How many people are playing Call of Cthulhu® right now?

26 people are playing Call of Cthulhu® on Steam right now, making it the 4903rd most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 58 players. The number updates every few minutes.

What is Call of Cthulhu®'s all-time peak player count?

Call of Cthulhu®'s highest concurrent player count on Steam is 3,452, reached in October 2018.

Is Call of Cthulhu® good? What do Steam reviews say?

79% of 11,044 Steam user reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).

How much does Call of Cthulhu® cost on Steam?

Call of Cthulhu® costs $2.99 on Steam (US), 85% off right now. The lowest price we've recorded is $2.70.

Does Call of Cthulhu® work on Steam Deck?

Call of Cthulhu® is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Call of Cthulhu®

by Cyanide Studio · published by Focus Entertainment · Released Oct 29, 2018

Steam Deck VerifiedLinux & Deck: Gold

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Players now

#4,903

▼ 38.1%vs 24h ago · updates every minute

Review score

79% positive

Mostly Positive11,044 reviews

Owners (est.)1M–2M

24h peak

Highest seen3,452

Oct 20188.1 years ago

Price on Steam

$2.99 −85%

$19.99Lowest ever $2.70 May 2026

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Players -38.1% in the last 24 hoursUpdated 15:15 UTC · tracking since 2018-10-01

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79% positive of 11,044 · Mostly Positive · Live from Steam

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Steam Deck

Works great on Steam Deck. Results from Valve's own testing.

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✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Controller glyphs match deck device
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant
iExternal controllers not supported primary player

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Patches & builds

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Feb 27, 2019, 10:09 AM UTC
Build 3550991the current build when we started tracking13 GB on Windows

Patch notes

Feb 28, 2019
PatchPatch 28/02/19
https://i.imgur.com/BsHB2NO.gif Greetings! We’d like to extend a huge thanks to those who continue to support Call of Cthulhu and give us feedback since the release. We’ve just rolled out a new patch that includes some new features and bug fixes. Please find t…
Nov 15, 2018
PatchFirst Update is now live!
https://i.imgur.com/ZxbhjES.gif Hello Investigators! Today, we’re very happy to release an update for Call of Cthulhu, addressing feedback that we have received since the release of the game on October 30th. This update is now live. Please find the changelog b…

Other news (18)

