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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
Developer Big Bad Wolf
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is an adventure horror game developed by Big Bad Wolf and published by Nacon. The game is inspired by the works of horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft and the story is set in 2053. Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 16 April 2026. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
523 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
55
Mixed
112 positive · 90 negative
95% range 49–62%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 16 | 1 | 281 |
| Steam reviews | 112 | 90 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
113 of 208 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
57% recommend · 112 yes, 85 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 197 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (217 of 383 positive).
Many reviewers report game-breaking bugs that block progress. [1][2][3] Some players find the puzzles too obscure or the gameplay too demanding. [4][5]
Representative posts
- [1]
I really don't understand this trend of software development where you poorly estimate the time it takes to finish a product, then release it in a half broken state. Who does this benefit? The game enmasses negative reviews thereby limiting sales, and players who've been anticipating this game for years are let down. This game is so broken that it's impossible to progress. They've literally added a 'respawn' button …
- [2]
Great Game / Great Flaws Graphics: Great. Atmosphere: Brilliant. Story: Very intriguing. Gameplay: Fun and unique. Major Bugs: Unfortunately, at this point, I’ve had enough. The bugs are killing the fun. I had to restart whole chapters multiple times just to make any progress. Sometimes I couldn't jump or climb anymore; other times, essential objects wouldn't become visible/interactable. Right now, it’s unplayable …
- [8]
Full Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSGsj55gR8 The game is awesome. Quite hard you have to read a lot and pay attention, especially if you want to get the low corruption path. Basically you can progress in two different ways. For example, in the third chapter, you can either put the crowns on top of the skeletons head, or you can use the spheres, placing them onto the big yellow shields. Another example is …
- [6]
I really enjoyed this from start to finish. The environments were probably my favorite part. Each chapter has these huge, atmospheric locations that make the whole thing feel very cinematic, which worked really well with the Lovecraft/Cthulhu setting. It is a game that expects you to read a lot, pay attention and actually think about what you’re doing. There’s plenty of investigating, connecting information and …
- [4]
I really love Cthulhu vibes, but this game was too hard for me. Some of the clues to find took me a lot of time, there's also tons to read to understand what we have to do. If not hints in the game I would not survive it. I recommend this game to real detectives, with high level of patience :P
Summarised from 34 of the 347 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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The crowd is split on Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss: 112 recommend it, 85 don't. Which camp are you in?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 33% of critics. Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).
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Reactions
60 of 523 · most liked firstIt's kinda weird reading hate comments because the Pulp Cthulhu game I played in my house with my friends... <checks notes>... wasn't sexist enough. I asked my wife if she felt I did her a disservice by not making the game more historically sexist, and she said no. So, I guess, fuck those haters.
positive · AI labelView post →I really don't understand this trend of software development where you poorly estimate the time it takes to finish a product, then release it in a half broken state. Who does this benefit? The game enmasses negative reviews thereby limiting sales, and players who've been anticipating this game for years are let down. This game is so broken that it's impossible to progress. They've literally added a 'respawn' button because they know people are going to get stuck in geometry or can't climb out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shout out to every Call of Cthulhu player who’s going to get given a printout of this photo as an in-game handout at some point in the next six months 🧐
neutral · AI labelView post →Hortense Aurelia "Nonc" Broussard! Been invited to a Call of Cthulhu game and could not resist the chance to play one of my favorite lesbian archetypes: 60 year old fat butch gay club bartender with kind eyes but beat up hands that look like they've killed at least one guy
neutral · AI labelView post →Cant recommend as of now as there are major bugs that shouldnt be for a full price game. First chapter: If you place the wrong stone,the stone has a chance to simply vanish so you cant take it out and place the right one. So you are stuck and have to respawn at last checkpoint. Well, this last checkpoint saved the stone placement so you have to restart the whole chapter. Didnt get the clue first and had to restart the first chapter 3 times. Second chapter: Now in the second chapter it is even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recently played a game related to Cthulhu. After seeing Cthulhu come out, I thought I should also explore that feeling.😈
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone spread the word!!!! Dead Static Drive is coming to Steam and Xbox on Nov 5th GRAND. THEFT. CTHULHU. store.steampowered.com/app/1166940/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, one prominent DungeonTuber said how Call of Cthulhu is a game someone should cover, and another asked where all the RPG Reviewers had gone. Today I've released my review for Cthulhu by Gaslight. It's Lovecraftian Horror meets Victorian England. youtu.be/vT3UP8VVyvY
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks great. Plays without many bugs. Voice acting ranges from good to okay. However, there is poor U.I. and poor gameplay design and poor storytelling. How they managed to make a Lovecraftian horror game that looks this good but feels this annoying and lifeless to play is a fascinating question. I'll throw this out to the universe: A story requires a character. Maybe even two characters or three characters. Maybe even a whole lot of characters if you're writing multiple books in a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Game / Great Flaws Graphics: Great. Atmosphere: Brilliant. Story: Very intriguing. Gameplay: Fun and unique. Major Bugs: Unfortunately, at this point, I’ve had enough. The bugs are killing the fun. I had to restart whole chapters multiple times just to make any progress. Sometimes I couldn't jump or climb anymore; other times, essential objects wouldn't become visible/interactable. Right now, it’s unplayable for me due to these technical issues. It’s a shame because the core idea,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →About to play my first game of Cthulhu Invictus (Call of Cthulhu set in Ancient Rome). Conri of Cait is about to have a very rough day.
