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Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth cover art

Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth

Headfirst Productions · Bethesda Softworks · 2009-06-16

SteamGOG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 24, 2005 (Xbox), Mar 24, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a first-person horror game that combines intense action and adventure elements.

Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth is a 2009 game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 3358 reviews).

1
playing now
68%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (132 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
20h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth is a survival horror video game developed by Headfirst Productions for the Xbox in 2005 and for Windows in 2006. It combines an action-adventure game with a relatively realistic first-person shooter and elements of a stealth game.

Trailer

Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth trailer thumbnail

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth - Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
Estimated sales: 135k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,374 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.06 at Savemi (2018-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 36 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
193Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 11 · peak 25Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 22Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2014 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2015 — avg 8 · peak 27Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 28Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 45Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 33Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 50Dec 2017 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 11 · peak 33Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 30Jan 2020 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.50$1.242015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — best price $4.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-04 — best price $9.992016-03-22 — best price $2.242016-07-20 — best price $4.992016-12-27 — best price $4.992017-10-24 — best price $1.702018-02-20 — best price $4.992018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-06-18 — best price $4.992020-01-08 — best price $4.742020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-07-10 — best price $4.992020-08-14 — best price $4.992020-09-17 — best price $4.492020-10-17 — best price $4.492020-11-16 — best price $4.492021-02-16 — best price $4.992021-07-23 — best price $1.492021-10-28 — best price $1.992022-02-02 — best price $4.992022-06-28 — best price $4.992022-09-26 — best price $4.992022-12-03 — best price $4.282023-03-12 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-09-22 — best price $1.642023-12-18 — best price $1.402024-03-29 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.642024-10-16 — best price $1.642025-02-05 — best price $4.992025-05-09 — best price $1.402025-09-05 — best price $4.992025-12-11 — best price $1.642026-03-12 — best price $1.422026-04-28 — best price $4.282026-06-22 — best price $4.282026-08-21 — best price $4.282026-08-29 — best price $4.28
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

168832026-06-01 — 100 pageviews2026-06-05 — 92 pageviews2026-06-09 — 128 pageviews2026-06-13 — 96 pageviews2026-06-17 — 130 pageviews2026-06-21 — 118 pageviews2026-06-25 — 89 pageviews2026-06-29 — 105 pageviews2026-07-03 — 97 pageviews2026-07-07 — 121 pageviews2026-07-11 — 83 pageviews2026-07-15 — 125 pageviews2026-07-19 — 121 pageviews2026-07-23 — 120 pageviews2026-07-27 — 112 pageviews2026-07-31 — 111 pageviews2026-08-04 — 111 pageviews2026-08-08 — 95 pageviews2026-08-12 — 105 pageviews2026-08-16 — 138 pageviews2026-08-20 — 163 pageviews2026-08-24 — 141 pageviews2026-08-28 — 103 pageviews2026-09-01 — 127 pageviews2026-09-05 — 121 pageviews2026-09-09 — 111 pageviews2026-09-13 — 117 pageviews2026-09-17 — 120 pageviews2026-09-21 — 148 pageviews2026-09-25 — 118 pageviews2026-09-29 — 93 pageviews2026-10-03 — 89 pageviews2026-10-07 — 92 pageviews2026-10-11 — 121 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreActionHorrorClassicStealthSurvivalAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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