The Terrible Old Man
Short description
Experience a bite-sized slice of Lovecraftian horror in this updated version of our cult freeware point and click adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's classic short story.
- Developer
- Cloak and Dagger Games
- Publisher
- Cloak and Dagger Games
- Release
- Thu, Oct 10, 2019
- Price
- Free
- Reviews
- 14
- Positive
- 79%
- Followers
- 1,190
- Owners (estimated)
- 200K – 500K
- Concurrent players
- n/a
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Free To Play
- Tags
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Media
History
Tracking started Sep 11, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.
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