The Call of Karen
Fair · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- Length
- 0.8h
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000 or better, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The Call of Karen is a PC simulation comedy game about a 1950s suburban housewife whose home is being invaded by Cthulhu. Keep up appearances in the face of an unhappy marriage, ungrateful child, and eldritch madness!
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The value story
Against its own genre it lands in the top 16 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 75 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Left on Read (free, scores 55) beats it on value, while it beats Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁) (free, scores 5).
1 players were online in it when we last checked, on Sep 28, 20:51 UTC.
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 20:51 UTC.
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No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Call of Karen scores 50/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1320550/the-call-of-karenReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27.
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