Aug 10, 2020
Vampyr, Wargroove, Call of Cthulhu and more are just £10/$12 in the latest Humble Choice bundle
A new month means a new Humble Choice offering - and this has to be one of the more tempting ones we've seen for some time. Members of Humble's gaming subscription service can get 12 games to keep forever this month, including Vampyr, Wargroove, Call of Cthulh…
Mar 24, 2020
Get 66% off Call of Cthulhu!
Hi everyone, Spring Sale are now live on Steam - get 66% off Call of Cthulhu on Steam and plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror! And get up to 75% off on the Focus Home Interactive publisher page on a selection of top selling games in the c…
Jun 27, 2019
What Call Of Cthulhu and The Sinking City could learn from this interactive fiction classic
Picture Cthulhu and his tentacled cohorts, dark and dreaming beneath the waves. H.P. Lovecraft s crooked astral vistas – wrought out of cosmic despair, fear of the unknown, and his racism – have saturated games for better and worse. As hypnotic as …
Mar 21, 2019
Weekend Deal - Call of Cthulhu , 33% Off
Save 33% on Call of Cthulhu® as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! 1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and…
Nov 9, 2018
Watch the maddening Accolade Trailer!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33091550/d724b5e6864eb7337de49301ad6bc989729408f6.jpg In celebration of Call of Cthulhu's launch last week, we invite you to walk further along the path of madness in today’s Accolade Trailer, …
Nov 5, 2018
Steam Charts: Aquatic Craniate Edition
There are weeks when the Steam Charts surprise us ! There are weeks when interesting new and old games reappear , pushing out the dreary regulars! And then mostly there are weeks like this one, where it’s so depressingly bland that it starts raining outs…
Nov 5, 2018
Several hours in, Call of Cthulhu doesn't seem that scary
So many books in the old Hawkins place! Oh man, whole walls of the things. Books on shelves, books opened on tables and stacked in chairs. And in the playroom - such a sad playroom! - there's a fortress made of books laid out on the floor, with little wooden s…
Oct 29, 2018
Wot I Think: Call of Cthulhu
I played the first three hours of Call of Cthulhu , and in my unconventional preview after the fact I said that I liked exploring the docks and talking to grizzled locals and detectoring my way through problems. At the end of the preview you reach the bit wher…
Oct 26, 2018
Watch the Launch Trailer!
https://i.imgur.com/BsHB2NO.gif Call of Cthulhu is now out! What lies beyond the veil, scratching at our eyeballs but just out of vision, a terrifying nightmare we simply cannot see? Peer into clear dreams and the murky past in the Call of Cthulhu Launch Trail…
Oct 24, 2018
Devblog #5 - Level Design
https://i.imgur.com/ZxbhjES.gif As we near the October 30th release of Call of Cthulhu, we’re taking a closer look at the game’s development through a series of Devblogs, each presented by a different member of Cyanide Studio’s team. Today, we’re joining Lead …
Oct 19, 2018
Devblog #4 - Cinematic
https://i.imgur.com/8DlZfPj.gif I’m Yoann Drulhe, cinematic artist at Cyanide. I previously worked on the cinematics of Styx: Shards of Darkness, Blood Bowl 2 and I’m currently working on Call of Cthulhu and Space Hulk Tactics. On Call of Cthulhu, I worked on …
Oct 18, 2018
Call of Cthulhu has gone gold!
https://i.imgur.com/ZxbhjES.gif Call of Cthulhu, the official videogame adaptation of Chaosium’s tabletop RPG, has gone gold in preparation for its release on October 30 for PlayStation 4, XBOX One and PC. Dive into the Preview to Madness Trailer for a taste o…
Oct 11, 2018
Devblog #3 - Sound Design
https://i.imgur.com/WRllueN.gif As we near the October 30 release of Call of Cthulhu, we’re taking a closer look at the game’s development through a series of Devblogs, each presented by a different member of Cyanide Studio’s team. Today, we’re joining Lead So…
Oct 4, 2018
Devblog #2 - Artistic Direction
https://i.imgur.com/wJ1LnVD.gif As we near the October 30 release of Call of Cthulhu, we’re taking a closer look at the game’s development through a series of Devblogs, each presented by a different member of Cyanide Studio’s team. Today, we’re joining Lead Ar…
Oct 4, 2018
The Thursday Matinee: Highlights from the RPS video department
Whew, Thursday already? How did we get here? For those of you who enjoy our video matinees, or for those who didn t even know we had a YouTube channel (you can subscribe here , by the way), here s this week’s. Yeah it s a bit late, but we ve been pretty …
Sep 26, 2018
Devblog #1 - Narrative and Storytelling
https://i.imgur.com/WRllueN.gif As we near the October 30 release of Call of Cthulhu, we’re taking a closer look at the game’s development through a series of Devblogs, each presented by a different member of Cyanide Studio’s team. Today, we’re joining Lead Na…
Sep 20, 2018
Discover Gameplay Trailer #2!
https://i.imgur.com/wBmaNlH.gif Walk the path of madness in Call of Cthulhu’s latest gameplay trailer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9wIkTs8z-k Call of Cthulhu, the official videogame adaptation of Chaosium’s tabletop RPG, will release October 30 on PlaySta…
Sep 10, 2018
Call of Cthulhu summons up an hour of gameplay
“95% of the game is characters talking to each other and solving problems”, says Call Of Cthulhu pressman Ben Barrett in this stream of its first hour. I didn’t expect to kick off Monday by wishing the real world was more like a Lovecraftian …

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History

What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.

Review score: 79% on 2026-11-01 → 79% today (11,044 reviews)

Nov 1, 2026Sale −85%$2.99 (was $19.99)

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Call of Cthulhu® player count and quick facts

How many people are playing Call of Cthulhu® right now?: 26 people are playing Call of Cthulhu® on Steam right now, making it the 4903rd most played game on Steam. In the last 24 hours it peaked at 58 players. The number updates every few minutes.
What is Call of Cthulhu®'s all-time peak player count?: Call of Cthulhu®'s highest concurrent player count on Steam is 3,452, reached in October 2018.
Is Call of Cthulhu® good? What do Steam reviews say?: 79% of 11,044 Steam user reviews are positive (Mostly Positive).
How much does Call of Cthulhu® cost on Steam?: Call of Cthulhu® costs $2.99 on Steam (US), 85% off right now. The lowest price we've recorded is $2.70.
Does Call of Cthulhu® work on Steam Deck?: Call of Cthulhu® is Verified for Steam Deck, according to Valve's Steam Deck compatibility check.

Live data from Steam, tracked by SteamPlayerBase.

Store info

1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

Developer: Cyanide Studio
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Release date: Oct 29, 2018
Install size: 13 GB minimum
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, RPG · All
Steam app ID: 399810

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