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Cards of Cthulhu
CARDS OF CTHULHU is the Roguelike Card RPG full of madness. Experience the unique combination of strategic deck-building with fast-paced combat and face-off parody monsters from horror B movies.
What players say
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“Straight In, No Menu”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:31 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Update 1.2: 10 new cards!
10 NEW CARDS: ABSORBED POWER : Deal 4 damage. While this card is in your hand, add +1 damage for each two cards activated. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26497012
Update 1.2: 10 new cards!
10 NEW CARDS: ABSORBED POWER : Deal 4 damage. While this card is in your hand, add +1 damage for each two cards activated. http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26497012
Update 1.1 - 11 new cards, 10 updated enemies and a new Heroic Mode Campaign!
Dear Cultists, The first big FREE content update has arrived our world! Beware! I, Cthulhu, the greatest, crafted 11 new cards of madness for all my 9 minions and now I challenge you for a rematch! Af
Update 1.1 - 11 new cards, 10 updated enemies and a new Heroic Mode Campaign!
Dear Cultists, The first big FREE content update has arrived our world! Beware! I, Cthulhu, the greatest, crafted 11 new cards of madness for all my 9 minions and now I challenge you for a rematch! Af
Update 1.0.2 - Balance patch 1
Dear Cultists, In this patch I bring the following changes: - End game difficulty reduced a little bit; - Hero now starts with 20 HP and can reach 23 HP by completing quests; - Reduced the number of b
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Battler · 3D · Card Game · Deckbuilding · Rogue-like · Real-Time · Rogue-lite · Dark Fantasy · Lovecraftian · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * * |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Processor: Dual core Intel/AMD 1.8 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 3000 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 700 MB available space