Cthulhu Saves the World

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!

Cthulhu Saves the World is a jrpg, lovecraftian and comedy game developed and published by Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC.
Released on July 13th 2011 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 3,411 reviews of which 3,131 were positive and 280 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Cthulhu Saves the World into these genres:

JRPG Lovecraftian Comedy RPG Indie Retro Turn-Based Fantasy Funny Singleplayer Adventure Pixel Graphics Parody 2D Great Soundtrack Dark Humor Old School Action Memes Horror

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7
Processor: 1.6Ghz or higher
Memory: 1GB
Hard Disk Space: 200
Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX®: 9.0c compatible
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
Additional: Current version of Windows Media Player

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

It's really fucked up that this game has one of the better turn-rpg combat systems I've seen You can get it for the same price as a pack of gum sometimes, so get it.

Dec. 2024

Relatively short parody RPG that doesn't overstay its welcome. The turn based combat isn't anything special, but can be challenging at times, and has spikes in difficulty at the start of each dungeon and boss fights. Each level up your characters can choose from one of two paths, increasing different stats, or offering different spells and abilities to build each character differently depending on what you need or want. I think there are some clear choices most of the time, but you can get away with whatever I think. Combat is mostly slinging your strongest spells and attacks while managing your MP during grinds. Can be tight early game, but you get a lot more breathing room later on. Boss fights you'll want to build up your combo meter with multi-hit attacks and unleash your stronger combo enders. You get into a good rhythm with it. The story is funny and pulls from JRPG and anime tropes, but doesn't get terribly deep. But for a sub-10 hour RPG, that's probably fine. Overall not bad, and for the price point it's hard to complain too much.

Oct. 2024

Just like breath of death, a very enjoyable game. It's incredibly cheap to buy and very funny. I'd recommend just sticking it on easy and blasting straight through it for the story and dialog.

July 2024

It's a game full of fun parody dialogue. Unfortunately, the pacing is dragged down by it's gameplay. You will spend hours tracking through labyrinth dungeons while being haunted by random encounters all to reach the next joke. And the combat is based off a generic JRPG system. The game would have been better off with far less combat encounters. However, given the game's low price, I still recommend trying it if you like the gimmick. Otherwise, try the sequel: Cthulhu Saves Christmas. I haven't played it yet but I hear it's better.

Feb. 2024

A tongue-in-cheek RPG that makes fun of Cthulu and anime-style JRPG's at the same time. I never broke into the JRPG genre proper, so I can't rate how good it is compared to those. HOwever, the combat does seem to have room for actual strategy, and it can feel satisfying when you take a bad guy down. The silly dialogue is what really sells it. I'm not really the happiest person on Earth with HP Lovecraft or his work, or how seriously his fans take it, so this make-funnery and forced fusion of it with JRPG setting tropes and visuals make for a satisfying slice of humble pie to watch be eaten as I play. __ Weaknesses include a lack of clear direction and difficulty finding where your next objective is supposed to be. Thankfully, you can chat with party members at any time- something every RPG should have allowed, really- and outside of funny worldbuilding talks, they can also give you a hint of at least what to look out for, although I still think things should be named on the overworld map.

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Developer

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC

Publisher

Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC

Release 13 Jul 2011

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