Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Still Needs More Danger in its Undersea Horror

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Still Needs More Danger in its Undersea Horror

Seeing Cthulhu in the title of a game will, fairly or not, stack a pile of expectations on top of it as tall as the walls of R'lyeh. The Cosmic Abyss does meet some of them, focusing heavily on not just the physical danger involved in immersing oneself in the mysteries of lost and cursed history, but the mental toll as well. It exceeds some too, placing the well worn fictional mythos in a setting it doesn’t often get fit into. But the limited ti…

Get a Taste of Investigation With the New ‘Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss’ Trailer, Steam Next Fest Demo

With its release date on the horizon, NACON and developer Big Bad Wolf have released a new gameplay trailer for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, focusing on one of the game’s core pillars: investigation. Not only that, but you’ll also get a chance to experience a slice of the game during Steam Next Fest with the game’s demo. In the new trailer, players are plunged into the heart of Noah’s investigation in a seemingly abandoned Ocean-I mining station, …

New Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Gameplay Trailer Debuted Ahead of Steam Next Fest Demo Release

Publisher Nacon and developer Big Bad Wolf have debuted a new gameplay trailer for Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, just ahead of when players will get a chance to try out the game themselves when a demo is released as part of Steam Next Fest on February 23, 2026. The trailer digs into one of the game's core mechanics, investigations, as the player character Noah investigates an underwater mining station that, at least at first glance, seems to be aba…

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Preview – It’s The Vibe

What makes something Lovecraftian? It’s largely seen as creating a sense of dread, the fear of the unknown, or a descent into madness, but I reckon Dennis Denuto was onto something when he eloquently argued in The Castle – “It’s just the vibe of the thing.” Sure, he was a lawyer arguing that his client shouldn’t be forcibly evicted from his house, but that situation would certainly create a sense of dread, fear of the unknown, and send any homeo…