Leave a Review Cultist Simulator
Soo much fun
The game is soo much fun especially when commuting as time seems to seamlessly pass when playing this game which I feel is the most important aspect of any mobile game.
I have reached one of the many victories so here a few tips for newcomers:
Remember the game wants you to experiment and find new things out by yourself, thats why there is no tutorial. It took me many lifetimes to finally reach one of the endings, but learning and experimenting is part of the fun!
One thing i would definitely mention is to make sure to start slowly, and frequently pause and READ CARDS. You should always keep your verbs occupied unless you are waiting for something particular.
On that note, books are the source of all knowledge in this game. This is one of the main ways to progress the game as it will unlock different lores or rites.
The other main way to progress in this game is to travel through the spiritual realm called the "Mansus", you will first need your find your way there, maybe being *passionate* will help you start on your ascension. Enjoy fellow occultists!Show lessReverseSeraph
What An Incredible Game
Now I’ve never been one for playing card-based games, nor writing reviews, but here I have found myself writing this after playing this particular game for hours, waiting on edge for every next move I make. You start the game a bit lost, figuring out just how to play along the way, discovering the detailed and enthralling lore behind it and just how to rise in a new and mysterious world.
In short, I love this game. It’s captivating and insanely full of compelling storylines. The more you okay, the more you discover, and the more you realize you haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the depth this game offers. 10/10, would eternally recommend!Show lessALittleLeaf
Great game, and great port.
Extremely great game, whether you’re looking to pass the time or delve into lovecraftianesque lore. No tutorial, and little explanation past the initial actions (which is an intentional feature, not an overlooked flaw). Some bugs, but none that are game breaking. A bit of grinding in the mid to late game, though if at any point you slip up you could end up in jail, or find yourself wasting away from despair or going insane.
Almost exactly the same as the computer version. My main complaint is that the table is noticeably smaller, leaving much less room for the dozens and hundreds of cards one can collect during a play through. I’ve been able to make it more manageable by reducing the grid snap size to 1/2, but it’s still frustrating at times. I haven’t gotten far enough to see if they have the apostle legacies or the dancer dlc, but the base game is still very much worth the price.Show lessMazricoth
Give it a try
A unique but potentially confusing game.ShaunyBe
Developer Response
Hello, part of the challenge is figuring out how to play. It's hard, but you'll master it. Good luck! ;)Perfect Marriage of Theme with Gameplay
There are many things to love about this game, but I want to call out its perfect ludo-narrative harmony.
After a few hours of slowly building complexity, no step too intimidating or too sudden, you’ll zoom out and realize you’ve assembled the cards which represent your cult and your knowledge of the occult into a crazy conspiracy board of patterns which only make sense to you.
Nothing feels out of place in this game.Show lessjthile
Great Game, Sound doesn’t work
I love this game, I played it a lot before on PC so I bought it release day on the App Store. However, the sound isn’t working for me in game. Other reviews haven’t mentioned this so I thought it was my problem. However I tried restarting my phone, restarting the app, nothing helped. I am using an IPhoneXs if it helps. I would rate this 5 stars if the sound works.
[Edit] The sounds works nowShow lessbrightlights11111
A must-buy!
Cultist simulator is a truly unique and well made game, and though it is difficult at times, that is one of the charms of it.
I’ve read reviews saying that the game is too hard, confusing etc but I assure you, it is! Cultist simulator is not supposed to be easy and just because it doesn’t hold your hand throughout the game doesn’t mean it’s a bad one. The game literally tells you to experiment, because the developers knew that you would die time and time again before actually getting an ending.
The game itself is unique and is very original, it’s something that you wouldn’t expect on iOS.
I haven’t been playing for that long but I’m hooked! Note that it can be a little hard to read on navigate on the iPhone but the developers are working on it.Show lessi-have-a-dark-sense-of-humour
Mediocre and perhaps overrated
This game is quite interesting and exciting when you first start. Reading the description and reviews, it seemed like a very mysterious game as you’re suppose to find out how to play. When I first played it, it did match the descriptions quite well. It starts off slightly confusing and all but as you continue you start to read more of each card and try to look for clues on what to do.
But it does get quite frustrating and in the end it feels like a waste of money. The mechanics works, the graphic are good, and the idea is interesting, which earns the 3 stars from me. But it feels very difficult trying to make significant progress in the game. Trying to gain new cards just to study another card is hard because you don’t get a tutorial. Your character always seems to stop developing at one point because of the difficulty.
My point is, the situation of “I can’t seem to get past this point” happens too often. This makes the game frustrating and boring, while defeating the purpose of the game.Show lessscorpiaMK2
Keep Waiting for the “There” There
I’ve played this over and over, after waiting for its release, and I’m pretty much done. It looks like a deep strategy game with an interesting narrative, but all it boils down to is desperately placing cards wherever it will let you, hoping something reveals itself. Aside from the meh quality of the gameplay, there are some design flaws that make it worse. For one thing, cards and destinations (or whatever you call the places you put the cards) often spawn offscreen with no indication that anything has happened. For another, while you need money, it stops flowing after a couple of turns. So, you still go to work, but you no longer get paid. Then you get sick and cannot do anything about it...
They should have called it “Live, Die, Repeat,” but then people might confuse it with the far more exciting atom Cruise movie.Show lessjkeitz
Great game...requires patience!
With no tutorial and no clue what to do, your first character (or 3) will quickly succumb to...something. But new characters will build on the deeds of previous characters, and once you start to figure out the mechanics, there’s a cool game hidden underneath. There are still concepts I haven’t figured out yet, but piecing together the mechanics is part of the game itself, and successes feel earned.Show lessAaMaxLew
