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Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land

Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land is a turn-based strategy/role-playing game based on the award winning Call of Cthulhu RPG. Set in the midst of World War One, the game pits your team of investigators and soldiers against an ancient enemy, one older than humanity itself...

Released Mar 6, 2014 Developer Red Wasp Design Ltd Platforms Windows LovecraftianRPGStrategyTurn-BasedIndie
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

67.5%positive194 reviews
Recommended · 142 found this helpful

“Beaten The Game on Hard in 7 Hours. so this is a final opinion for those choosing to buy the game. Wasn't Awfully hard, compared to a game of Classic Difficulty XCOM. Which is absolutely titanic in size and im going to be comparing this Sadly but Admitably Inferior Product to. I…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 47 found this helpful

“In Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land, it's basically the characters you control being dropped off for a happy-go-lucky jaunt of shooting eldritch horrors and cultists in the face, learning things man was never meant to know, and spamming lots of Psychoanlysis checks. Really…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 65 found this helpful

“This is a game I heard some positive buzz back when it came out on smartphones ages ago, but unfortunately virtually nothing was done to polish and prepare it for a PC release. I won't speak much to writing and presentation, since the controls kept me from progressing very far.…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.

22achievements
13.0%median completion
3.8%rarest: Battle Victor
39.6% of players 38.5% of players 27.7% of players 27.4% of players 18.9% of players 18.9% of players 18.1% of players 15.7% of players 15.4% of players 15.3% of players 13.0% of players 13.0% of players 11.9% of players 11.9% of players 11.2% of players 11.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.2% of players 6.3% of players 3.8% of players 39.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
39.6%Battle Winner — Complete mission 'The Battle of Pudding Lane' to gain this achievement.
38.5%Basic Training — Complete 'Basic Training' to gain this achievement.
27.7%The Raid — Complete mission 'The Raid' to gain this achievement.
Rarest badges of honor
3.8%Battle Victor — Complete 'The Battle of Pudding Lane' with a score of 1100 or more.
6.3%The Thunder Roars — Complete 'The Thunder Speaks' with a score of 1100 or more.
7.2%Dead and Dreaming — Complete 'Not Dead But Dreaming' with a score of 1100 or more.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 28, 2018
Fhtagn and thanks for all the squid.

Hi all. We just wanted to update you to say that our run with Red Wasp and The Wasted Land has come to an end. If you’ve got the game, you’ll still have it. However going forward you’ll not be able to

Feb 27, 2015
Announcement on Future Development

Hi all. We just wanted to let you all know that for various reasons we're sadly no longer in a position to do ongoing development on the project. We're still able to offer a degree of support for tech

Feb 27, 2015
Announcement on Future Development

Hi all. We just wanted to let you all know that for various reasons we're sadly no longer in a position to do ongoing development on the project. We're still able to offer a degree of support for tech

Mar 13, 2014
Updated version released!

Hi all - we've released an updated version to the address the control issues and a few other minor fixes. Thanks!

Mar 13, 2014
Updated version released!

Hi all - we've released an updated version to the address the control issues and a few other minor fixes. Thanks!

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsLovecraftian · RPG · Strategy · Turn-Based · Indie · Adventure · Action · Turn-Based Strategy · World War I · Horror · Singleplayer · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://redwaspdesign.wordpress.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel 1.6GHz Processor or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL compatible DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: Any.