Cthulhu Saves Christmas

Very funny game that is perfect to play around the holidays. My biggest complaint is the lack in variatio in music and the long battles towards the end when enemies have tons of health. One thing I really like is there are only a limited amount of random battles in areas eliminating a lot of the monotony of other jrpgs.

Good game. Pretty fun fun. It plays kind of like Pokemon, looks good for a 2D RPG, and Cthulhu saving Christmas is exactly as charming as it sounds with a unique twist. There are cat ears in this game. I saw them in the item list and my heart soared. I thought: finally. Cthulhu, ancient eldritch abomination, wearing little cat ears on his 2D sprite. That's the content I'm here for. Turns out, they're a battle item. You use them to charm an enemy. That's it. They don't break, they are just a constant reminder of pure sadness. The developers hand-drew a whole game and not one frame of Cthulhu in cat ears exists anywhere in it. I'm not angry. Just disappointed ;( Still, good game. Would recommend.

This was my first game in this genre, and oh — I definitely enjoyed it! Sadly, it didn’t turn out to be the cozy game that would fully give me that Christmas feeling. Instead, it was a game with charming locations, characters inspired by various folklores, and excellent humor. The humor was probably what I liked the most. The story is simple: a team of four heroes rescues a kidnapped Santa — and, along with him, Christmas itself. The gameplay is simple as well, consisting of battles with NPCs, moving through locations, and spending time in neutral areas. Overall, I didn’t expect anything complex from a Christmas game, so I was fine with that. However, even for me, the routine of spend time with NPCs → search every chest in the location while fighting enemies → defeat the boss became too repetitive and annoying. I really liked the locations — they’re perfect for a Christmas-themed game — but the music could have been more interesting. I absolutely loved the version of Carol of the Bells, especially given how much I adore that song. If only every location, or at least every second one, had its own soundtrack (and especially if those tracks were remixes of other popular Christmas songs…), this game would have been priceless. All in all, as a Christmas game to relax with, it’s just right.

Review from 2020: Cute prequel to Cthulhu Saves The World. Xmas themed sort of but was still funny, the combat was super simple and easy which is kind of sad because the use an ability and then its lost unless you skip a turn was a cool way to force you to try different play styles

Christmas time is saved!

Such a funny game, the humor is good. What is not good is the unskippable monotonous fights - enemies are tanky even on easy, and fights are too long to get to the good part. I get it, that you want to push playtime, but that is not it. It made me stop and leave a negative review.

I'm going to give this a recommendation. It's super easy and super short but it was super cute. A simple Christmas RPG. I'm a sucker for holiday games and this was the perfect single day game. Get it cheap and enjoy!

A short, festive, and absolutely unserious JRPG. If you enjoy goofy 4th wall-breaking humor and want it packaged with a unique take on turn-based battle systems, you won't be disappointed with this! Full video review: https://youtu.be/woqI_1lTVG8

Honestly from Breath of Death to Cthulu Saves the World I was having a good old fashioned romp, and now this? This is the perfect treat for Xmas. I bought this back in June (and no, not in a penny for a billion games! I bought it outright!) and I saved it for Xmas before I forgot about it, saved it in a nice little file for my games over Xmas Period and i'm so glad I did, what a wild ride. I've loved it and I need more from this amazing dev! The Dark Comedy, the Christmas Cheer, the twists and the turns? WONDERFUL.

A prequel to CSTW with none of the characters from CSTW, less game, and less effort. It feels like they completely forgot what made the original game good. I don't mind the combat changes that much, but it doesn't even feel like the same world. Replace Cthulhu with a generic character or "bad guy" and this game wouldn't be any different. Definitely not for any fans of CSTW.