Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss Set for April 2026 Release

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, an upcoming first-person investigative horror game developed by Big Bad Wolf and published by Nacon, is set for release on April 16, 2026, across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Players take on the role of Noah, an agent with Ancile, a secretive Interpol division handling occult cases, as he probes the vanishing of miners from a deep-sea Pacific Ocean station in a near-future world ravaged by climate change and rising tides.

The game's narrative unfolds in a futuristic reinterpretation of H.P. Lovecraft's mythos, drawing players into the labyrinthine depths of Rlyeh, an ancient sunken city harboring cosmic horrors. Noah, aided by his AI companion Key, navigates flooded bayous and underwater ruins without combat or time pressure, relying instead on deduction and exploration to unravel the expedition's fate. Key assists by prompting questions in a digital mind map, or Vault, where players organize clues, link evidence, and draw conclusions to advance.

Central to gameplay is a sonar system that scans environments at specific frequencies, allowing players to detect materials like documents, blood trails, or corroded batteries. Objects can be picked...