Professor Harry Everhart may have survived the cosmic horror that plagued him while he was trapped on that accursed Pacific island in Call of the Sea, but he still suffers from ominous visions decades later. Elsewhere, university student Evangeline Drayton has similarly bizarre dreams of a life and civilization beyond her understanding. When fate brings these two together, it leads to an intriguing and fun mystery centered on solving puzzles that bend the mind and reality itself.

Like its 2020 predecessor, Call of the Elder Gods challenges players to solve elaborate environmental puzzles using observational and deductive skills, with no small amount of out-of-the-box thinking. As a whole, the first-person adventure has much in common with Call of the Sea, but I like how the globetrotting premise allows for more varied visuals.…