The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu ▶ Trailer
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ActionAdventureCo-opPsychological HorrorLovecraftianRogueliteHorror

The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu

In up to four player co-op, form a group of explorers searching for treasure. In this cursed jungle, danger is everywhere and monstrous creatures alter reality. Stay clear-headed and tame the jungle before it devours you…

Developer
ACE Team
Publisher
Nacon
Franchise
Release date
Jul 15, 2026
Store page updated
Sep 4, 2026
Price
$29.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

66.7/ 100

Based on 458 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 🙂 Mostly Positive 76% of 234
All time 😐 Mixed 69% of 4,086
“гра весела, сподобається любителям весело постраждати”
Незважаючи на деяку присутню недбалість (хіт-бокси ворогів, незначні баги, місцями рвані анімації), в цілому гра весела. По ігроладу це поєднання Warhammer Vermintide з [i][обери будь-яку новомодну інді-кооп гру, в якій весь матч збираєш мотлох і потім несеш його назад на базу/корабель, а в цьому випадку - до візка, який потім супроводжуєш до виходу][/i]. Тож виходить такий собі хардкорний PvE Extraction Action-Survival. Гра сподобається далеко не всім, бо окрім міцних ворогів, темп тут дуже повільний - на цьому побудована вся гра. Удари повільні, ходьба повільна, навіть біг тут повільний. Окр

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-1.22
Controls & feel -2.40 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
“Artificially slow combat and movement remove player agency and counterplay” (78)

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Story & World
+3.39
World +3.75 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
“aesthetic and atmosphere absolutely supreme, unique co-op sanity system” (159)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
-1.34
Variety -2.05 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

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Visuals & Sound
+3.01
Visuals +3.28 · Graphics, art style, and animation
“impressive graphics and excellent sound design create great atmosphere” (34)

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Multiplayer
+2.17
Playing together +2.49 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
“very good for 3 friends playing 5-8 hour sessions together” (82)

🔒 2 more indicators

Pricing & Fairness
-2.44
Balance -3.04 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

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Tech & Support
-1.20
Performance -1.80 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
“demanding engine causes 45-58 FPS even on RTX 4080 Super at 1440p” (54)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by week · major update
60%70%80%90%
Jul 15, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Reviews
per day · 233 reviews, peak 28/day
02550
Aug 21Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by week. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 451 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English63%
  • Chinese7%
  • Russian6%
  • French6%
  • Spanish6%
  • German4%
  • Other7%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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