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Cultist Simulator

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3.7/5

( 123 Reviews )

3.7

123 Reviews

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Cultist Simulator
Description
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. Per...
Critics reviews
50 %
Recommend
Eurogamer
Recommended
PC Gamer
85/100
Screen Rant
4/5 stars
User reviews

3.7/5

( 123 Reviews )

3.7

123 Reviews

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Product details
2018, Weather Factory, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10, 2GHz or better, 1 GB RAM, 1280x768 minimum resolution, Version 9.0c, 500 MB avai...
DLCs
Cultist Simulator: Original Soundtrack, Cultist Simulator: The Ghoul, Cultist Simulator: The Dancer,...
Time to beat
18.5 hMain
40 h Main + Sides
96 h Completionist
31 h All Styles
Description


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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Contents
Standard Edition
Anthology Edition
soundtrack (WAV)
soundtrack
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
18.5 hMain
40 h Main + Sides
96 h Completionist
31 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.11.0+)
Release date:
{{'2018-05-31T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
317 MB

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Languages
English
audio
text
русский
audio
text
中文(简体)
audio
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User reviews

Posted on: September 13, 2021

Great Idea, horrible management

I wish I could like this game, but sadly the company behind it is continuing to add grind and suffering into the game to get you to buy the DLCs. If the game wasn't so gated and time wasting it would be great. Bring back shorter games for people who know what they are doing to the base game and this all changes, but even then the grind has been taken away before and added back slowly.


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Posted on: May 28, 2020

TheSymphony

Verified owner

Games: 792 Reviews: 121

Please See my Anthology Review

I purchased the Anthology Edition at full price, and all I can say here is that the game delivers so much for those who enjoy reading, puzzles, and card games. For my full review please go read my review on the Anthology Edition store page.


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Posted on: June 1, 2018

Smertnik667

Verified owner

Games: 45 Reviews: 4

A circle of mystery and mistrust

To start from the end: one story withers, another starts. A poor man dies in the hospital, leaving his madness induced notes to a doctor. A doctor establishes a wide ranging cult, only to be arrested by the Autorities. The investigator, who took down the doctor, opens the portal to the Abyss. The game is great, as it pushes you to do nothing. The investigator can as well burn the documents and never pursue the occult. The poor man can settle into a comfortable job. The choices, and discoveries, are all yours.


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Posted on: June 20, 2018

DasSteelBear

Verified owner

Games: 151 Reviews: 1

QTE rather than RPG

In theory a good game, but more a spammy qte(quick time event) lottery than anything else. You donät really have time to read the descriptions, the UI is a disaster that do not tell you anything. No mandatory actions like going to work can be automated, you cant designate zones for certain types of cards so you get a big incomprehensible mess. You can also slot things into actions without them having any effect on ongoing actions screwing you over, if you swap with an active item. So I more get the feeling of doing random actions that have random consequenses than being a cultist. I have had one win and one loss so far, no idea of the story behind the game since there is no time to get into the lore, got a lot of cards with timers I never really understood the purpose of, and I still do not really know why i won or lost. The fact that you have despair as a loss condition and gain it randomly, and it can only be counteracted by another card with a way shorter timer you get randomly, kinda ruins the game, turns it into more of a lottery than a RPG experience.


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Posted on: May 31, 2019

Jaedien

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 18

Frustrating arbitary roadblock

DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR DESPAIR You Died! Retry?


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