The World Is a Game

The World Is a Game

SCORE
6.6/10
STATUS
releasing
CHAPTERS
7
YEAR
2026
AUTHOR
Credo, Kwon Ki-Joon
ARTIST
dae (II)
ActionFantasyComedy

Synopsis

Jinu, a former video game developer, has spent a century in a world where a mysterious Blight is steadily consuming everything. Desperate, he proposes turning this dying world into a game, one that gamers on Earth know as Arsilan Saga, a VR MMORPG they believe is pure fiction. Yet the monsters, the NPCs, and the coming apocalypse are all real. The story follows his struggle to persuade players to act and save a world they assume does not exist.

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Alternative Titles

Mistook a Ruined World for a Game, The Ruined World Was Mistaken for a Game, Tricking Them Into Believing a Ruined World Is a Game, Ce Monde en Ruines n'est pas un Jeu !, หลอกผู้เล่นมากู้โลก, 偽裝成遊戲的末日異世界

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