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Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim

Stegalosaurus Game Development · 2016-02-15

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 15, 2016 (Mac), Feb 15, 2016 (Linux)

At long last, the works of H.P. Lovecraft meet the medium of RPG in a spectacle of light and sound befitting an old western. Only this is set in New England. Meet interesting people! See astounding wonders! Enslave humanity! Go on one date side quest in a game subtitled a dating simulator!

Army of Tentacles: (Not) A Cthulhu Dating Sim is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and RPG title released in 2016, priced at $1.39, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 91 reviews).

0
playing now
54%
positive of 92 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.39
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162026Week of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

38102026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 158 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
410Feb 2016Oct 2020Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 32Jun 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 27Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 11Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 15Aug 2017 — avg 41 · peak 484Oct 2017 — avg 7 · peak 331Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 48Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 48Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 22Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 2 · peak 181Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 42Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 1,148Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 19Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 337Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 711May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Oct 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.392016-02-162026-08-242016-02-16 — best price $4.992016-05-20 — best price $4.992016-08-23 — best price $3.292016-10-29 — best price $4.492016-11-29 — best price $4.992017-03-19 — best price $4.492017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $1.742018-02-01 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $1.742018-11-15 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-11 — best price $4.992020-01-18 — best price $4.492020-03-18 — best price $4.992020-07-28 — best price $1.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.742021-04-14 — best price $1.692021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $3.442022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.542022-12-13 — best price $4.992023-03-06 — best price $2.392023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-09-13 — best price $1.542024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-05-01 — best price $2.392024-08-12 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $1.392025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.542026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-08 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
4.8%
earned "YOU KNOW, LIKE AN RPG."
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableFamily Sharing8 DLC

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2016-02-15, latest 2023-04-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGCuteFunnyCasualComedyHorrorCartoonyMinimalistConversationLovecraftian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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