Platforms
- PCMay 31, 20187.9playscore7.910 Critics8.14.25K Players
- AndroidApr 02, 2019NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.26.38K Players
- iOSApr 02, 20198.3playscore7.84 Critics9.42.40K Players
23 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Cultist Simulator is a fun strategy game that initially looks like a card game but is really more of a cult-themed resource management game.
Pete McD · Aug 23, 2022 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - I’ve barely scratched the surface with Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition and I’m certainly not very good at it, but I can’t stop thinking about it. Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition beckons, and I feel compelled to continue.
Heather Johnson Yu · Feb 04, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Small text aside, Cultist Simulator is a real merry-go-round of emotions, mixing horror, joy, repulsion and much more. It’ll take a couple of playthroughs for it to really get its tentacles into you, but when it does, you won’t want it to let to go.
Chris McMullen · Feb 02, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Cultist Simulator: Initiate Edition is by no means a terrible game. It's just one that lends itself to a lot of trial and error coupled with a lot of dying. It's a story-driven card game with a Lovecraftian backdrop that will please the occult/horror fiction fan, assuming you have the patience to preserve. In this day and age of instant gratification, the long wait to finally figure out how to succeed in this game might be too long for most.
Scott Jeslis · Feb 02, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - I have a much harder time recommending that you play it on the Switch, though, and would only recommend checking out Switch version if you don’t have any other way to play it. You simply have to put up with far too much to get to all the good contained within.
Andrew Thornton · Feb 02, 2021 Reviewed on Switch - Overall, the game also runs like a dream. The kind of care to give Switch players an experience as good as other versions is really nice to see. I do have problems with the gameplay, like it being obtuse at first or the overall length of a run being way too long, but in the end, I enjoyed my time with Cultist Simulator.
Joshua Robin · Feb 02, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - The artwork and the atmosphere in the game intentionally aim for the late ‘90s mysticism and even references some names in the esoteric world. The music helps achieve the immersive experience. Cultist Simulator mobile version costs around $6.99 which is a fair deal considering its PC counterpart is still at around $25.
Alec Sandar · Apr 25, 2019 Reviewed onRead full review - In a way, this mobile format for Cultist Simulator is ideal. You can whip out your phone, place some cards, and watch timers tick down in small chunks instead of playing in long, dedicated sessions that may or may not yield the rewards you seek. Even in this form though, the time investment required to understand just about anything going on in the game pushed me away from it. I’m all for games that create a sense of discovery and mystery for players to discover, but Cultist Simulator’s obtuse nature—while fascinating—is overwhelming.
Campbell Bird · Apr 02, 2019 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - The game unfolds in entertaining and challenging ways that I can’t share in great depth (again, I would be spoiling a lot of the fun if I did so), but I will say that what starts as a simple card game becomes a story-creation engine that includes summoning alien gods, sacrificing friends and foes alike, founding cults, and much more. Just be prepared to discover this world as you go along, as long as you don’t mind losing your sanity (thankfully only in terms of the game) along the way.
Tasos Lazarides · Apr 01, 2019 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - Once you get past the first few games and start learning how everything clicks together, you get sucked in. There's plenty going on in Cultist Simulator, and the game rewards you for every new detail you uncover and use. Those with the willpower and skill set to find the right card combinations for a victory will reap the rewards.
Zack Palm · Jun 06, 2018 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. 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.
Developer: Weather Factory