Comparison

Cultist Simulator vs Space Grunts 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cultist Simulator

A challenging roguelike narrative card game where you play as a seeker of forbidden knowledge. Experiment with rituals, summon entities, and ascend to become a herald of a new age in a Lovecraftian 1920s setting.

Highlights
  • Challenging roguelike gameplay
  • Story-driven legacy system
  • Intense, immersive narrative
  • Choice-based storytelling
  • Lovecraftian world
  • Card combination mechanics
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SEIZE FORBIDDEN TREASURES. SUMMON ALIEN GODS. FEED ON YOUR DISCIPLES. BE WARNED. This game has no tutorial - part of the challenge is figuring out how to play. It's hard, but keep trying, and you'll master it. Good luck! In this infamous roguelike narrative card game, play as a seeker after unholy mysteries in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories. Become a scholar of the unseen arts. Craft tools and summon spirits. Indoctrinate innocents. Seize your place as the herald of a new age. Cultist Simulator was first released on PC and has more than 200,000 players all over the world. Now we’re bringing the cosmic mysteries of Cultist Simulator to mobile. • Challenging roguelike gameplay - There is never only one history. Cultist Simulator doesn’t hold your hand. Experiment, expire and transcend death with a story-driven legacy system. Over time you’ll learn enough to wrestle the game to its knees. • Intense, immersive narrative – Combine cards to tell your own story. A hefty novel’s worth of choice-based storytelling, from the creator of Fallen London and Sunless Sea. There are many paths through this game of ambition, appetite and abomination, and many ways your tale can end. • A rich Lovecraftian world – Corrupt your friends and consume your enemies. Search your dreams for sanity-twisting rituals. Translate grimoires and glean their lore. Penetrate the realm of the Hours and win a place in their service. Cultist Simulator brings the peripheral horror of Lovecraft’s tales to an entirely new setting. Expand your knowledge with the DLCs: New Legacies, New Ascensions, New Mechanics... • The Dancer - Join the Bacchanal • The Priest - Knock, and Ye Shall Be Opened • The Ghoul - Taste of the graveyard's fruit • The Exile - Some there are who will not yield If you encounter any issue with the game, please click on “Contact us” at the bottom of this page and give us as many details as possible regarding the issue and your device: https://playdigious.helpshift.com/hc/en/11-cultist-simulator/?p=ios

About

Space Grunts 2

Explore alien planets and battle enemies using a unique card-based combat system. Your inventory doubles as your deck, with every item collected becoming a card for strategic battles. Unlock new abilities and items as you progress through procedurally generated missions.

Highlights
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Unique inventory/deck system
  • Card-based combat
  • Unlockable extras and trinkets
  • Endless variation in gameplay
  • Strategic item collection
Features
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Land on a planet, find an entrance to a space station, and battle aliens, robots and hazardous environments using your deck of cards. Key features: ] Endless variation – Every game plays like a unique mission for your away-team – the layout is different every time. From the level layouts, to special events, and alternate paths. Every game will be unique. ] Unique card/inventory system – Your inventory is your deck of cards, every weapon, shield, or item you pick up is a card you use in battles and sits in your inventory (your deck). ] Unlockable extras – Complete challenges to unlock special Trinkets to help you in your games. Complete multiply missions to permanently unlock Buff cards, and increase your experience level to unlock special passive cards. Gameplay: Every game you play is uniquely generated from building blocks. No two levels are the same, no two game sessions are the same. As you progress through the levels you get to collect items for your inventory : weapons, shields, and dozens of other type items. Each item in your inventory is a card in your deck. Don’t want certain cards? don’t pick them up! That’s how you build your deck in this game: as you go. When you encounter aliens, you will engage with them in a card-battle: Either you or the alien will choose the first card, depending on who attacks who. And then the other picks his card. Defeat the alien, and move on to the next! Card battles are swift, and to the point. The game will randomly generate events, alternate routes and decide what effects plant-spores have on you or the aliens. Like I said: no two games will be the same!

Screenshots

Cultist Simulator4 screens
Space Grunts 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cultist Simulator at 4.8 against Space Grunts 2's 4.0. Cultist Simulator also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 28) and chart position (#21 vs unranked). Space Grunts 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cultist Simulator costs $6.99 and Space Grunts 2 $3.99 up front. Cultist Simulator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Space Grunts 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cultist Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cultist Simulator has 4.3K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cultist Simulator ships an update every 2 months, Space Grunts 2 weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Cultist Simulator versus Space Grunts 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCultist SimulatorSpace Grunts 2
Price$6.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.8 (4.3K ratings) — better4.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews72.8% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.3K — better28
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size331 MB69 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperPlaydigiousPascal Bestebroer

Customer experience

Cultist Simulator

All ratings4,221 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews371 reviews
Positive72.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative17.8%

Space Grunts 2

All ratings28 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Cultist Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional crashes and save file issues
  • Disappearing cards and UI elements
  • Inability to access certain features like the club

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add tutorial or in-game hints
  • Provide more accessibility options for text size
  • Implement save/load system to avoid losing progress
  • Add DLC content like the Dancer storyline
  • Improve card organization and UI layout

Space Grunts 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cultist Simulator

One-time5
  • The Dancer$1.99
  • The Priest$1.99
  • The Ghoul$1.99
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  • The Exile$4.99
  • Forbidden Bundle$6.99
None

Space Grunts 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cultist Simulator free?
Cultist Simulator costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Space Grunts 2 free?
Space Grunts 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cultist Simulator or Space Grunts 2?
Cultist Simulator is rated higher. Cultist Simulator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while Space Grunts 2 averages 4.0 from 28 ratings.
Do Cultist Simulator or Space Grunts 2 have ads?
Neither Cultist Simulator nor Space Grunts 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cultist Simulator or Space Grunts 2?
Cultist Simulator ships an update every 2 months, and Space Grunts 2 weekly. Most recently, Cultist Simulator was updated on November 2, 2026 and Space Grunts 2 on November 3, 2026.

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