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Cards of Cthulhu

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.

Released Oct 11, 2016 Developer Awoker Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Action RoguelikeRoguelike DeckbuilderCard Battler3DCard Game
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

73.4%positive354 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Straight In, No Menu”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2024-01 via SteamCharts.

2,182all-time peak
0 250 500 2017 2019 2021 2023 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 314 avg · Jul 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

29achievements
1.7%median completion
1.2%rarest: End of Nightmare
4.0% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.6% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 4.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
4.0%Showdown — Defeat 5 monsters.
3.3%Shadow Bomb — Defeat 20 monsters.
3.0%Overkill — Defeat 30 monsters.
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%End of Nightmare — Defeat Cthulhu on Nightmare Mode.
1.3%Heroic End of Madness — Defeat Cthulhu on Heroic Mode.
1.4%Enemy Life Reduction 6 — Defeat 500 monsters.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99current · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$0.49lowest since tracking began2026-08-28
US0.99 USD
EU0.99 EUR
UK0.89 GBP
Australia1.50 AUD
Canada1.29 CAD
Japan120 JPY
Brazil3.49 BRL
China6.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.7 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$1.2

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $1 $2 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Feb 28, 2017
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

Feb 28, 2017
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

Dec 20, 2016
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

Dec 20, 2016
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

Oct 19, 2016
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.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAction Roguelike · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Card Battler · 3D · Card Game · Deckbuilding · Rogue-like · Real-Time · Rogue-lite · Dark Fantasy · Lovecraftian · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * *
Achievements29
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