October 21, 2013
Eldritch
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October 21, 2013
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Eldritch is a 1st-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft. Unearth ancient secrets and find your path to freedom. Sneak, fight, and explore strange worlds. Invoke mystical powers to augment your play style. Randomly generated levels provide fresh challenges and opportunities. Unlock shortcuts to jump directly to deeper dungeons. [Minor Key Games]
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Critic Reviews14
Part Minecraft, part Lovecraft, all cry in the corner-craft. Bring clean underwear.
January 14, 2014
Eldritch is a punishing difficult game that tests a player’s ability to survive in a Lovecraft-inspired world.
November 29, 2013
For all its borrowings and influences, all its sleights and feints, Eldritch's dark alchemy ultimately lies with the way it uses a blocky, cheerily primitive art style, silly sound effects and a surprisingly forgiving level of challenge to summon the kind of creeping dread that H.P. himself would be delighted with.
November 18, 2013