Cthulhu's Catharsis

Cthulhu's Catharsis

Dastardly Digital · November 23, 2019 · Strategy, Indie, Lovecraftian, Supernatural, Wargame

Buy Cthulhu's Catharsis from Steam at $14.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Positive83% · 12 📈 Making a comeback 91%
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$14.99
lowest tracked $7.49
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Cthulhu's Catharsis price by region

Cthulhu's Catharsis costs £11.39 in the United Kingdom, €12.49 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, $14.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$17.49 in Canada, NZ$18.49 in New Zealand, A$21.50 in Australia, R$28.99 in Brazil and zł53.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Cthulhu's Catharsis offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £11.39 £11.39 — 1
Europe (EUR) €12.49 €12.49 — 1
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Canada CA$17.49 CA$17.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$18.49 NZ$18.49 — 1
Australia A$21.50 A$21.50 — 1
Brazil R$28.99 R$28.99 — 1
Poland zł53.99 zł53.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Cthulhu's Catharsis

You are Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, or Yog-Sothoth.

And now the Great Ones that You didn't pick are going to try to kill You.

But You, Greatest One, will destroy them first. In Cthulhu's Catharsis: a Lovecraftian Turn-Based Strategy God-game.

A Risk-inspired strategy game without the randomness. Card game style combat, without the cards. A 4X empire-building strategy game set in the Cthulhu mythos.
  • Play as one of four eldritch horrors: Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Shub-Niggurath, or Yog-Sothoth.
  • Mutate Your units with special powers in order to gain a tactical edge on the other Gods.
  • Take out your paintbrush and unleash Cthulhu van Gogh--You have the ability to draw Your own lands out of nothing.
  • Explode nations through Your sheer, raw Power. They do not return.
  • Force shoggoth slaves to build horrible structures and even more horrible units.
  • Explore a research tree that unlocks new eldritch abilities. And the best part, You progress through the research tree by sacrificing Your poor, dirty humans.
  • Unleash powerful magick through the Focus tree, which changes dynamically based on Your chosen deity.
  • Because of all the horrible screaming You cause, elder monstrosities like Father Dagon and Mother Hydra will awake and invade this world. Appease them, and they can do great, terrible things. Anger them, and their wrath will be sizable, but puny.
  • Play singleplayer and test Your wits against the nefarious AI!
  • Or, play online with up to 4 of Your friends and enemies!

Cthulhu's Catharsis — game info

Platforms
Windows, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise this indie strategy game's Lovecraftian theme and Risk-like gameplay with 4X elements, noting it offers solid entertainment for the price with ongoing developer support for improvements. Common complaints center on the game feeling rough and unpolished, lacking single-player depth and campaign content, and having readability issues that make it harder for new players to understand mechanics.

Not recommended Dec 11, 2019
Im a big cthulhu fan, and like to support indie devs but I honestly can't recommend this game at the pricepoint I purchased at (£10). Nowhere near polished enough, feels like a game jam game.
8 found this helpful
Recommended May 6, 2020
Yog-Sothot Neblod Zin !
2 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 28, 2020
Fun little game for a night with the bois
2 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 28, 2020
I love consuming the entire population and hearing the screams.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 27, 2019
I've played with 3 out of 4 available Old Ones and can say that I do recommend the game. The gameplay is mostly Risk with some minor 4X elements, like building buildings, units, researching new technologies and upgrading the Old One powers. It is purely combat oriented which limits the potential a bit, however the general feel is nice and the Lovecraftian themes are well used. The developers are still working on post-release development so some weak points may yet be addressed, but as it is, the product is already worth the price tag and the deal may only get sweeter in the future.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 28, 2020
Nice risk like strategy game with a bit more depth if you look deep enough. Looking forward to some single player updates to add some replay ability to solo game play, A Campaign like update will be great. Working on the readability of the some of the info would be helpful for new players.

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