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2018 PC 19.99 € 79 % positive Mostly positive, 13,003 reviews on Steam

A dark narrative card game set in a 1920s world of hidden gods, where you build your own cult by juggling time, resources and rituals. Cryptic rules and emergent stories arise from your experiments and failures.

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  • Choices with consequences
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for Cultist Simulator are Elsinore, Pathologic 3 and Pathologic 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cultist Simulator special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Elsinore

90 %

2019 PC 8.19 € 95 % positive Very positive, 352 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

Play as Ophelia in a time loop through Shakespeare's Hamlet, reliving the days at Elsinore castle to stop the tragedy. You gather information, manipulate characters and see how your choices reshape the unfolding story.

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Pathologic 3

Choices with consequences

As the rationalist doctor Dankovsky, you try to beat death itself in a strange town ravaged by plague. Its new twist is time manipulation, letting you revisit and alter key events across twelve days, in an oppressive, narrative-heavy blend of horror and survival.

Pathologic 2

Choices with consequences

As the healer Artemy Burakh, you struggle through a plague-ridden steppe town against hunger, relentless time pressure and scarce resources. Every decision leaves lasting consequences, and the bleak, surreal narrative never lets you rest.

Waiting for the Raven

Choices with consequences

As a Master of Spies you build a network of agents in the underworld, decipher letters, solve mysteries and run businesses. The hybrid of first-person and top-down views gives it a dense, experimental atmosphere.

We. The Revolution

Choices with consequences

You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

Beholder

Choices with consequences

As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.

Sunless Sea

Choices with consequences

As the captain of a steamship, you sail the dark underground sea of Fallen London, juggling fuel, supplies and your fraying sanity. It thrives on grim, literary storytelling, discovery and the constant risk of death.

Do No Harm

Choices with consequences

You play a doctor in a Lovecraftian world, diagnosing eerie symptoms and treating patients with the help of your medical book. Over 30 days you make morally tough calls about who to save, sacrifice or trust, leading to multiple endings.

The Pale Beyond

Choices with consequences

You become the reluctant leader of a polar expedition trapped in the ice, juggling scarce supplies and crew morale while making tough calls. A narrative-driven survival adventure with a historical Antarctic setting.

DarkSwitch

Tactical depth

A vertical survival city builder where you grow a settlement on a giant tree and defend it against the Fog. Limited space, scarce resources and tough moral decisions drive the experience.

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