Cthulhu Saves the World on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 3,421 reviews of which 3,141 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.


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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

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March 2025
Turn based RPGs are not my favorite genre. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed Cthulhu Saves the World. It has a great sense of humor. I particularly like the enemy descriptions such as the crab enemies with "no weak points" for those who remember the "Giant Enemy Crab" meme. It also eliminates some of the frustrations of random encounters by limiting them to a specified number per area. I am a fan of H. P. Lovecraft, so seeing Cthulhu as a protagonist in this manner was a lot of fun. I love the soundtrack.
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Feb. 2025
A delightful little JRPG that does what it needs to well and doesn't outstay its welcome. I'm especially impressed by the ability to walk under bridges, such cool new technology use shows how this game was pushing the limits of technology ;). With such a low price tag I can only recommend this game!
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Dec. 2024
Ignore the small amount of hours. I played both Breath of Death and this back on the Xbox Live Arcade days. They are both hilarious tributes to the NES/SNES JRPGs and deserve a lot of love. as of this writing (steam winter sale), they are bundled together for less than $1 and are absolutely worth it even for the full prices individually not on sale. Do not listen to the haters that expect too much out of a 2011 indie JRPG parody. it is great fun, especially if you are into old school JRPGs
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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.
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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.
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Cthulhu Saves the World
8.8
3,141
280
Online players
1
Developer
Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
Publisher
Zeboyd Digital Entertainment LLC
Release 13 Jul 2011
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