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Cult of the Yellow King

Metaphor Games · 2025-12-12

Steam

StrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Cult of the Yellow King is a 2025 Strategy, Early Access game priced at $2.99, with a Very Positive reviewLabel (81% of 126 reviews).

81%
positive of 126 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 5,962 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 126 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2025-12-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420252026Week of 2025-12-13: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$2.99$2.392025-12-132026-07-092025-12-13 — best price $2.392025-12-26 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "First Whisper"
61.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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