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Conarium
Developer Stormling Studios
Conarium is a Lovecraftian horror adventure video game, inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's novella At the Mountains of Madness. The game was developed by Turkish game development studio Zoetrope Interactive, published by Dutch indie game publisher Iceberg Interactive, and was first released for Microsoft Windows in June 2017. It was subsequently ported to Linux and macOS in 2018, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2019, and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
220 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 17, 2026 · last updated Oct 17, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
68
Fresh
127 positive · 61 negative
95% range 61–74%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 127 | 61 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 1 | 22 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
826 of 1,102 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
68% recommend · 129 yes, 62 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 191 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (1,760 of 2,288 positive).
Players praise the game's Lovecraftian atmosphere and story. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note it is a walking simulator with puzzles and exploration. [4][5][6] Several players report technical issues, including bugs and crashes. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
GAME BREAKING BUG . DO NOT BUY. There is a bug in this game that I found was reported as early as 2017 and has still not been solved. This makes the game impossible to play past the halfway mark. There are multiple scenes where you are in a dark room with white doors, There is some bug that keeps you from moving towards the door. I was able to do a lot of wiggling and moving backwards to get past the first two, but …
- [16]
I wish I had more positive to say about the game. The atmosphere is great, the idea of it acting as a sequel of sorts to Mountains of Madness seems interesting, but the puzzle design is really what kills the game. The design feels like a first person adaptation of old school adventure games, where you need to pixel hunt to make sure you've found every item in an environment before moving on, which is made much more …
- [1]
Yes! No jump scares, no monsters, just exploration and atmosphere, like a good Lovecraft game should be.. is it perfect? No yet it's good for that Lovecraft itch you need to scratsch. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
- [3]
Conarium is clearly a labour of love. One can put it in the "walking simulator" catalogue as it is clearly one worth it for the experience and lore. It makes up for its flaws with the ambience and the interesting story that unfolds before you as you progress through the game. It is precisely for staying true to the works of Lovecraft and for creating the right atmosphere that it is worth experiencing. Not one for …
- [2]
The game may tell you it's based on Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", but the game lies. While that may have inspired its setting and scenery on the surface, the core themes here drawn a near exact parallel to "From Beyond", with influences from "Shadow Out of Time" and "Whisperer in Darkness", as well as several other HPL works. I've spent more time theory crafting and trying to unriddle this game by cross …
Summarised from 34 of the 230 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Conarium talk about great atmosphere and Lovecraftian horror; those who didn't talk about game-breaking bugs on newer PCs. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Conarium received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The Telegraph praised the game for its Lovecraftian atmosphere: "It's rare to find a jaunt into the world of the Cthulhu Mythos that stays so true to the feel without retreading old ground, and for that alone, Conarium is a must-play for fans of the tentacled one and his many eldritch buddies", and awarded it four out of five stars. Polygon's Philip Kollar noted that the game "Conarium could have pushed deeper, but it stays true to the spirit of Lovecraft's work." and scored the game a 7.5 out of 10. Chris Shive of Hardcore Gamer gave the game a positive review and called attention to its soundtrack,…
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Reactions
60 of 220 · most liked firstGAME BREAKING BUG . DO NOT BUY. There is a bug in this game that I found was reported as early as 2017 and has still not been solved. This makes the game impossible to play past the halfway mark. There are multiple scenes where you are in a dark room with white doors, There is some bug that keeps you from moving towards the door. I was able to do a lot of wiggling and moving backwards to get past the first two, but it was very difficult and time consuming. Nothing worked for the third.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING THIS GAME DOES NOT WORK ON NEWER PCS WITHOUT A WORK AROUND! IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED IN OVER A YEAR! Here's the explanation and solution (yes, this solution does work). Game is affected by OpenSSL SHA bug. If you have CPU with SHA instruction ie Intel 10gen or later try this: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Troubleshooting_guide/Startup_and_launching_problems#Bypass_OpenSSL_SHA_bug_on_Intel_10th_gen_and_later_CPUs Games that require me to augment my computer files…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →11 Best Cosmic Horror Games, Ranked | gamerant.com. https://gamerant.com/best-cosmic-horror-games/ >Horror games have branched into multiple genres over the years, including survival, fantasy, sci-fi and even multiplayer titles. These games all manage to perfectly marry together their subgenre with layers of horror that will strike fear into the hearts of players, and the cosmic horror genre is no different. (...) games mentioned: - Conarium - The Sinking City - Moons of Madness - Sherlock…
