Underworld Office: Is this trending game actually a book?

Underworld Office is a refreshing break in the world of ultra-violent gaming. It’s a new game created by Buff Studio, the specialist in “story games, calm games”, as they describe themselves on Play Store. A lot of people, especially teens, seem fascinated with it, given its rating of 4.8 on Google Play Store with a whopping 1,27,199 reviews! And if teenagers opting for a non-violent game is news, the next big surprise is that this game is more of a book than a game! 

What is Underworld Office all about? 
Underworld Office is an atmospheric visual novel turned into mobile game. It tells a coming-of-age tale about Eugene, a young boy around 12, who finds himself trapped in the land between life and death. His live, beating heart attracts monsters who want to rip it out, but he is saved by a ghost. By the rules of this land, Eugene now has to repay his debt to the ghost by working at the Underworld Office, an otherworldly agency managing supernatural creatures. Eugene now shuttles between the land of the living and the dead, working to bring peace to both worlds.  

How was Underworld Office born? 
The creators at Buff Studio noticed that most kids and teens are bored with reading books, but love stories. So they made an interactive story game out of a visual novel. Written by authors, rather than game-makers, the adventures of Eugene have interesting dialogues in speech bubbles and a proper story-line like a book, but it is interactive, so the game progresses according to the choices the player makes at every juncture.   

What made Underworld Office so attractive? 
Firstly, it’s free. But the free version has a lot of ads and makes it difficult to play after a point of time. The paid premium version is worth it, as it is ad free, loads fast and is fun to play.  Underworld Office is also attractive, with 40 short animations and 150 illustrations. It’s a chat style interactive story game, so the format is very engaging. And finally, it has the charm of an adventure novel with the innocent but twisted excitement of a game.