"The King in Yellow" Minecraft ARG
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"The King in Yellow" Minecraft ARG
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About
"The King in Yellow" Minecraft ARG refers to a character inspired by a 1895 "weird-horror" anthology book by Robert W. Chambers in which a fictional play featuring an entity referred to as "the Stranger" that drives readers mad. The "King in Yellow" experienced a resurgence in popular culture in the 2020s, following a series of horror-themed videos that adapted the character. Notably, YouTuber Wifies posted a Minecraft themed horror ARG (alternate reality game) titled "Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist," where a player named Avery encounters the King in Yellow. The video inspired fan art and numerous fan-made TikToks in November 2025.
Origin
The King in Yellow is the title of a collection of weird-horror short stories by Robert W. Chambers, first published in 1895. The first four stories are connected by a cursed fictional play named "The King in Yellow," and feature themes like "Carcosa" and a "Yellow" sign that drives readers mad. The King in Yellow has been repeatedly referenced in pop culture, with HBO's True Detective using "Carcosa", the "Yellow King", and ritualistic yellow symbology as metaphors for cosmic evil and corruption.
Spread
On April 22nd, 2025, YouTuber Wendigood posted a video titled, "The Story that Kills You – The King in Yellow," recounting the 1895 book and its themes in a video that gathered over 4 million plays in seven months.
"The King in Yellow" Minecraft ARG
On October 18th, 2025, YouTuber AverytheMayo posted a video about how he discovered a mine in a Minecraft game he claims to have found on a laptop he found in a storage locker. The video shows him finding a book that instructs him, "Don't turn left," possibly to save him from meeting the King in Yellow. The video gathered over 900,000 plays in a month.
On October 24th, 2025, YouTuber Wifies posted a Minecraft ARG (alternate reality game) video inspired by the aforementioned clip, titled, "Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist." The nearly 40-minute video followed a character named Avery as he "finds a tunnel leading to a Minecraft world that shouldn't exist," and encounters a scary creature who repeatedly outwits him. The video gathered over 15 million plays in a month.
On November 4th, TikToker[3] @voidslurper posted a video titled, "First time doing doordash, where tf am I bruh," showing a clip from the "King in Yellow" Minecraft ARG. The video gathered over 1 million plays and 200,000 likes in three weeks.
@voidslurper Lmao some book tried to warn me to not go left on this crossroad 😂😂😂😂 #minecraft #doordash #searchingforaworldthatdoesntexist #kinginyellow #fyp ♬ original sound – Waber
On November 18th, 2025, X[6] user @RachRatos tweeted a meme showing a character pointing to the shirt they are wearing that reads, "i LOVE The King in Yellow and media that references it, but i would NEVER EVER EVER finish the novel," and a ribbon that says, "lost the ability to read and now only consumes media through youtubers award." The post gathered over 40,000 likes in a week.
On November 22nd, X[7] user @ajthebold1234 posted an "uncensored" still from YouTuber Wifies's "Searching For A World That Doesn’t Exist" video, gathering over 50,000 likes in a day.
Various Examples
@gojira_2007 #fyp #FYP #thekinginyellow #mincraft ♬ original sound – GOJIRA
@ahwry_official This took too longhhh enoughh!!!,,,Idk if people will watchthis #engagement #kinginyellow #minecraft #atthecrossroadsdontturnleft #animation ♬ original sound – Ahwry_
@ethy_51 Arguably the best Minecraft ARG I’ve watched (Artist creds: Moon.bacon- Insta, mirkofocfileart- Insta, d-rook- tumblr, Mango.may- tumblr) #d3rlord3 #Minecraft #thekinginyellow #edit #animeedits ♬ original sound – ethy_51%
@yukiuira This took WAY TOO long | Ib – @haniawooga | Art Cred – @Nor1aki , @Niyoki_Arts, trash-kidd0, on tumblr | #sfawtde #d3rlord3 #kinginyellow #minecraftarg #minecraftedit ♬ original sound – * ˚ ✦
Search Interest
External References
[1] Google Books – King in Yellow
[2] The Nerdist – The History of TRUE DETECTIVE’s Terrifying Yellow King
[3] TikTok – voidslurper
[7] Twitter / X – ajthebold1234
[8] YouTube – AverytheMayo
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