neutral · AI labelView post →As everyone else is saying - game is absolutely broken, can't go 15 minutes without encountering game breaking bugs (can't analyze, can't jump, or the confirm button just doesn't work). The story and the presentation are fantastic, the atmosphere is great as well, but the bugs just ruin any enjoyment. It seems the devs are not in a hurry to fix these bugs, so I absolutely DO NOT recommend this game. And for a big fan of Lovecraft as I am, this is really a shame. The potential was there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →running a call of Cthulhu game where people in a small coastal community are becoming Italian
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll be joining Glass Cannon for a Call of Cthulhu game at their Dallas show on May 13th. www.glasscannonnetwork.com/tour
neutral · AI labelView post →Full Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSGsj55gR8 The game is awesome. Quite hard you have to read a lot and pay attention, especially if you want to get the low corruption path. Basically you can progress in two different ways. For example, in the third chapter, you can either put the crowns on top of the skeletons head, or you can use the spheres, placing them onto the big yellow shields. Another example is in chapter 5, when you can either eliminate the monster or hypnotize it. And…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having a sad brain day. To stay positive, let's play a game. 1 like = 1 Lovecraft or Cthulhu Mythos story I describe badly
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone’s wellbeing is more important than any game. Available to download for free at our Itch.io page are themed X Cards for Call of Cthulhu, Rivers of London, Pendragon and RuneQuest game sessions. You are welcome to print them out and display them on your table at a convention or game store.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm an illustrator working in tabletop RPGs, and always open to new work! Previous work: Call of Cthulhu, Fallout, Star Trek Adventures, The Spy Game, Cursed Captains of Cthulhu, Dune 🎨 artstation.com/susanahgrace 📧 [email protected]
neutral · AI labelView post →Constance De Winter Character for a call of Cthulhu one shot game
neutral · AI labelView post →Massive game breaking bug that blocks progression and very little communication from devs. Who by the way base their bug prioritization off a VOTING system. The progression bug has two votes so who knows if they will even get to it in a reasonable time. It's been 4 days and I still can't play the game I have paid for. It's a shame too because its a really enjoyable game too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When this game is working as intended, it's firing on all cylinders. Great atmosphere, fantastic setting, decent plot, some nice effects and some memorable puzzles. The deduction "mind map" has the potential for greatness. Unfortunately, the game rarely works as intended. As all the other negative reviews mention, this game is completely ridden with bugs. In order to fix blurry hair I had to make my own engine.ini file; there was no way to adjust the options causing it in the game settings…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TTRPG about me First game: D&D Basic (Black Box) 1991 Latest game: Cthulhu by Gaslight Longest game: AD&D 1e Favorite game: Call of Cthulhu 7e Favorite mechanics: Traveller 2e Character Creation or Pushed Rolls (CoC) Favorite setting: modern day or 3rd Imperium Favorite art: Keith Parkinson's stuff
neutral · AI labelView post →Got in some Cthulhu Wars over the weekend. @fenrisgames.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't give your money to these scammers, still haven't fixed simple bugs and have created more since launch. This game should be delisted. Loved the demo, full game is disappointing. Game is so buggy and I got soft locked on the 6th chapter because I cannot pick up the cube, it is now locked into the base with its engravings which may I add the puzzle for the final door is literally impossible because even after you do all the constellations they don't even remotely match the engraving you are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[vore, implied digestion] The tree woman from the funny 2d game where you kill Cthulhu.
