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Cultist Simulator

Weather Factory · 2018-05-31

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: May 31, 2018 (Linux), Apr 01, 2019 (iOS), Apr 02, 2019 (Android), May 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 31, 2018 (Mac)

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. 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.

Cultist Simulator is an Indie, RPG and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (80% of 14190 reviews) rating.

233
playing now
80%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (9.1k downloads)
3.92★
PlayStation Store rating (76 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

233 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Cultist Simulator is a card-based simulation video game developed by indie studio Weather Factory and published by Humble Bundle. It was released for Windows, macOS and Linux computer systems in May 2018, with mobile versions published by Playdigious and released in April 2019. A port for Nintendo Switch was released in February 2021.

Trailer

Cultist Simulator trailer thumbnail

Cultist Simulator Launch Trailer

≈280,873 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 233 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 556 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 358k–858k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,308 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-06-21) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 83 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
46446420182026Week of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4821132026-09-15 12:00 — 279 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 149 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 185 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 331 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 203 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 191 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 216 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 178 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 149 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 292 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 208 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 113 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 236 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 347 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 174 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 313 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 482 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 155 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 249 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 370 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 189 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 175 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 233 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7590Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 0Mar 2018 — avg 7 · peak 36Aug 2018 — avg 169 · peak 638Nov 2018 — avg 82 · peak 186Feb 2019 — avg 374 · peak 940May 2019 — avg 166 · peak 735Aug 2019 — avg 123 · peak 206Nov 2019 — avg 150 · peak 269Feb 2020 — avg 158 · peak 255May 2020 — avg 451 · peak 3,086Aug 2020 — avg 142 · peak 223Nov 2020 — avg 220 · peak 478Feb 2021 — avg 167 · peak 287May 2021 — avg 210 · peak 1,504Aug 2021 — avg 143 · peak 231Nov 2021 — avg 169 · peak 288Feb 2022 — avg 141 · peak 249May 2022 — avg 180 · peak 357Aug 2022 — avg 189 · peak 282Nov 2022 — avg 194 · peak 390Feb 2023 — avg 148 · peak 246May 2023 — avg 147 · peak 480Aug 2023 — avg 213 · peak 566Nov 2023 — avg 232 · peak 530Feb 2024 — avg 165 · peak 275May 2024 — avg 211 · peak 488Aug 2024 — avg 219 · peak 374Nov 2024 — avg 221 · peak 540Feb 2025 — avg 189 · peak 331May 2025 — avg 250 · peak 474Aug 2025 — avg 243 · peak 511Nov 2025 — avg 181 · peak 387Feb 2026 — avg 221 · peak 543May 2026 — avg 201 · peak 383Aug 2026 — avg 301 · peak 772
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-05-312026-10-142018-05-31 — best price $17.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-05-30 — best price $9.992019-10-02 — best price $11.992019-11-25 — best price $19.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $13.392020-10-21 — best price $13.392020-12-22 — best price $11.992021-03-22 — best price $13.392021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-25 — best price $19.992021-12-17 — best price $5.992022-02-18 — best price $13.392022-06-17 — best price $13.392022-10-24 — best price $13.392022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-03-03 — best price $11.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $5.992024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-04-04 — best price $19.992024-06-14 — best price $19.992024-09-17 — best price $5.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-04-10 — best price $9.992025-06-12 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-01-23 — best price $5.992026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95262026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 53 pageviews2026-06-07 — 78 pageviews2026-06-11 — 44 pageviews2026-06-15 — 39 pageviews2026-06-19 — 45 pageviews2026-06-23 — 34 pageviews2026-06-27 — 44 pageviews2026-07-01 — 45 pageviews2026-07-05 — 43 pageviews2026-07-09 — 35 pageviews2026-07-13 — 51 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-21 — 58 pageviews2026-07-25 — 51 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 41 pageviews2026-08-10 — 69 pageviews2026-08-14 — 90 pageviews2026-08-18 — 75 pageviews2026-08-22 — 53 pageviews2026-08-26 — 63 pageviews2026-08-30 — 54 pageviews2026-09-03 — 39 pageviews2026-09-07 — 42 pageviews2026-09-11 — 50 pageviews2026-09-15 — 62 pageviews2026-09-19 — 52 pageviews2026-09-23 — 75 pageviews2026-09-27 — 64 pageviews2026-10-01 — 52 pageviews2026-10-05 — 55 pageviews2026-10-09 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2002026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 09:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
59.1%
earned "Mirror of Glory"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam Cloud6 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian, German, Japanese, French, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2018-10-16, latest 2021-11-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,8381%83
PS5 (PlayStation)881%84
PS4 (PlayStation)120%84
Switch (Nintendo)20%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

DarkStrategyCard GameLore-RichNarrativeRogue-liteSimulationStory RichDark FantasyLovecraftian

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistThe Last JourneyForce of NatureWeapon Shop FantasyEternity: The Last UnicornCHANGE: A Homeless Survival ExperienceApsulov: End of Gods

Similarity via IGDB.

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