Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

Release Date: 2026

Adventure, FPP, science fiction, horror, Cthulhu, under water, singleplayer

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A science-fiction horror adventure game, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's works and created by the authors of The Council and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong. In Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss we end up in the underwater city of R'lyeh, full of cosmic abonaminations posing a threat to our character. We play as the secret Interpol agent looking for the missing workers.

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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is the third game from Big Bad Wolf studio. It made its debut with The Council project in 2018, and then created Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong in 2022. Once again, we are dealing with an adventure game, this time in the atmosphere of science fiction horror, based on the literature of H.P. Lovecraft and belonging to so-called Cthulhu mythology.

Gameplay

In Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss the action is viewed from a first-person perspective (FPP). While exploring a place called R'lyeh, we primarily focus on solving puzzles, as well as following clues and gathering evidence. We can piece together the acquired data thanks to the hero's deductive abilities, which we develop over time.

This is not the end, because encountering underwater nightmares (led by monsters lurking in the depths) causes the protagonist's mental condition to start deteriorating, gradually succumbing to the influence of Cthulhu. Therefore, we must be careful not to let the horrors completely distort his perception of the world.

It's worth remembering that there is more than one way to reach the goal here, and which one we choose depends on us.

Story

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss takes us to the future. In 2053, Earth's natural resources are depleted, forcing corporations to search for them deep beneath the surface of the oceans. A group of miners working in the depths of the Pacific goes missing without a trace. We play as Noah, an agent of Ancile. It is a secret Interpol unit specialized in investigating occult matters. Noah is sent to the scene.

The protagonist, accompanied by an AI assistant named Key, ends up in R'lyeh, an ancient, massive city-prison. Noah must not only learn the truth about the fate of the underwater facility's workers, but also face the cosmic abominations that await him here. How the adventure ends partially depends on our actions and the choices we make.