Posted on: November 9, 2024
PatTheHat
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just...one...more...turn...
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Cultist Simulator
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Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning from Alexis Kennedy, creator of Fallen London and Sunless Sea. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories. Perhaps you're looking for knowledge, or power, or beauty, or revenge. Perhaps you just want the colours beneath the skin of the world.
In this roguelike narrative card game, what you find may transform you forever. Every choice you make, from moment to moment, doesn't just advance the narrative - it also shapes it.
Become a scholar of the unseen arts. Search your dreams for sanity-twisting rituals. Craft tools and summon spirits. Indoctrinate innocents. Seize your place as the herald of a new age.
In this 20-40 hour game, you'll:
Combine cards to tell your own story in a rich, Lovecraftian world of ambition, appetite and abomination. Corrupt your friends. Consume your enemies. There is never only one history.
Found a cult, dedicated to the Red Grail, or the Witch-and-Sister, or the Forge of Days. Recruit Believers and promote them to Disciples to serve as burglars, researchers, cat's-paws. Use your disciples to keep you fed - or feed on your disciples.
Unravel arcane, unacknowledged mysteries. Translate grimoires and glean their lore. Locate and pillage the Star Shattered Fane. Penetrate the realm of the Hours, and win a place in their service. Perhaps - if you are very cunning - you may even glimpse the Mansus.
Outwit rivals, investigators and the increasingly suspicious Authorities. Your own altered Appetites may force you to act abominably, but your Cause must not be stopped.
Transcend death with a story-driven legacy system. Perhaps your inheritors will complete the Rite of the Crucible Soul. Perhaps they'll find peace in a pleasing career. Perhaps they'll bring the Dawn.
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I dedicated myself to the understanding of the Light that leaks from a fiercer place.
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109.5 h Completionist
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Eurogamer
Recommended
A magnificent nightmare, for those with the stamina to master the gruelling card game that houses it.
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85/100
A dark, engrossing, and challenging narrative card and crafting game.
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4/5 stars
Cultist Simulator forges card game mechanics with a branching cosmic horror story, but exactly how well do these elements blend together?
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Posted on: May 6, 2025
AlejandroDL
Verified ownerGames: 79 Reviews: 1
Just pure meth
Drugs are bad kids. Do this one though
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Posted on: July 24, 2025
robloxbedonkers
Verified ownerGames: 7 Reviews: 1
Very good game once you understand it
While I admit it can be "grindy" at times, the vast majority of gameplay in the base game has a very nice, tangible progression. I hate grinding in games but I am already 30ish hours in and it didn't become an issue yet. I feel most people don't get to the later stages of the game in which stuff really gets interesting fast. Also I feel most people don't actually read the bits of lore that the game puts right in front of your eyes every time something happens, which is kinda the point with this game. Cultist Simulator is a unique resource management game with very thick worldbuilding, an interesting cast and complex magic mechanics that has a steep learning curve but once you're past that it becomes addictive.
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Posted on: June 1, 2018
KAMIdesu
Verified ownerGames: 289 Reviews: 2
Tutorial is a must
Played the game for a few hours and I really enjoyed it. However, the game really needs a tutorial as I personally was stuck in limbo for the majority of the time I played.
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Posted on: June 18, 2018
Lyrax
Verified ownerGames: 174 Reviews: 4
A journal fragment...
Day 1: I have purposed to play this game entitled "Cultist Simulator" though I imagine it shall be full of nonsense. Most such pretenses are mere noise. Day 2: I seem to have died of overmuch dread. An annoyance, but I shall overcome. I begin my descent anew. Day 3: The Light from beyond the Walls of my DREAMS begins to Fill My Mind THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM AND I EXPAND!! Day 4: I appear to have gone insane from overexposure to the bright lore. Hmph. There is more to this game than I previously believed, but no matter. Day 5: I am apprehended by the Bureau of Suppression. I require more associates, to prevent such injustices. Er, well. Justices. My deeds were dark as the Ragged Lore, but I have only done as I must! Day 6: I have summoned a thing from beyond this world, and it has slain the investigator meddling in my research. I know I can use this body, but for what? And will the rite be ready before the body decays? Day 7: It was far too costly to destroy that Damning Evidence, but it was necessary. I shall miss Ysabet. Day 8: The incantations are almost ready. My englightenment is at hand, and I shall not be denied! Breaking character for a bit, if you read all that and are interested in more, then just buy the game. You're exactly the kind of person who will enjoy it immensely. It's a fun game with loads of potential, and it fails at a tutorial on purpose so that you're just blindly fumbling about on your first few playthroughs, just like your character. I rather wish there was more diverse late game content, but it's probably the best cultist simulator for Cthulian horror ever to exist.
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