neutral · AI labelView post →Chairs #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Therapy #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →As above So below #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Pineapple #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Less of a Lovecraftian game, and more of Lovecraft-Slopcore. Those who are Lovecraft fans know exactly what I mean (and are probably thinking “d*mn, it would save us so much money if that was an actual tag on steam…”). Those who are not, or like to dabble into ma boi Howard Philips Chadcraft from time to time, allow me to elaborate: Lovecraftian horror has historically been absolutely difficult to translate into visual media; how can you take something that cannot be described to the point of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes! No jump scares, no monsters, just exploration and atmosphere, like a good Lovecraft game should be.. is it perfect? No yet it's good for that Lovecraft itch you need to scratsch. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way of water #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Multiverse #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Returnal #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →bought a new system after my house burned down. now this game don't work on anything thats 10th gen or newer cpu. but anything older than 11th gen isn't suported by intel anymore. workaround include changing system variable handling how the cpu encrypt the kernel. what the ♥♥♥♥ ?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[GOG via Prime] *Conarium*, Lovecraftian horror adventure. > Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game that follows the gripping story of four scientists and their endeavour to challenge what we normally consider to be the "absolute" limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's novella At the Mountains of Madness, but largely set after the original story. > > You, as Frank Gilman, open your eyes inside a room filled with strange, pulsating noises. Patterns of lights executing a Danse Macabre…
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you like mystery puzzles like Broken Sword? A fan of Lovecraftian games like Conarium? Or maybe one of the few who played the hidden gem Nemezis? If so, then My Father Lied could be your next favorite game. Check it out on Steam👇🏼 store.steampowered.com/app/2488850/... #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Extinguish #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Nautilus #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish I had more positive to say about the game. The atmosphere is great, the idea of it acting as a sequel of sorts to Mountains of Madness seems interesting, but the puzzle design is really what kills the game. The design feels like a first person adaptation of old school adventure games, where you need to pixel hunt to make sure you've found every item in an environment before moving on, which is made much more frustrating without an in-game RE2Remake style map showing the areas where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #PromoSky DAY 18 – Conarium
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't recommend this game, sadly. I have no idea why others have liked it, but i'd stay off on this one. Puzzles, i don't think which are very welcoming and as easy as others say, is not necessarily hard on their own, but are disconnected. In most cases, you are given an item in an irrelevant location and expected to backtrack and put that item into another irrelevant place which you might've stumbled upon before and said "What the ♥♥♥♥ is this place.". I didn't like the map design,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really weak boring game. 4\10. Someone may say: "this game made in classic Lovecraft style", and yes, this is a main problem for this game, it actually feels like Lovecraft himself wrote it lmao. But I think that we have to move forward and story like this could have been good a hundred years ago, but not today. So if I want something lovecraftian I would prefer games like Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, Lust from beyond, Scorn etc ost good and puzzles not bad though
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know if I would recommend this, but Steam is forcing me to either give it s thumbs up or down before I can post this. I am not recommending it for the sake of being able to post this review. Part of me enjoyed it and part of me is glad it is finished. It feels like there is an enormous amount of exposition. Lots of notes and recordings.. I did enjoy the first half. The second half got me frustrated and by the time I reached the end I was just glad it was over. It's not a bad game, but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was good until the well known game breaking bug in which you cannot physically move forward and have to move backward to get where you need to go. Then on the second time I had to perform this action, I could not even walk backwards to get around the bug. So I'm halfway through and cannot complete. The developer was informed of this apparently in 2017 and was provided a save game file illustrating the bug and it is now 2023 and is still not fixed. A real letdown for affected players and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game. I was very impressed by the opening of the game--the atmosphere it set was equally alien and familiar, safe and had you feeling on edge the entire time. But it felt like the game failed to carry that through to the rest of it, where you were on the edge of your seat for a horror that would never come. The gameplay mechanics especially near the end of the game become repetitive and frustrating, it's nearly impossible to feel scared or immersed in the game as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will start by saying: I genuinely love Lovecraftian horror. Though this game is actually just really ♥♥♥♥, and here's why: Firstly—and I know it's a small thing—but the devs seemingly put a toddler in charge of the control scheme, where you access your items through a combination of "Space" and "C," which is just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ weird, but apparently what they went with instead of using the established "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" for items, which nearly every game uses when items are relevant. Secondly, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's too damn hot for a penguin to just be walking around out here #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →New gaming PC running. This game crashes after 5 secs into a new game...every time. I've tried the normal things to fix a game like this but nothing has worked. No refund allowed. Don't waste your money
