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Evil Cult cover art

Evil Cult

StarInfidel · 2020-05-13

Steam

IndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 13, 2020 (Linux)

This is a strategy board game of Lovecraftian macabre. Gain resources, grow your cult, stay hidden from the world, and when the stars are finally right summon the Elder God you worship. Alternatively, just eliminate the competition in an invisible war.

Evil Cult is a free-to-play Indie, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2020, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive (75% of 32 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
75%
positive of 32 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 49,670 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $4.40 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.002020-05-132025-07-102020-05-13 — best price $8.092020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-10-21 — best price $6.742020-11-02 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-02-15 — best price $8.992021-06-24 — best price $4.492021-07-23 — best price $8.992021-10-21 — best price $4.492021-11-20 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $4.492022-01-22 — best price $8.992022-03-06 — best price $4.492022-05-06 — best price $8.992022-07-17 — best price $4.492022-10-28 — best price $8.992022-12-02 — best price $4.492023-03-15 — best price $8.992023-04-14 — best price $4.492023-06-17 — best price $8.992023-07-17 — best price $4.492023-09-15 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $4.492023-12-16 — best price $8.992024-10-28 — best price $4.402024-12-04 — best price $8.992025-02-10 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DPvPDarkCasualHorrorStrategyTabletopBoard GameConspiracyIlluminati

Census log

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

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