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Cultist Simulator

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3.7/5

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3.7

125 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
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Recommended
PC Gamer
85/100
Screen Rant
4/5 stars
User reviews

3.7/5

( 125 Reviews )

3.7

125 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
109.5 h Completionist
31.5 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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Anthology Edition
soundtrack (WAV)
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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
109.5 h Completionist
31.5 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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русский
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中文(简体)
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User reviews

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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Posted on: June 20, 2018

MagickWizzard

Verified owner

Games: 45 Reviews: 2

Wow, I absolutely hate this game

This game doesn't make any sense at all. It's honestly barely even a "game" as I'd normally think of one. I guess there's a whole genre of "games" like this where it has a ton of weird, opaque crap and the game consists of trying to figure out WTF is going on. I find this game simultaneously extremely frustrating and boring, and I have no interest in playing it ever again. I inadvertently stumbled into it because of a recommendation from an acquaintance who doesn't know me very well. (I'll give it 5 stars anyway since I have to attach a star rating, and I don't want to tank the game's rating just because it doesn't appeal to me.)


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Posted on: February 1, 2019

Arifmeticus

Games: 143 Reviews: 2

Just horrible

It is like the game Cookie Clicker with atrocious interface (stylized like an opulent board game with million different chits, tokens and cards all of which you must drag and handle manually) combined with MMO-tier crafting, where you have a ton of components but they all behave the same.


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Posted on: June 5, 2018

GerardDG

Verified owner

Games: 239 Reviews: 54

Goddamn tedious

Timers count down and then they just randomly start counting down again? Then wtf was the point of the first timer? Cards and timers cannot be changed once initiated. Accidentally activated another dream instead of recovering an affliction? Too bad, screw you.


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