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The Call of Karen
The Call of Karen is a PC simulation comedy game about a 1950s suburban housewife whose home is being invaded by Cthulhu. Keep up appearances in the face of an unhappy marriage, ungrateful child, and eldritch madness!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I like the overall idea, and it's funny. I think this game is great for people who like interactive satire type games.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I thought it was a funny little game. Graphics were cute and the story was even better. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Yep, worth it, definitely worth it, I won't spoil a THING”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Latest official news
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The Final Update
In celebration of The Call of Karen's 3-year release anniversary, we've published one final update with a number of bug fixes and localization to 4 more languages! See https://callofkaren.com/ for a f
1 Year of The Call of Karen!
Happy Anniversary! Its been a whole year since The Call of Karen was released, and we wanted to say thank you for playing our game. It started out as a student project and we've been amazed at the rec
UPDATE: Captions/Localizations, Save/Load, More Settings
One month has passed since we released The Call of Karen, and we are extremely grateful for all of the attention, praises, and feedback. In this exciting update: Subtitles in English, French, Russian
The Call of Karen - OFFICIAL RELEASE July 16th @ 10AM EST
The stars are right... The stars are right... The stars are right... The stars are right... The stars are right... The stars are right... The Call of Karen is releasing on Steam on Thursday July 16th
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Simulation · Indie · Casual · Lovecraftian · Horror · Funny · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist · Comedy · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English * , French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://callofkaren.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 8, or 10 Processor: Dual-Core 1GHz Processor or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Yes Additional Notes: If you're unsure, try it out! It's totally free, and if it doesn't work shoot us a message and we'll see if we can help you out.