Eldritch (2013) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Eldritch

Eldritch is a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.

81 21 October 2013

What Eldritch is

Eldritch is an adventure game developed by Minor Key Games and released in 2013. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Eldritch is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by David Pittman and published by American indie studio Minor Key Games. It was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft and gameplay elements of roguelike games. The expansion Eldritch: Mountains of Madness was released in December 2013. The game's source code was released in 2014, though the content itself remains proprietary.

Description from Wikipedia · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Eldritch holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Eldritch launched on 21 October 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Stanley Parable. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Stanley Parable.

Cheats and codes

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Eldritch — frequently asked questions

When did Eldritch come out?

Eldritch was released on 21 October 2013 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Eldritch?

At minimum, Eldritch needs 150 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Eldritch?

The PC version needs about 0.1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("150 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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