyone again! Our staff will be wearing masks and hand sanitizer will be available at all of our demo stations. Can’t make it to PAX? All merch is available on our website right now! Pre-orders are scheduled to ship out in September. International shipping is available. Let us know if you're going to PAX West, we'd love to meet ya!
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• Announcements·13 Jul 2021Official

  The World Next Door joins Season of Pride 2021

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33145580/da63dbc8b7ff872d8a0037f425ac072561ebb94d.jpg The Steam Summer Sale is now over, but Season of Pride is still happening throughout the entire month of July! Season of Pride is a month-long event presented by MidBoss, featuring LGBTQIA+ streamers playing queer games. We are happy to feature The World Next Door as part of this event. Through July 31st, The World Next Door will be 50% off. If you haven't picked up the game yet, now is your last chance to grab the game on sale. But that's not all! We'd also like to present you with a free art pack full of Steam Avatars, phone backgrounds, and desktop wallpapers with art from the game! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33145580/6dc8d582fe0d938d552766a214a82207fdc309a1.gif Enjoy and have a great summer! ☀️ P.S. If you want to keep up with our studio and see what we're working on next, join our community on Twitter and Discord!
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• Press Coverage·19 Nov 2020

  Today’s Epic Games Store freebies are Elite Dangerous and The World Next Door

  Frontier’s gargantuan space sim Elite Dangerous will be given away for free on the Epic Games Store today. You’re getting a lot for nothing. It includes the base game, and 2015’s Horizons expansion pack that fills the 400 billion star systems with landable planets. The other game is a puzzle game with visual novel elements called The World Next Door. (more…)
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• Announcements·12 Jun 2020Official

  The World Next Door joins Summer of Pride

  Summer of Pride 2020 If you haven’t seen the news, Steam’s Summer of Pride has kicked off! We’ve joined up with Midboss and other indie studios to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community. Through June 25th, The World Next Door will be 50% off, so if you haven’t picked it up, now’s a great opportunity. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33145580/b2eca9d122101462063299bb21ae34400720a243.png Whether you’re looking for rogue-likes, RPGs, or perhaps a mash-up of match-3, spell-casting action, and visual novel 😉, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Happy Pride! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/33145580/e31f4e7912f643dfdc7831448f40d65cadf4a0b0.gif
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• Announcements·26 Sept 2019Official

  The World Next Door Developer Livestream

  It’s been 6 months since the release of The World Next Door! So much has happened since then, and we thought that this would be the prime time to re-open those portals and do a mini spoiler-cast (and perhaps a versus battle or two) on stream with you all. 😉 On Tuesday, October 1st, from 3 - 5 PM PST, join Corey (RCG co-founder; TWND Director) and Jenny (Community Developer) on Steam and Twitch to play through the first couple hours of the game, talking through some behind the scenes secrets and stories. And who knows ~ there just may be a giveaway or two and some teaser about Cat Lady! 😻 You’ve gotta tune in to find out! We’ll be tweeting when we go live, so be sure to follow us on Twitter and/or Twitch to get that notification, or just remember to tune in to the Steam page on Tuesday to watch. See you soon! Jenny
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