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The Terrible Old Man

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App ID 1147030
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Cloak and Dagger Games
Franchise Cloak and Dagger Games
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies AdventureGameStudio Engine
Last Changenumber 28850405
Last Record Update 6 May 2025 – 22:41:46 UTC ()
Release Date 10 October 2019 – 23:05:16 UTC ()
😎 83.13%
643 reviews
0
In-Game
🐙 Lovecraftian 😱 Horror 🔎 Point & Click 📚 Interactive Fiction 🏽 2D

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.

Additional Information

This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game

Developer Cloak and Dagger Games
metacritic_name The Terrible Old Man
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Cloak and Dagger Games
IsFreeApp Yes
Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) 3 (Free Game)
Store Release Date 10 October 2019 – 23:05:16 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Free to Play (37)
Steam Release Date 10 October 2019 – 23:05:16 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 28 August 2019 – 19:59:16 UTC () (1567022356)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) AdventureGameStudio Engine
Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 20 August 2019 – 11:54:07 UTC (), in changelist #6753759
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes

Tags

🐙 Lovecraftian 😱 Horror 🔎 Point & Click 📚 Interactive Fiction 🏽 2D 📚 Story Rich 🎨 Hand-drawn 🔪 Thriller 🚨 Crime 🌫 Atmospheric 🤫 Mystery 🎭 Drama 🗺️ Adventure 😨 Dark 👾 Retro 🌎 America 🔮 Supernatural 👤 Singleplayer 🤏 Short 🆓 Free to Play

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Profile Features Limited

Assets

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timestamp11 June 2024 – 19:16:26 UTC
Trailers
239853 ↴
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Launch Options

0. Unnamed launch option
Executable The Terrible OId Man.exe
Launch Type Launch (Default)
1. Unnamed launch option
Executable winsetup.exe
Launch Type Launch Configuration Tool

Configuration

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