If you love Lovecraft, publisher Nacon will be hoping you also love the two Lovecraft games it’s lining up for its 2025 slate – one of which is a “thrilling investigative adventure” from the team behind The Council and Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong.
Starting with that one, it’s called Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, and cast players as Noah, an agent of a secret Interpol division that specialises in occult cases. Noah’s investigating the mysterious disappearance of miners in the depths of the Pacific Ocean – a quest that’ll eventually lead to the labyrinthine prison of R’lyeh, where Cthulhu has been contained.
All this plays out as a mix of investigate adventure and first-person psychological thriller, with progress requiring players to solve “complex puzzles”, make choices that’ll shape Noah’s fate, and resist the mind-corrupting influence of Cthulhu. And if that appeals, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, from Big Bad Wolf Studio, launches for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S next year.
Which brings us to the second of Nacon’s newly announced Lovecraft games, The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu. Developed by Zeno Clash studio ACE Team, it’s a first-person horror game – featuring online co-op for up to four players – that, as its name suggests, draws inspiration from Lovecraft’s novella The Mound.
This one casts players as a squad of conquistadors on an expedition through an eerie, oppressive jungle in search of a legendary underground city, rumoured to house priceless treasures. As they explore deeper into the unknown, they’ll encounter monstrous otherworldly entities that distort their senses and threaten their sanity.
The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu launches for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S later this year.