UnReal World media coverage

This article focuses on UnReal World's coverage in the media, especially online, but also in print media.

A work in progress. If you want to help you can use the resources on this official page.

The coverage is arranged alphabetically, to make things easier when you're looking for the name of a specific magazine or website.

Associated Content

• The Unreal World Review (21 August 2008) - Article by Fred Patrick, archived.

Backwards Dog blog

• UnReal World: URW Review (13 January 2008) - Blog review, by "Suspect Bucket".

BucketBros.com

• 5 Reasons I Bought UnReal World RPG (4 November 2008) - Review at a game review blog.

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• UnReal World review (29 November 2014) - The review appeared in the November 2014 issue of the German magazine.

Deep Thoughts blog

• Just like real life except fun! (3 January 2012) - Archived review article.

Escapist Magazine

• A Game 20 Years In the Making (26 December 2012) - Article by Stephen Murphy.

Finnish Retro Game Comparison Blog

• A History of Finnish Games, Part 2 () - UnReal World is talked about fairly early into this retrospective article, namely "another indie game developer, Sami Maaranen, had started working on his bigger-than-life project, UnReal World, in the summer of 1990. (...) But the vastness of the game was something unheard of in a roguelike...".

FunCoast.com

• It’s tough in the Unreal World - Review article by Eric Majkut.

GameSpy

• I Survived Medieval Finland (20 May 2004) - Old review at the now-defunct game site. Archived version of the review.

Gemeskut.hu

• (PC) UnReal World - vissza Északra ("Back to the North") (28 May 2008) - Hungarian review from 2008, by Marcell Géza Takács.

Home of the Underdogs

• UnReal World Review - Old review (with a high rating) from around 2000, at the site for underrated and freeware games. (Obviously, the review is for a now long-since outdated version of the game.)

IndieGamingReview.com

• Review: UnReal World – The Roguelike RPG Arrives on Steam (23 March 2016) - Review by Kit Goodliffe.

Indiegraph

• The UnReal World - Review (21 February 2013) - Archived review article.

Indiestatik

• A Roguelike Primer: Best In Genre For Neophytes & Veterans Alike (8 March 2013) - Article by Dominic Tarason (archived), with recommendations of interesting roguelikes, including URW.

Indie Spotlight

• Indie Spotlight - UnReal World RPG (6 June 2014) - A 24 minute long and thorough video review of the game, by TechnoWolf. See also the accompanying article (6 June 2014, archived).

Malevolence Podcast

• Episode 11 (12 May 2013) - Sami Maaranen is interviewed in this episode of the podcast.

MCV UK

• Game in development for 26 years comes to Steam (24 February 2016) - Article by Matthew Jarvis.
• 'There's no end in sight': Lessons from 26 years (and counting) of Unreal World (2 March 2016) - Article by Matthew Jarvis.

Ona Koji Kuca

• Igrao sam: UnReal World (23 March 2016) - Article by Arnel Šarić Sharan at his blog.

PC Guru

• UnReal World teszt (7 March 2016) - Review article at Hungarian gaming site.

PhilosophicalGamer.com

• Gaming: Obscure, Innovative Roguelike RPGs (16 October 2008) - UnReal World and several other roguelikes covered. Archived version of the article.

Rock Paper Shotgun

• Potions And Pitfalls: My Year In Roguelikes (15 December 2011) - Article on roguelikes by Adam Smith, also touches upon UnReal World and its simulationist aspects.
• Anti-Skyrim: Iron Age Roguelike UnReal World Goes Free (26th February 2013) - Article by Alec Meer. Alec outright asks the readers and commenters, "Let us know you how get on with UnReal World. I want to hear stories of being eaten by bears in the middle of the night, eating your own clothes to survive, that sort of thing.".
• Have You Played... UnReal World? (20th October 2014) - Article by Adam Smith.
• The 50 Best RPG On PC (10th July 2015) - Article by members of the RPS editorial staff. Choice quite from the article: "...a survival/crafting game that offers a more complete and compelling vision than anything else in the genre."
• UnReal World Arrives On Steam With Added Price Tag (28 February 2016) - Article by "Melody".
• Game Swap: UnReal World (30th January 2017) - Article by members of the RPS editorial staff.
• The 50 best free games on PC (31st October 2016, 19th October 2018) - Article by members of the RPS editorial staff.

Roguelike Radio

• Episode 80: UnReal World (13 September 2013) - An episode of the roguelike-specialised podcast, focusing on URW.

Roguelike Reviews

• UnReal World review (29 June 1999)

Suomipelit.fi

• UnReal World - A 2003 Finnish-language review for version 2.80 of UnReal World (which still ran on DOS).

That's interesting...

• UnReal World (4 March 2012) - Review article at Bill Garthright's blog.

TIGSource

• UnReal World is Now Free (22 February 2013) - Article by Derek Yu.

Wired

• Why RPG 'UnReal World' took 26 years to reach Steam (26 February 2016) - Article by Matt Kamen.

YLE1

• Audio interview with Sami Maaranen in the Kultakuume programme (2004) - An interview with the developer on the first channel of the Finnish public radio broadcaster. English transcript, Finnish transcript.