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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

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!

0
playing now
90%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–74k copies

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

Current store prices

GOG$5.39-64%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.39-64%
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 19 of 34 observed days · $4.39 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002018-01-272026-08-302018-01-27 — 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 $5.392026-08-30 — best price $5.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2912026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 7 pageviews2026-06-07 — 3 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 4 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 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

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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