Evil Cult

Evil Cult

StarInfidel · 2020 · Board Game, Turn-Based, Tabletop, Turn-Based Strategy, Strategy

PC
Mostly Positive73% · 22
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About Evil Cult

Evil Cult is a turn-based strategy game about various sinister cults all vying for world domination. Whether through completing the Final Ritual or eliminating all opponents, the victory will not be easy. Managing a cult is a tricky job, you see. Pesky investigators, multiple offspring sects, bloodthirsty opponent cults, these are all threats that have to be dealt with or successfully evaded. And all that has to be done below the radar of the human society.

This version of the game was upgraded with a modern UI look and interface. However, the classic minimalistic black design is fully supported, too. Various long-standing bugs in the classic version were fixed and all gameplay features were backported to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the release of the first public version.Features include:
  • Artifacts of the Arcane Expansion - Use mysterious occult artifacts to enhance the base game.
  • Multiplayer - Shared screen multiplayer is available. Join your friends or play against them.
  • Custom Game - Tired of playing the base game? Start a fully custom one. Each of the gameplay variables is open for tweaking around in this mode.
  • Four hours of music - An incredible electronica soundtrack by Jeremy Rice of Curious Inversions and Introspective fame, known by the fans of the original game.
  • Classic Mode - Full classic mode graphics and UI included. Relive the nostalgia.
  • Investigators - These irritating investigators never cease to vex the cults, bringing the additional challenge.
  • Sects Management - Using manual micromanagement or an AI advisor, these, erm, devoted groups of unsuspecting people will help you reach your nefarious goals.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Apr 11, 2024
Having played the free online version, I thought this would be the new and improved version. It is new, I guess. Some thoughts: - the node icons obscure the game play - I'm playing fullscreen on a large monitor and I can barely see what I'm doing unless I'm zoomed way in, and even then it's not easy - dark mode (or classic mode like the free online version) would be easier on the eyes and would also assist with the above issue re colour display and contrast - for the love of God, please let me toggle off the tutorial prompt!
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Not recommended Dec 9, 2025
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This is a browser/Flash tier board game that was inexplicably released on Steam as if it was a real PC game. The plot is ostensibly more amateur developer abuse of H.P. Lovecraft, a creatively bankrupt concept of establishing world domination through an evil cult. I guess the developer is not well versed in this kind of thing because the correct intellectual property they should have stolen for this would have been Steve Jackson's "Illuminati". Anyway, it's still creatively bankrupt. However, there is symmetry... the game design itself is also just as defunct. So, "Evil Cult" is a dead PvP game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. Competition amongst PvP centric games is ext…
Recommended Nov 14, 2025
Игра 'Evil Cult' оказалась приятным сюрпризом в жанре rogue-lite с элементами стратегии. Управление культом, привлечение новых последователей и распределение ресурсов – все это довольно увлекательно. Пиксельная графика обладает своим шармом, а мрачная атмосфера отлично передает ощущение обреченности и неизбежности грядущего апокалипсиса. Система развития культа достаточно глубокая, позволяя экспериментировать с различными ритуалами и улучшениями. Бои, хоть и простые на первый взгляд, требуют тактического подхода, особенно на более поздних этапах. Реиграбельность высокая за счет процедурной генерации уровней и различных ролей для ваших культистов. Однако, игра не лишена недостатков. Иногда она может показаться немного однообразной, особенно после нескольких часов геймплея. Не хватает большей вариативности в заданиях и событиях. Также, интерфейс местами немного неудобный и требует привыкания. В целом, 'Evil Cult' – это достойный представитель жанра, который может затянуть надолго. Если вам нравятся игры про построение баз, управление ресурсами и тематика культов, то эта игра вам определенно понравится. Рекомендую к ознакомлению, несмотря на некоторые шероховатости.
Recommended May 9, 2024
An enjoyable little game with a cute premise.
Not recommended Jan 26, 2024
Edited to explain- fifteen minutes of so-called 'content'- meaning some stuff to click- at most.
Not recommended Aug 31, 2023
i will not get a refund on a 6,99 game made by a single dude, kudos for the effort and the intriguing idea, but i am definitely not in love with this. its not necessarily the bland presentation (someone compared it already to an EXCEL-sheet), but the balancing in this is so so bad. the AI is just way too OP / quick and it all feels onesided and rushed. this game deserved more and needs much much more love and fleshing out, while obviously it has been abandoned for 2 years now.

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