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Cthulhu Saves the World

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC · 2011-07-13

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 24, 2012 (Android), Jun 28, 2012 (iOS), Jul 13, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 30, 2010 (Xbox 360)

The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!

1
playing now
92%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Cthulhu Saves the World is an indie turn-based role-playing video game developed and published by Zeboyd Games. It was released in 2010 for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service, and in 2011 for Windows. It was later bundled with its predecessor, Breath of Death VII, as a compilation release. A parody resembling a retro 16-bit JRPG and based on the Cthulhu Mythos, the game stars the Great Old One Cthulhu as an antiheroic protagonist who is stopped by a wizard before he can destroy the world. He must become a "true hero" in order to break the spell and regain his evil powers. The game received favorable reviews from critics, and was a commercial success. It was praised for its value, but criticized for aspects of its gameplay.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 18,166 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 139k–278k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,477 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-06 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.442015-01-012021-02-152015-01-01 — best price $0.982015-02-09 — best price $0.472015-04-13 — best price $0.442015-06-11 — best price $0.442015-06-29 — best price $0.442015-09-28 — best price $0.442015-10-29 — best price $0.442015-11-25 — best price $0.502015-12-22 — best price $0.502016-02-05 — best price $0.502016-03-14 — best price $0.982016-04-28 — best price $0.982016-06-23 — best price $0.982016-07-25 — best price $0.982018-06-21 — best price $0.982018-07-30 — best price $0.982018-10-01 — best price $0.982018-10-30 — best price $0.502018-11-21 — best price $0.892018-12-20 — best price $0.892019-01-07 — best price $1.192019-02-04 — best price $0.892019-05-13 — best price $0.982019-06-25 — best price $0.982019-10-28 — best price $0.592019-11-26 — best price $0.892019-12-19 — best price $0.892020-01-23 — best price $1.492020-03-02 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $0.502020-10-05 — best price $1.192020-10-29 — best price $0.592020-11-25 — best price $1.192020-12-22 — best price $1.192021-01-25 — best price $1.492021-02-11 — best price $1.492021-02-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2932026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 12 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-15 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 29 pageviews2026-07-06 — 11 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 18 pageviews2026-07-18 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGFunnyIndieRetroComedyFantasyParody Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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