neutral · AI labelView post →Roleplaying Game Supplement of the Year! Congratulations to all the creators behind Call of Cthulhu: The Sutra of Pale Leaves. www.chaosium.com/blogcall-of-...
neutral · AI labelView post →no one: literally no one ever: kids who grew up making Verge RPG games: "what if Cthulhu was a funny little RPG guy and got Metroided down to LV1 and had to go be a hero in order to get his powers back?" (game is Cthulhu Saves the World btw) #indiegame #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →Just wasted 7 hours of my time trying to clear a story game where I can't reach the ending due to a deduction not appearing in the vault at all. I hope this bug effects no one else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed the atmosphere of this and the story. The bugs though, man the bugs. Randomly losing controls when trying to mouse move, it just pings everything, having to restart the game to fix it. Random puzzles not solving, then in the citadel it doesn't let me make orbs anymore. After a dozen restarts due to controls and stuff not working, I've decided I'm giving up on this game for now. Hopefully the devs can fix the bugs and I can finish the game. The lack of testing on this is wild, even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Night: Let’s Nuke Cthulhu in ‘Starless Abyss’ (Minus World Article) hard-drive.net/news-games/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally... Playing another TTRPG game.. This is Misao, my current character in a COC (Call of Cthulhu) game :) She likes rpg horror games and her phone. :) #Doodle #Oc #Oc_Misao
neutral · AI labelView post →Game looks great, it nails the atmosphere, visuals and voice acting. I had no performance issues. However, to say that game is not what I was hoping for would be an understatement. I expected somewhat standard survival horror with Lovecraftian theme, with similar mechanics. That is not the case here. It seems that every puzzle needs additional ten steps to complete without any real reason, other than to stretch the gameplay. According to Steam I've played for two hours. It seemed way longer…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New handout to download for your next Call of Cthulhu game
neutral · AI labelView post →First 5 TTRPGs played: 1. D&D basic box set (bought with my friend Rob) 2. Gangbusters 3. Traveller (modded to be a Star Wars game) 4. Gamma World 5. Champions We may have played Boot Hill, foggy memory. Rolled up characters twice for Call of Cthulhu but it took so gd long everyone had to go home.
neutral · AI labelView post →VIP Regency Cthulhu game with Paula Deming, of Things Get Dicey. Recently also seen on The Glass Cannon Network, in our Call of Cthulhu Live tour of the UK, and a guest appearance in our actual play series Graveyards of Arkham. #gencon2025
neutral · AI labelView post →Our Call of Cthulhu #TTRPG release The Sutra of Pale Leaves - Twin Suns Rising is the 2026 Origins Awards Roleplaying Game Supplement of the Year!
neutral · AI labelView post →Motherfuckers will read this and still say "Delta Green? That game about ultra-powerful, pro government agents who kill Cthulhu?"
neutral · AI labelView post →I am game mastering Call of Cthulhu tonight, maybe finishing the third scenario of Day of the Beast.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game mastering Call of Cthulhu tonight, running the third scenario of Day of the Beast.
neutral · AI labelView post →"You never forget the first time you run a game of Call of Cthulhu" — Mark Morrison @markmwrites.bsky.social reminiscences in his latest Table Tales post:
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck imposter syndrome. Run that game. Play that character. Write that ttrpg game or module. Audition for that actual play. Romance that Cthulhu…yeah! ROMANCE THAT CTHULHU!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Who else is going to put "Penguin Colony" on their Hugo Awards ballot for Best Game next year? Anti-colonial take on The Mountains of Madness that's basically Penguins vs. Nazi Cthulhu. It does seem like a lot of people I know would be into this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Smart move by @chaosium.bsky.social to change the name of Shub-Niggurath to Shub-Gorath (evoking Robert E Howard) for their upcoming Call of Cthulhu Old Ones Origins board game. It may ruffle some feathers but nobody needs those chickens in the henhouse anyway.
