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Cthulhu Mythos

Locations concept

Set in H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos or the later variant established by August Derleth and other writers.

56
games
4
characters
27
platforms

Alternate name: Derleth Mythos

Characters

Azathoth, Cthulhu, Nyarlathotep, Dagon
(view all the 4 "Cthulhu Mythos" characters)
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder (Windows)
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
WIN 2007-10-26
The Hound of Shadow (MS-DOS)
The Hound of Shadow
DOS 1989
Alone in the Dark (Archimedes)
Alone in the Dark
ARCH 1992
Prisoner of Ice (PlayStation)
Prisoner of Ice
PS1 1997
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (Windows)
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
WIN 2007-09-07
Eye of Kadath (Commodore 64)
Eye of Kadath
C64 1983
Alone in the Dark (MS-DOS)
Alone in the Dark
DOS 1992-09-24
Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu (Windows)
Anderson & the Legacy of Cthulhu
WIN 2007-07
Shadow of the Comet (MS-DOS)
Shadow of the Comet
DOS 1993
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness (Windows)
Necronomicon: The Dawning of Darkness
WIN 2001-05
Eldritch (Windows)
Eldritch
WIN 2013-10-21
The Hound of Shadow (Amiga OCS)
The Hound of Shadow
OCS 1989
Implied: (not enforceable)
* Lovecraftian horror
Species: (or at least the most common to appear in any work of fiction)
* Shoggoth
* Great Race of Yith
* Deep Ones
* Mi-go

Popular tags

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Games by year

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The first Cthulhu Mythos video game was released in 1983.

Infogrames, Fantasy Flight Games and Minor Key Games published most of these games.

Related sites

H. P. Lovecraft Archive
At Wikipedia

Platforms

Windows 15
Linux 6
MS-DOS 6
PS 2
Mac OS Classic 2
iOS 2
Mac OS X 2
Android 2
C16/Plus4 1
Amiga 1
Atari ST 1
Amstrad CPC 1
C64 1
Apple IIGS 1
PS4 1
Xbox One 1
NEC PC9801 1
Tandy Coco 1
Archimedes 1
Switch 1
Xbox 1
Exidy Sorcerer 1
Saturn 1
Internet Only 1
PS2 1
ZX Spectrum 1
3DO 1

Most common companies

Infogrames6
Fantasy Flight Games5
Minor Key Games4
Focus Home Interactive4
Electronic Arts3
Red Wasp Design3
Infocom3
Melbourne House2