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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“IGNORE THE REVIEWS Currently, it shows all reviews mixed and the recent ones mixed as well. Those are primarily from around the time that the game was initially released. The biggest complaint was bugs that broke the game, player being stuck places, or graphical errors, those…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“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.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
PATCH NOTE - 13/05
A new update is now live for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss . Our focus with this patch has been to address a range of remaining issues to the overall experience. We want to thank you for joining us on thi
Celebrate Cosmic Horror in a new Bundle!
The stars have aligned today! We are thrilled to congratulate our friends on the launch of their own Lovecraftian adventure, Call of the Elder Gods , which is available now on Steam. To celebrate this
The critics have spoken!
Dear agents, Since the launch of Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss , we've been navigating the abyss right alongside you. Your passion, your detailed feedback, and your bug reports have been the guiding light
PATCH NOTE - 30/04
All Chapters Fixed some indications left regarding the presence of the shards even with DLCs deactivated. The Excavation Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in upper parts of the station d
PATCH NOTE - 24/04
All Chapters (Steam Only) Fixed AZERTY/QWERTY keyboard layout detection relative to system keyboard language (this should now also handle keyboard language swapping mid-game) Fixed performance issue r
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Story Rich · Lovecraftian · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer · Exploration · Dark · First-Person · Mystery · Choices Matter · Detective (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · #category_contrast_controls · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 11 Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 590, 8 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8 GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 16 GB available space Additional Notes: HDD Supported, SSD Recommended. The above specifications were tested with performance upscaling enabled.