Call of Cthulhu
Developed by seasoned studio Cyanide, Call of Cthulhu is an RPG-Investigation game with psychological horror and stealth mechanics, set in a deeply immersive world. On a mission to find the truth behind the…
Call of Cthulhu is an adventure developed by Cyanide Studio, released 29 October 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.
What Call of Cthulhu is
Call of Cthulhu is an adventure game developed by Cyanide Studio and released in 2018. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In 1924 Boston, private investigator and war veteran Edward Pierce is a troubled man, plagued by disturbing nightmares he tries to dull with drink and pills. He takes on what seems like a routine case, looking into the deaths of the Hawkins family, who perished in a mysterious mansion fire. The only real clue is an unsettling painting made by the wife, Sarah, shortly before she died. The trail leads Pierce to Darkwater, a remote and superstitious island community wary of outsiders, where his investigation begins to unravel far stranger and darker truths.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 49 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Call of Cthulhu holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 155 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3450 (3.1 GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.5 GHz), 8 GB RAM and 2 GB, GeForce GTX 660/Radeon HD 7870. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 13GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Call of Cthulhu launched on 29 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Hitman 2 and Mark of the Ninja: Remastered. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Hitman 2, Mark of the Ninja: Remastered.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Call of Cthulhu yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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