Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

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Hey all, I recently finished a side project that grew out of my fascination with Lovecraft's way of using broken up sentences to signal cognitive/mental disintegration. Many of Lovecraft's stories start with intact grammar, and indeed the grammar is intact through most of it.... and then, at the end, it often breaks down. So language is something fragile and easily broken.

I think the effect is increased by Lovecraft's long, winding, meticulously constructed sentences in the tradition of the nineteenth century and the contrast in comparison with the "modernist" fragmentary exclamations ending the stories.

Anyway, I made a game exploring this. The result is the short, minimalistic puzzler called The Stamp.

It’s centered around a childhood symbol game that gets "tainted" by introducing elements from the Pnakotic manuscripts, and involves mirroring sentences using esoteric or mundane symbols. As it's a text-based game, there’s no combat or jump scares, just a slow descent into dissonance and seeking patterns in vain.

I really wanted the some of feel of stories like The Whisperer in Darkness and The Haunter of the Dark, where perception and language begin to slip.

If this sounds interesting, you can find it on Steam: 🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3079840/The_Stamp/

Nothing could be more valuable for me than input from Lovecraft aficionados, so I'd love to hear what fellow fans think. I'll of course be happy to send a free key (in a chat) so you can download the game for free (provided there's some brutally honest feedback in return :)).

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The third iteration of Lovecraftian Days - hosted and curated by Fulqrum Publishing, and joined by dozens of other developers and publishers. The event will celebrate the influences of the classic works of H.P. Lovecraft, and the cosmic horror genre in gaming. The celebrations will include new game releases, new announcements, game demos and discounts.

The audiodrama that has got a few mentions on here before switches from BBC Radio 4 to Kickstarter. Not sure why, as it has gone down well at the Beeb but that is how they are doing things.

Developer Misterial Games and publisher Fulqrum Publishing will be launching their first-person Lovecraftian horror game ‘Stygian: Outer Gods’ on PC via Steam’s Early Access programme on the 14th of April.

Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_yqqa8UETI

I am unsure if I have seen this one. Going to check it out today.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478988/

Bremen, Germany-based illustrator Autun Purser has created “Fantastic Travel Destinations,” a collection of illustrations depicting locations from literature as colorful travel posters.

https://www.apillustration.co.uk/projects/fantastic-travel-destinations/

As The Sinking City 2‘s hugely successful crowdfunding campaign nears its conclusion, Ukrainian developer Frogwares has announced a fresh bit of business for its Lovecraft-inspired open-world detective series: the original game is being remastered in Unreal Engine 5. (...)

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Art By DrFaustusAU - https://www.deviantart.com/drfaustusau/art/Lovecraft-Actually-346990142

Beyond the Wall of Sleep is more than a tribute to the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Although it’s meant to be a sequel to another tale, Chad Ferrin massaged what he got into a quirky fun tale about the (coming) end of days.

Chad Ferring Filmmaker

From a simple film thrown together last minute to becoming a trilogy to honor the works of H.P. Lovecraft, Chad Ferrin doesn’t need that long of a re-introduction. When I spoke to him about his first work, The Deep Ones, (interview link) the ideas for a modern age retelling of several tales have its charm. And he wasted no time in working on a direct sequel for the first.

But for the third, it’s a completely different beast, and I had to chat with him again about how that came to be: (...)

Lovecraftian games have been blowing up over the past few years. Dredge already has three DLCs, Darkest Dungeon did so well we got a sequel, and Still Wakes the Deep is sitting at almost 90% positive reviews on Steam. And the list keeps growing – smaller titles like Worshippers of Cthulhu and Do No Harm have also been getting plenty of love from players. This trend isn’t slowing down anytime soon, so we can expect even more in this year.

With that in mind, here are my top five upcoming 2025 Cthulhu-inspired games that I can’t wait to play!

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• The Sinking City 2
• The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu
• RailGods of Hysterra
• Deck of Haunts
• The Horror at Highrook

Much like Big Bad Wolf Studio, ACE Team is taking their turn on Lovecraft with The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a first-person 4 players co-op psychological horror title. The game is currently in development for launch later this year for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Series.

Inspired by Lovecraft’s eponymous novella, “The Mound“, Omen of Cthulhu casts players as a squad of conquistadors on an expedition to discover a legendary underground city rumored to hold priceless treasures. However, deep within an eerie and oppressive jungle, players must explore and survive monstrous, otherworldly entities that distort their senses and threaten their sanity as well as their lives

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Set in the universe of Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones, the game lets players witness and influence the events preceding the Black Day.

Vampire: The Masquerade — Swansong developers Big Bad Wolf Studio are turning to Lovecraft for their new first-person title, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, the immersive storytelling experience will launch in 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.

Taking place in the year 2053, an occult threat grows ever more blatant, as strange, incomprehensible events increase in activity. Around the world, as land resources become more scarce, corporations instead turn to the uncharted depths of the oceans. However, they do so unaware of the ancient horror that lies beneath.

You are Noah, an agent of Ancile, which is a secret Interpol division specializing in occult cases. You’ve been tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of miners in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Aided by your AI companion, Key, you must explore the vast, labyrinthine prison of R’lyeh—an ancient, sunken city of cyclopean proportions—and resist the creeping madness caused by Cthulhu’s influence. At its core lies a secret that could shatter your understanding of reality.

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Art by Optipess: https://www.optipess.com/