neutral · AI labelView post →Saturday VIP Games at Gen Con - with Paula Deming (Call of Cthulhu), Jason Durall (Basic Roleplaying), David Larkins (Pendragon), and Paul Fricker (more Call of Cthulhu!) #gencon #gencon2026
neutral · AI labelView post →A doodle of my ABDL Call of Cthulhu game It all takes place in Arkham, and especially Miskatonic University. One player (a professor) is gathering info from a tired colleague; meanwhile two foxes are talking conspiracies while another couple has a cute little sit/pat down~ Just wanted to share :3
neutral · AI labelView post →I started playing the game a few days ago and everything was fine for about two hours. Then the game-breaking bugs started, and they haven't stopped. What makes this a hard no rather than a "wait for a patch"? Big Bad Wolf is reportedly being shut down by Nacon as part of its insolvency, weeks after this shipped. If that holds, there is nobody left to fix any of this. Shame, because what I played of it before it fell apart, I was enjoying. Don't buy it in this state. Some of the bugs I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tedious, predictable and with a pointless "Investigation" mechanic. instead of letting you figure things out for yourself it artificially lines up your thoughts in a very clunky and pointless way. lots of pixel hunting for things that are hidden / barely visible, unless you know what sonar to use and have the right frequency. Its the usual Cthulhu story with even less suspense and the usual cookie-cutter looks , creatures and settings you'd expect from any of these so-called "lovecraftian…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bold to ask a Call of Cthulhu NPC stat block what he thinks of the Big Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Mike at the National Library of Scotland leading the assembled crowd in a game of Call of Cthulhu
neutral · AI labelView post →That cube puzzle was one of the worst and most annoying puzzles ever created. If in previous chapter you do not unlock ability to read that alien text then you're screwed. Game design at its worst. I love everything Lovecraft related and that's the only reason I powered through.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't die in the Call of Cthulhu ttrpg online game
neutral · AI labelView post →Gen Con goers are getting a first look at Call of Cthulhu: Old Ones Origins, our upcoming asymmetric strategy board game set in the Cthulhu Mythos.
neutral · AI labelView post →--- A SLOW SLOG BENEATH THE SURFACE --- If you jump into Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss expecting to be terrified by intense Lovecraftian horror, you will be disappointed. I learned this firsthand. I went in wanting a scary, gripping experience, but what I was met with was a slow slog. The game is a first-person, Lovecraftian, story-driven investigation game, and it completely misses the mark on keeping you engaged. You play as Noah, an agent investigating occult cases alongside his partner, Elsa.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the call of Cthulhu TTRPG which means I'm racist. I played terraforming mars, a board game I don't own and knew nothing about, which means I'm MAGA now. Like okay then
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is so utterly broken. Controls go on the fritz every few minutes and require restart. But you can't save your progress manually so you end up having to replay sections of the game. What a mess. How did it get released in this state?!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welp... It's looking grim folks. #boardgames 3 player game of Arkham Horror board game, which gave Cthulhu 20 health while I had 1 health and sanity left.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a sucker for immersive Lovecraftian horror games. Always have been, always will be. That said, I wanted to write a review so that people can go into this with the correct expectations (which I certainly did not have). It is a horror game? Visually, sure. Gameplay-wise? No. Is it a game set in the Lovecraftian universe? Yes. Is it a puzzle game? Yes. Is it anything besides that? Also no. The good: - visuals are fine - Lovecraftian lore - atmosphere is spot on - in-game help available if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Getting to chapter 3 the HUD completely disappears, and the flashlight keybind goes to the A key and WASD get automatically rebound to different keys. Did you guys even test this game or are you hoping for the playerbase to do that for you?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creative Game Life says Regency Cthulhu is "not just a costume change for your Call of Cthulhu sessions; instead, it is a recalibration of how horror is experienced at the gaming table."
neutral · AI labelView post →By the void.. Ive been craving a good new Lovecraftian game, and this one came so close.. ^(;,;)^ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3710021088 The year is 2053, you play as Noah, an occult investigator working for a secret division that handles supernatural cases. Hes sent to investigate the mysterious disappearance of miners at a deep-sea facility in the Pacific Ocean, which quickly leads him into the sunken city of R'lyeh itself. Some of you might hate AI, but an…
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