Great blend of roguelite combat and cult management
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“If I need action, I go crusade. if I need chill, I manage the cult.”
Steam review · 49.9 h played ↗
Cult of the Lamb
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Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Massive Monster2022Base Building · Action Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler
The verdict
A charming, stylish mix of roguelite combat and cult management with a great art style and music. It wears thin for players who dislike chores, unskippable animations and shallow combat.
Great for
Fans of cozy base management plus light roguelite combat who enjoy dark humor and cute art
Main risk
Shallow combat and endless chores with unskippable animations get repetitive after about 10 hours
What players love
Cute-yet-dark art style and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I love how the game plays with dark and brutal themes through the cutest visuals imaginable.”
Steam review · 69.9 h played ↗
Excellent music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The music need's it's own review, it's def in my top 3 OST's of all time.”
Steam review · 180.2 h played ↗
Addictive, charming followers you get attached to
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“genuinely felling sad whenever one of my followers died :(”
Steam review · 69.4 h played ↗
Woolhaven DLC adds lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Woolhaven added so much bang for your buck!”
Steam review · 129.8 h played ↗
Flexible difficulty and accessibility options
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“i love the accessibitly. i have a neurological disorder that can effect my gaming ability at times and i feel i can always come back and still play this game with a few setting changes”
Steam review · 12.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Shallow, mediocre combat and management
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This is basically a subpar colony manager married to an extremely mid roguelike.”
Steam review · 39.9 h played ↗
Repetitive loop and busywork chores
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's just way too much busywork - bless this dude, cuddle that one, sacrifice his friend, repair the bed, clean the poo... the chores are endless.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and softlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I've never played a game that has lagged or crashed more in my life.”
Steam review · 30.2 h played ↗
Poor optimization and Steam Deck performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“my god is it poorly optimized. It's so bad that i can't play it for more than 30 minutes without my Steam Deck overheating”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Unskippable animations and rituals
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“So many animations you can't skip.”
Steam review · 25.6 h played ↗
Poor co-op implementation
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Playing co-op through Remote Play is super buggy.”
Steam review · 20.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or later
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400); AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024 VRAM); Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM)
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 (2048 VRAM); Radeon R9 380 (2048 VRAM)
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or later
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3240 (2 * 3400); AMD FX-4300 (4 * 3800)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 560 Ti (1024 VRAM); Radeon HD 7750 (1024 VRAM)
Storage4 GB available space
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