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Cultist Simulator

Weather Factory · 2018-05-31

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

262
playing now
80%
positive of 14k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (57 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

262 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 262 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 4% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 354k–848k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-06-21) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 21 of 44 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

718952026-08-06 22:00 — 95 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 180 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 240 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 99 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 214 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 261 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 131 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 226 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 297 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 129 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 197 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 246 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 197 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 242 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 130 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 357 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 718 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 344 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 471 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 612 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 322 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 397 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 435 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 294 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 259 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 347 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 316 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 222 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 262 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-05-312026-08-302018-05-31 — 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 $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109262026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-05 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 72 pageviews2026-06-11 — 44 pageviews2026-06-14 — 45 pageviews2026-06-17 — 41 pageviews2026-06-20 — 28 pageviews2026-06-23 — 34 pageviews2026-06-26 — 33 pageviews2026-06-29 — 51 pageviews2026-07-02 — 49 pageviews2026-07-05 — 43 pageviews2026-07-08 — 52 pageviews2026-07-11 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 49 pageviews2026-07-17 — 60 pageviews2026-07-20 — 42 pageviews2026-07-23 — 40 pageviews2026-07-26 — 45 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 57 pageviews2026-08-10 — 69 pageviews2026-08-13 — 109 pageviews2026-08-16 — 95 pageviews2026-08-19 — 63 pageviews2026-08-22 — 53 pageviews2026-08-25 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1102026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 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

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.

Player tags

DarkStrategyCard GameLore-RichNarrativeRogue-liteSimulationStory RichDark FantasyLovecraftian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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