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Call of Cthulhu: Prisoner of Ice

Infogrames · Atari · 2015-11-04

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: 1995 (DOS), Dec 23, 1997 (Sega Saturn), Jul 21, 2015 (Mac), Jul 21, 2015 (Linux), 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 25, 1997 (PlayStation)

As you journey to the seemingly placid surroundings of a Greek courtyard or the secret gardens of Tihuanica, beware - things are not as they seem. This supernatural action adventure is sure to pique your obsession with horror and espionage.

74%
positive of 148 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
72/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$5.99
steam price (US)
Prisoner of Ice is an adventure game developed and released by Infogrames Multimedia for IBM PC compatibles and Macintosh in 1995 in America and Europe. It is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, particularly At the Mountains of Madness, and is a follow-up to Infogrames' earlier Shadow of the Comet. In 1997, the game was ported to the Sega Saturn and PlayStation exclusively in Japan.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 19,732 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 148 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2026-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DGoreRetro1990'sHorrorClassicViolentAdventureStory RichCult Classic

Census log

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

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