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could recommend this game. I usually like Lovecraftian fiction and games, even the janky ones. And this one is very janky. Just to play I had to search up a startup command to prevent it from crashing on startup. I had to load multiple times because I couldn't move after interacting with an object. The problem is this game commits the worst sin. It is boring. It's got an ok story, I guess. But the movement and controls are slow an clunky. The few actual puzzles are also ok but nothing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BUYER BEWARE! Absolutely shame on the developers for not fixing this broken mess of a game and still letting people buy it. Conarium will crash constantly every couple of minutes on more modern pcs and apparently you're supposed to use certain workarounds to manage to play it, which in some cases (like mine, for example) just don't work at all. I won't be able to experience this game and even if I could, through the workaround, I'd still never recommend a game that forces me to modify/and or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Upuaut #VirtualPhotography #Conarium #StormlingStudios #PS5
neutral · AI labelView post →Puzzles go from simple to ridiculously obscure with little to no information on how to solve them. Numerous times you cannot move or get stuck after transitioning to a new area and then have to reload. Promising game with cool Lovecraftian premise that just doesn't execute well.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You might as well ask someone to hide your keys at an IKEA store while blasting a high pitched noise and you'll get the same (or even better) experience as this game. Now if that's what you are into, and you want to buy a search drawers/ try to open doors that cant be opened/ tinnitus simulator then by all means go ahead and buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →interesting because of lovecraft style story. Not hard game you can die only couple of levels and mostly game has no enemies so more of walking and exploration style game and not very scary more of exploration/adventure orientated. Got nice puzzles and nicely long game if you explore everything and collect/read all notes and trophy items etc. maybe not very long game if you are rush style gamer who run place to another. I enjoyed it so 7/10 good game but not masterpiece or insanely good. I Got…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think, it's fair tosay that this game falls into the category "Psychological horror walking simulator with puzzles" The art design is nice, the premise (being losely based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft) is interesting. Sometimes it feels a little wonky (there's a brick on the ground, have to move a little left to proceed forward). But atmosphere in general keeps you going. Some nice jumpscares. I'd give it 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game may tell you it's based on Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness", but the game lies. While that may have inspired its setting and scenery on the surface, the core themes here drawn a near exact parallel to "From Beyond", with influences from "Shadow Out of Time" and "Whisperer in Darkness", as well as several other HPL works. I've spent more time theory crafting and trying to unriddle this game by cross referencing with Lovecraft's work and other Mythos entries than actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You guys make great games, if the mental capacity of all humans on earth was doubled. Your games would skyrocket to the top of the top sellers list the only thing that i found microscopically negative was the inability to jump like you could in DW2, but its not necessary. And this game took me incredible places in my own mind
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All it does is crash. Tried various changes to video and effects settings. It still only crashes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(Note: In the Desert level... The Journal button doesn't work. At all. Not on the controller... Not on the keyboard. Someone said "press RMB"... And thankfully that works. You need it for a puzzle. But that puzzle sucks anyway and the image doesn't resemble what the puzzle needs from you at all!!! >.>) Well, after having to fix this game due to constant crashes... Which occurred every 30 seconds (Thanks Forum people!!!) -> The game was finally playable. I can't say I've ever read…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tl:dr Clunky and not very engaging. - Interesting concept as it is based on the story In the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, just not a very engaging game story around it. - Not a big fan of the main character voice actor, the others were alright. - When crouching it somehow messes up the movement most of the time. Walking speed felt kinda slow, but hey they added running! Well only for a few seconds before your clearly asthmatic character runs out of breath. No jumping either,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →H.P. Lovecraft is very hard to read and even harder to depict in movies / games. This game right here does a very good job in bringing Lovecraftian horror to life. I liked the exploration part of the game and the visuals are mind blowing. The game is on the short side but it didn't bother me as I believe otherwise it would overstay it's welcome. Short and sweet as they would call it. I bought this game for very cheap so treat yourself to this hidden gem when you have a few $$$ to waste.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keeps crashing, doesn't work on newer systems. Too bad cause it's cool as ♥♥♥♥.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would love to recommend this game because it is in a genre that I love...but it is honestly too buggy for me to do that. Which is extremely disappointing in a game that has been out since 2017. Because I am a masochist, I will keep reloading this game to see if I can eventually get by the bugs, but at this point in time, that answer is a resounding NO.