Conarium

Capsule ComputersAdmir Brkic

8/10

Excellent horror title with superb visuals and atmosphere.

Gaming NexusSean Colleli

7.4/10

Conarium is hauntingly beautiful and competent as an adventure-puzzle game with some light horror elements, but as a true H.P. Lovecraft survival horror game it isn't long or scary enough.

WCCFtechFrancesco De Meo

7.2/10

The world created by H.P Lovecraft has influenced so many video games that it would be impossible to count them all and be brief at the same time. Forbidden, dark and esoteric knowledge is one of the central themes of Lovecraft's work, and most of the characters created by the author end up going insane in the pursuit of such knowledge. This is exactly what happens in Conarium: delving too deep into the dark may well lead to a fate that's worse than death.

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

7/10

A single playthrough of Conarium will take just under five hours unless you find yourself well and truly stuck on one of the game’s many puzzles. After that, there’s not much reason to go back unless you want to find all the collectables the game offers. There are multiple endings, too, but the game’s chapter system makes it very easy to get both without any hassle. So, is it good value for the asking price of £24.99/$29.99? I’ll leave that for you to decide. It’s certainly not the ideal game for those expecting sweat-inducing horror or adrenaline-pumping action, but for those who like to expl...

Conarium tackles the difficult task of capturing Lovecraft’s ephemeral psychological horrors and, for the most part, pulls it off. Sometimes clumsy, sometimes streamlined, sometimes elegant, Conarium is an effective piece of Lovecraftian fiction that does its best to respect the source material while adapting it to an effective interactive experience. Conarium overall captures the mood of Lovecraft, if not the more extreme bizarreness present in his stranger stories. If you want a game that plays like a Lovecraft story, Conarium is probably the most accurate, accessible option available.

COGConnectedThi Chao

70/100

There are many books, television shows, movies and games that have been inspired by the great father of horror, H.P. Lovecraft. There’s something about the dark, demonic and unknown otherworldly presence that has horror fans enamored with its mysterious world. While Conarium is no stranger to the fairly common theme, it does take on a different formula and acts as a sequel to one of Lovecraft’s most well-known stories, At The Mountains of Madness. To briefly summarize the story for those who have not read it, a team of scientists embarks on an expedition to Antarctica for research. After facin...

WellPlayedZach Jackson

6.5/10

Conarium is a solid Lovecraft-inspired title that will please fans of his work despite some design and production flaws.

WayTooManyGamesJason Palazini

6.5/10

H.P Lovecraft has had a growing influence on gaming industries within the last half decade. More and more game designers have been pulling from Lovecraftian tales of beings from other realms. The most recent title to follow suit is the story-driven walking simulator, Conarium, that is heavily inspired by H.P Lovecraft’s novella At the Mountains of Madness and follows the events from the original tale.

Playstation LifestyleAndrew King

6/10

Does Zoetrope Interactive's Lovecraftian horror walking sim get Two Tentacles way up? Or does Conarium slip on the ol' proverbial ichor slick?

TheSixthAxisSteve C

6/10

Conarium is a good example of a Lovecraftian game. It focuses on the atmosphere and lore that characterises the genre whilst mostly avoiding the worst excesses. It tells an intriguing story well despite the slightly dodgy voice acting and presents a good approximation of the impossible non-Euclidean geometry of the Elder God’s world. If you like a touch of Cthulhu in your life, then you could do worse than venturing into Conarium’s brand of madness.

GameTyrant Dean Clark

0/10

I didn’t want to put it down and I wanted to know the truth about what was going on and what exactly does the Conarium device do.

Checkpoint GamingElliot Attard

Unscored

A Lovecraftian novella transformed into the video game medium, Conarium tells an intriguing story in a gloomy and mysterious setting that will leave you with unanswered questions, curiosity, and an overall feeling of dread. Although for every way Conarium succeeds, it also finds ways to stumble.