Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace

About this game

Inspired by the award-winning board game franchise, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace is an investigation game served with turn-based combat, set in the haunted worlds of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Plunge into an original story written by Fantasy Flight Interactive’s official writers and explore the American Roaring Twenties.


The year is 1926: a professor of astronomy is found dead in her mansion and everything indicates that she has been the victim of a heinous murder. Choose from 12 intrepid investigators from the Arkham Horror games, each with a unique set of skills, and assemble your team to shed the light over this mysterious death.

Find clues, perform interrogations and progress through nine chapters as the story unfolds. Your investigation will take you to visit shadowed institutions and mysterious locales, ranging from Miskatonic University, the Arkham Asylum, and the bayous of Louisiana. 


As the investigators get closer to their goal, your squad will have to face curious science, living nightmares, and a sinister cult, whose mad scheme is to bring about the end of everything. Use a large variety of melee and ranged weapons, as well as powerful items and devastating magic spells to defeat your opponents in turn-based combat; while you attempt to retain your sanity.

As you face off against Lovecraftian horrors, your investigators will descend deeper into the depths of madness, affecting their level of sanity and causing traumas that will impact the course of your investigation. Care about your sanity and make the right choices… the Ancient Ones are preparing their return.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·7 Apr 2021Official

  Patch notes - 1.1

  Hello investigators! Since the game’s release, you guys have taken the time to send much feedback- and we listened. By reporting to us all the bugs and issues you encountered in-game, you really helped us identify their sources and fix them. We are very grateful and deeply thank you for that! Now it’s our turn to share with you what the team has worked on to fix. PATCH NOTES: Players are now able to use the mouse to drag and drop the knife in inventory tutorial Playing with mouse/keyboard while controller is set as input method is now displaying all the tutorial's text Fixed: Player could get stuck while changing weapon during fight Fixed: Marie was unlocked even if not saved Fixed: Completing scenario number 3 could prevent from picking Carolyn Fern Fixed: Options, had incorrect text for the quality setting "Very low" Fixed: Settings were always displayed as medium when launching the game on main menu Fixed: Action required to open the first door did not match the tip "There's always a flaw..." Fixed: Placeholder text was displayed for the “pile of coal” title Fixed: Descriptions between the mailbox and the table on the cafe's place were swapped Various fixes on typos (Harvey Walters biography, Bed description, bookcase in first corridor) We will continue to work on improving the game as you keep on sending us your reports and feedback, so please feel free to contact us here if you encounter any issue: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/a/arkham-horror---mother-s-embrace/?contact=1 Thank you so much once more for your help, and see you in the next one!
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• Announcements·23 Mar 2021Official

  Madness begins... with a 20% discount

  Pick up your copy today with a 20% discount until tomorrow, March 24th, 2021. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/32606985/ffd165a7dab0488536186e4f272036df7b0b1b18.jpg The year is 1926, and a professor of astronomy is found dead in her mansion, the apparent victim of a heinous murder. Players must pick from 12 of the most iconic protagonists from the Arkham Horror universe, each with a unique skill set, and assemble a team of investigators to uncover the secrets behind this mysterious death. As investigators face off against occult horrors, they will descend deeper into the depths of madness, affecting their level of sanity and causing traumas that will impact the course of their investigation. Along with facing curious science, living nightmares and a sinister cult, players will combat an array of enemies in turn-based combat, all while attempting to retain their sanity. Developed by Artefacts Studio and featuring an original story, Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace plunges players into the engrossing pulp world of 1920s America to combat unseen supernatural and psychological horrors from the Cthulhu Mythos. Preserve your sanity and make the right choices…the Ancient Ones are preparing their return. Madness begins when reality departs.
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• Announcements·18 Mar 2021Official

  Last chance to preorder!

  To celebrate the upcoming March 23 launch of Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace we'd like to share with you a brand new trailer showcasing the madness that awaits you in this investigation if you're not careful. Pre-order now for a 20% discount before it's too late. And remember: madness begins when reality departs.
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• Press Coverage·23 Feb 2021

  Board-game-turned-tactical-RPG Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace out in March

  Asmodee Digital's video game adaptation of the hugely popular Lovecraft-inspired Arkham Horror board game series will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC on 23rd March. Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace, to give the adaptation it's official name, is a narrative-driven tactical RPG that sets players loose in the titular town of Arkham, circa 1926 - more specifically, in a spooky old mansion, where the murder of an astronomy professor has occurred. What follows is a riff on the board game series' familiar Lovecraft-tinged exploratory action, requiring players to first assemble a crack team of investigators from 12 uniquely skilled characters - drawn from all across the Arkham Horror universe. Read more
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• Announcements·23 Feb 2021Official

  Pre-order now and get a 20% discount

  Greetings investigators! The main question that a lot of you have asked now has an answer. Arkham Horror: Mother’s Embrace will be released on March 23! We are also happy to announce the opening of the pre-orders with a 20% discount! And finally, for the announcements of the day, we have a brand new video. https://youtu.be/B0FiGojcH8I Care about your sanity and make the right choices…the Ancient Ones are preparing their return. Madness begins when reality departs.
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