Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet

Get past the clunky controls and opaque puzzles, and this classic Lovecraftian adventure is worth it for Illsmouth's damp, oppressive atmosphere alone. Even its unfriendliness feels less like a flaw and more like another piece of the Cthulhu Mythos.

16 found this helpful, 2026-07-01

Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet, developed by Infogrames and later published under the Atari label, is a classic 1990s adventure game that sought to capture the eerie dread of H. P. Lovecraft’s stories and translate it into interactive form. Released in 1993, the game blends investigative exploration, puzzle solving, and bursts of danger into a three-day narrative set in the isolated New England town of...

3 found this helpful, 2025-10-04

Hard to recommend this game in this day and age. If Shadow of the Comet is known as dear classic of the 90's point & click era, it is definitely a product of its time, complete with tiresome mechanics asking a pixel-perfect placement to interact with objects, cryptic puzzles with no rhyme nor reason, nonsensical plot points and an intrigue that devolves ultimately into a Lovecraftian boss rush. This "port" being a...

2 found this helpful, 2026-06-21