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Cult of the Lamb

Massive Monster · Devolver Digital · 2022-08-11

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ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 11, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 11, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 11, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Aug 11, 2022 (Mac), Aug 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Cult of the Lamb is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 129710 reviews).

1,603
playing now
96%
positive of 131k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
665
twitch viewers (latest)
17.1
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (235 ratings)
105
Nexus mods (287k downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (21,862 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 88% recommend · from 143 critics
16h
to beat · completionist 33h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1,603 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Cult of the Lamb is a 2022 roguelike video game developed by Australian studio Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released on 11 August 2022, for macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It was made available on iOS, macOS and visionOS through Apple Arcade on 4 December 2025.

Trailer

Cult of the Lamb trailer thumbnail

Cult of the Lamb Trailer | Gamescom ONL 2021

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,603 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13,029 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,629/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6M–5.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 130,617 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$12.49-50%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-01-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 107 of 153 observed days · $2.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20222026Week of 2022-08-01: 19,155 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,875 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5,253 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2,205 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7,147 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,982 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,906 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,791 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2,778 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,415 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,468 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,578 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,844 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4,069 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,856 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,131 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 981 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,284 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,617 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,547 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,922 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,332 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3,253 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,646 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,539 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,342 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,407 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,264 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,219 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 894 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,211 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,318 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,807 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,449 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,921 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,638 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,370 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,107 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.6k9932026-09-15 11:00 — 1,696 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 2,609 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,780 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2,058 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 3,542 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,884 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,154 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,067 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,860 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,662 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,956 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,709 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,086 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,196 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 3,290 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,790 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,401 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 2,696 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,798 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,570 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 3,549 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,110 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,603 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22k1.0kAug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 21,894 · peak 56,262Oct 2022 — avg 2,249 · peak 6,099Dec 2022 — avg 1,812 · peak 4,864Feb 2023 — avg 1,048 · peak 3,377Apr 2023 — avg 2,295 · peak 12,395Jun 2023 — avg 1,425 · peak 2,885Aug 2023 — avg 1,636 · peak 5,584Oct 2023 — avg 1,210 · peak 4,400Dec 2023 — avg 1,958 · peak 4,297Feb 2024 — avg 2,979 · peak 6,048Apr 2024 — avg 1,620 · peak 3,038Jun 2024 — avg 1,707 · peak 4,210Aug 2024 — avg 6,844 · peak 21,389Oct 2024 — avg 2,455 · peak 5,390Dec 2024 — avg 3,150 · peak 5,853Feb 2025 — avg 2,470 · peak 6,200Apr 2025 — avg 2,272 · peak 5,773Jun 2025 — avg 1,642 · peak 3,569Aug 2025 — avg 1,785 · peak 3,928Oct 2025 — avg 2,304 · peak 5,160Dec 2025 — avg 2,914 · peak 5,968Feb 2026 — avg 7,386 · peak 20,362Apr 2026 — avg 2,860 · peak 5,964Jun 2026 — avg 2,785 · peak 5,445Aug 2026 — avg 4,024 · peak 9,689
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1301302026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 130 new positive2026-09-21: 10 new negative2026-09-22: 21 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 26 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 24 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 29 new positive2026-09-27: 21 new positive2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-29: 22 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 28 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 62 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 60 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 50 new positive2026-10-06: 31 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 25 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 45 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 31 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 30 new positive2026-10-11: 35 new positive2026-10-12: 44 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 30 new positive2026-10-14: 25 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$9.752022-06-102026-10-142022-06-10 — best price $24.992022-10-25 — best price $19.992022-12-02 — best price $24.992023-01-07 — best price $34.992023-02-24 — best price $24.992023-04-10 — best price $18.742023-05-18 — best price $24.992023-06-24 — best price $24.992023-07-28 — best price $17.492023-09-02 — best price $16.992023-10-31 — best price $22.742023-12-13 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-04-24 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-07-19 — best price $24.992024-08-20 — best price $24.992024-09-30 — best price $24.992024-11-06 — best price $24.992024-12-18 — best price $12.502025-01-25 — best price $10.492025-02-28 — best price $24.992025-04-09 — best price $24.992025-05-07 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $12.492025-08-26 — best price $12.492025-09-29 — best price $9.752025-11-07 — best price $12.492026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-02-11 — best price $12.492026-03-26 — best price $12.492026-04-30 — best price $12.492026-06-11 — best price $12.492026-08-09 — best price $12.492026-09-04 — best price $12.492026-09-19 — best price $12.492026-10-04 — best price $12.492026-10-14 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5912942026-05-15 — 360 pageviews2026-05-19 — 316 pageviews2026-05-23 — 392 pageviews2026-05-27 — 356 pageviews2026-05-31 — 374 pageviews2026-06-04 — 310 pageviews2026-06-08 — 344 pageviews2026-06-12 — 465 pageviews2026-06-16 — 386 pageviews2026-06-20 — 387 pageviews2026-06-24 — 403 pageviews2026-06-28 — 426 pageviews2026-07-02 — 378 pageviews2026-07-06 — 367 pageviews2026-07-10 — 349 pageviews2026-07-14 — 361 pageviews2026-07-18 — 366 pageviews2026-07-22 — 369 pageviews2026-07-26 — 392 pageviews2026-07-30 — 364 pageviews2026-08-03 — 359 pageviews2026-08-07 — 413 pageviews2026-08-11 — 449 pageviews2026-08-15 — 591 pageviews2026-08-19 — 554 pageviews2026-08-23 — 529 pageviews2026-08-27 — 395 pageviews2026-08-31 — 502 pageviews2026-09-04 — 353 pageviews2026-09-08 — 332 pageviews2026-09-12 — 351 pageviews2026-09-16 — 340 pageviews2026-09-20 — 352 pageviews2026-09-24 — 297 pageviews2026-09-28 — 366 pageviews2026-10-02 — 373 pageviews2026-10-06 — 342 pageviews2026-10-10 — 379 pageviews2026-10-12 — 338 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.3k282026-09-30 21:34 — 317 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 1,289 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 393 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 425 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 569 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 319 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 700 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 481 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 596 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 445 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 417 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 1,489 viewers2026-10-06 08:12 — 2,500 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 283 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 559 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 132 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 559 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 555 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 235 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 793 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 387 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 580 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 337 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 606 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 760 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 84 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 633 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 529 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 212 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 568 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 174 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 626 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 478 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 139 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 665 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Deal with the Devil"
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort7 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Arabic…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2022-08-11, latest 2026-01-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)62,6511%57
PS5 (PlayStation)39,5951%57
PS4 (PlayStation)11,5360%57
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)9,7911%56
PS4 (PlayStation)6,0261%57
Switch (Nintendo)2,6730%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteFaithActionFantasyBuildingAdventureColony SimDark HumorRogue-lite

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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