Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
First-person Lovecraftian horror with puzzles, combat, and sanity effects
Headfirst Productions · Published by Bethesda Softworks · Released Jun 16, 2009
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 66% of 3,080
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 50% of 14 in 30 days
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth?
This first-person horror adventure takes place across towns and alien locations drawn from Lovecraft's fiction, as you confront a supernatural threat. You explore levels, investigate, solve puzzles, and fight monsters while a sanity system can cause hallucinations and panic attacks.
For you if...
- +you like slow-building dread and Lovecraftian stories
- +you enjoy stealth and puzzles alongside combat
Not for you if...
- −you want straightforward shooting without investigation or puzzles
- −you prefer horror without hallucinations or panic effects
What players say
66% of 3,080 reviews are positive · 50% of 14 in the last 30 days
Players praise the Lovecraftian atmosphere, story, and tense opening. Their most common complaint is crashes and bugs that can block progress, sometimes even with community fixes. Some also find the controls awkward and the later sections weaker.
Screenshots and trailer
Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.1 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth?
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- OS
- Windows XP/2000
- Processor
- Pentium 3 800Mhz
- Graphics
- DirectX 9.0 3D compliant Video Card
- Memory
- 128MB RAM
- Storage
- 2.0 GB
Does Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth run on Steam Deck?
Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Not supported on SteamOS
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
