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Cultist Simulator

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

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June 7, 2018
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Developer
Weather Factory
Publisher
Weather Factory
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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.…

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★ 7.6/10GOG · 347 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
Cultist simulator is neither good, nor bad. But it's not bland either, and it can be addictive. The core mechanics is similar to clicker games,…
★ 5 / 5
After 16 hours of play, I have achieved one of the victory conditions. These are my thoughts having experienced most of the game one time…
★ 5 / 5
Pretty deep, as you probably already know from the trailers. But how does it play and how do you survive navigating yourself through it? Lets…
★ 4 / 5
It's from Alexis Kennedy. So a masterful world-building and atmosphere and absolutely crap gameplay that just forces you to mindlessly grind for hours to achieve…
★ 5 / 5
If you like figuring things out and trying things, all the while not knowing what you are doing, you might like this game. Unless you…
★ 3 / 5
It has been a long time since I played this game, and again and again I find myself coming back to the store page and…
★ 2 / 5
My previous experience with Fallen London is what sold me on this game as I wanted to see an example of a game where the…
★ 4 / 5
The writing for this game is top notch. The Lore is deep, and delving further and further into it is why I keep playing. If…

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★ 5 / 5
A joy to read through so much poetry without the rimes and limerics
★ 3 / 5
I would like to rate it more but can't because of the brutal RNG. The limitation of how many things you can do at once…
★ 4 / 5
I still don't know that I understand this game, but I like it. I've returned to this game over and over again over the years.…
★ 5 / 5
The game is smart, it makes you think deeply about so many things, I am kind if expert, I just purchased it on PC after…
★ 5 / 5
If you are the kind of person that absolutely needs a tutorial or dislikes having to figure things out on your own, this is not…
★ 5 / 5
The game starts out in a very esoteric, strange manner, but the gameplay shines in you figuring out how the different components work together. Once…
★ 5 / 5
This game is amazing! It's such an odd abstraction of an adventure game, but as an avid reader who enjoys visualizing stories, this game plays…
★ 5 / 5
I cannot stop playing and I'm reasonably sure that it has nothing to do with the whispering I keep hearing while I play this.

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