$19.99Cultist Simulator Forbidden Knowledge, One Card at a Time
Build a cult from a table of cards and let a strange 1920s world slowly give up its secrets.
Is Cultist Simulator worth it?
Cultist Simulator is worth it if…
- you have patience for a game that explains almost nothing and rewards figuring it out yourself
- you like slow, careful reading as much as clicking, and lore you piece together over many runs
- you enjoy losing a run, learning why, and starting over with a better plan
- you want a dark, atmospheric story that plays out differently every time
- you would rather not be rushed: the game runs on timers, and learning to juggle them is the real skill
Screenshots
Cards that tell your story
Everything on the table is a card, and everything happens because you slid one card into another. Drag your funds into work and the days pass. Drag a rite into a summoned spirit and something answers. Hunger arrives as a card. So does dread, and so does a suspicious detective. You pause, read the cryptic text, and decide where each one belongs, and the story assembles itself from those choices. There is no single plot to follow: every combination pushes the narrative somewhere new, and what you find may transform your character forever. It reads like a grim, beautifully written tabletop game where the rules are part of the mystery.
Found a cult, feed a hunger
You start as a seeker with a calling: knowledge, power, beauty, revenge, or just the colours beneath the skin of the world. Recruit Believers and promote them to Disciples, then put them to work as burglars, researchers or cat's-paws. Dedicate your cult to the Red Grail, the Witch-and-Sister or the Forge of Days, and your patron shapes what you can become. Meanwhile rivals, investigators and the Authorities close in, and your own altered appetites may push you toward abominable acts. Your Cause must not be stopped.
