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Tesla vs Lovecraft cover art

Tesla vs Lovecraft

10tons Ltd · 2018-01-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 16, 2018 (Xbox One), Mar 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2018 (iOS), May 02, 2019 (Android), Jan 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a 2018 Action, Indie, and RPG game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1239 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (41 downloads)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (650 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Tesla vs Lovecraft is a 2018 twin-stick shooter video game developed and published by Finnish studio 10tons. Players control Nikola Tesla as he attempts to stop H. P. Lovecraft and his army of monsters.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (142 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,239 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-09-21) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 27 of 75 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
390Aug 2017Mar 2025Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Feb 2018 — avg 39 · peak 128May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2018 — avg 8 · peak 25Feb 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 35Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Nov 2019 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 34Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 15Feb 2021 — avg 5 · peak 21May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.002018-01-272026-10-142018-01-27 — best price $12.742018-10-27 — best price $14.992019-02-20 — best price $5.992019-07-21 — best price $14.992019-12-02 — best price $14.992020-03-13 — best price $7.492020-05-25 — best price $14.992020-07-13 — best price $14.992020-08-05 — best price $13.392020-08-27 — best price $5.992020-10-19 — best price $13.392020-11-09 — best price $14.992020-12-04 — best price $14.992021-01-08 — best price $13.392021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-03-04 — best price $14.992021-04-15 — best price $14.992021-05-07 — best price $14.992021-05-29 — best price $13.392021-10-05 — best price $13.392021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-03-04 — best price $1.002022-06-08 — best price $11.012022-09-06 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $5.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992024-02-29 — best price $4.492024-06-19 — best price $5.242025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $5.242025-10-01 — best price $5.242026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $5.392026-09-12 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-12 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2902026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 6 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews2026-09-25 — 7 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 0 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Find Inventions"
47.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, French, German

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-12-04, latest 2020-08-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,20124%20
PS4 (PlayStation)2,64754%21
Xbox One (Xbox)1,45424%20
PS5 (PlayStation)52359%21
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieMechsActionHorrorSci-fiScienceShooterTop-DownDestructionLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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