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Conarium is clearly a labour of love. One can put it in the "walking simulator" catalogue as it is clearly one worth it for the experience and lore. It makes up for its flaws with the ambience and the interesting story that unfolds before you as you progress through the game. It is precisely for staying true to the works of Lovecraft and for creating the right atmosphere that it is worth experiencing. Not one for the horror fans that will be looking for proper scares and complex puzzles, even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An eldritch horror game without Cthulhu all over the place?! Conarium is an eldritch walking simulator game with some puzzles. There are some nice secrets to find and puzzles to solve if you keep an eye on your surroundings and read the notes. The story delves into the space beyond the void. Its a good story through it does leave you with some questions, as the genre oftens does. The game resolves around the Conarium Device. An ancient devies we do not understand but start toying with anyway.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔷INTRO🔷 As Frank Gilman, you open your eyes in the middle of a room vibrating with strange noises from a bizarre machine. Your only memory is that you're in an Antarctic base near the South Pole. The place is deserted. Where are the others? What happened? 🔷TAGS🔷 Puzzles. Horror. Narrative. ✅PROS✅ -Excellent atmosphere, creepy. -Some effective jumpscares. -Nice graphics. -Interesting sci-fi & horror story. -I was pleased to see references to "The Nameless City" (Lovecraft novel) -There are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Short, fun and as many has said: "Psychological horror" "walking simulator" "puzzles" Nice looking, atmosphere spot on. 7¾ / 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's about that time folks, It's time for Monster Monday! Today we're checking out Conarium, a game inspired by everyone's favorite tentacle author and his story "The Mountains of Madness!" What waits for us? #Live #Streamer #Envtuber #Vtuber #Vtuberrising Twitch.tv/gmstarson
neutral · AI labelView post →don't buy this game....it crashes in less than 60 seconds. they should rename this game " gone in 60 seconds " cmon steam remove this game from the store until these morons fix this issue
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you crave some lovecraftian story-telling with atmospheric sound and level design - this is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice little puzzle game / walking-simulator. Story wise its starts off as Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness" and finishes as his "The Nameless City" tales. I liked it. The atmosphere, lore and graphical elements were its main pluses. Kudos to the small Turkish team who made this game! Also it works well on the Steam Deck - on which I completed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Would to Heaven we had never approached them at all, but had run back at top speed out of that blasphemous tunnel with the greasily smooth floors and the degenerate murals aping and mocking the things they had superseded-run back, before we had seen what we did see, and before our minds were burned with something which will never let us breathe easily again!” - H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness Maybe my favorite Lovecraftian game, works perfectly in native linux, 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You just sort of meander around the place and really not much happens. Got pretty bored of it and uninstalled
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda confused. I wanted to enjoy this game and for a while I did until I realized a lot of the puzzles are very repetitive and if you haven't scraped every pixel of every room, you're going to find yourself lacking the solution to half of them. But even when you do have the hint necessary to solve a puzzle, sometimes the hint is just so far off and useless you still need to watch a walkthrough to find out how to solve it. The game looks really nice but there are too many instances where you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fingers crossed this $0.00 investment pays off
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Conarium is a Lovecraftian horror adventure that draws heavily from the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft, particularly his novella At the Mountains of Madness. Developed by Stormling Studios, the game places players in a cold, desolate Antarctic research base, weaving a story that explores themes of forbidden knowledge, cosmic dread, and the fragility of human perception. From the moment the game begins, it establishes an atmosphere of isolation and eerie tranquility, gradually unraveling into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I admire the effort you put into these posts. Thanks for the info about the discount, I played the pirated copy and am fine with paying $3 for this now. I remember having been disappointed about the game as a terrible Lovecraft adaptation, but an ok game. If you didn't like it and want something I considered a good Lovecraft adaptation try _Conarium_.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's basically a horror Myst-like game focusing on exploration and puzzle solving. The chase sequences were unnecessary but I liked everything else.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live over! Conarium is everything I want in a Lovecraft inspired game, I'm squeaking at every reference 🤭 Thank you ATH_Nerdcast @librarianluci.bsky.social BaconFlavour & AsterMintGreenTea for the raids! We then sent happy birthday wishes over to KittyWhiskersMew! Until next time, behave Cya!
positive · AI labelView post →Summary: C+ effort. Just over the line for me to give a recommendation, mostly for the art and atmosphere. Positives: - Enjoyably atmospheric Lovecraftian walking simulator + puzzles + a few sections where you have to evade enemies. The more alien the environment, the better the game was. - Overall, relatively respectful of the Cthulhu Mythos. - Good art (did a surprisingly good job with the Elder Thing friezes described in AtMoM!). - Good sound design, serviceable soundtrack. - Voice actors…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I enjoyed the first two Darkness Within games (even though the second one was a mess) from this developer, I have to say I was rather disappointed with Conarium. The game provides a lot of unique, beautiful locations but leaves so little for actual exploration. Most of the time it has a very linear level design that makes it all feel more like a walking simulator rather than an actual game. The gameplay is mostly walking and solving puzzles here and there. The puzzles were cute, but…
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