Games Like Cult of the Lamb

Convert followers to your world-ending cult in this Pikmin-inspired roguelike. Draw with blood to perform occult rituals, command a growing army of faithful and venture the world to corrupt it. The Old Ones have awakened and they await a vessel to prepare their arrival.

Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Dark Humor 20.3%, Action Roguelike 19.4%, Roguelite 13.7%, Cute 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its roguelite runs center on leading a colorful cult, performing rituals, gathering followers, and using their devotion in chaotic action-focused encounters.

It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!

Why similar: Cult 38.4% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Faith 13.7% ★, Colony Sim 12.6%, Dark Humor 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the closest pure management counterpart, letting you build a bizarre cult compound, recruit believers, and satisfy their increasingly strange needs.

Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

Why similar: Dark Humor 39%, Building 31.5%, Fantasy 7.7%, Adventure 6.2%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its morbid humor, macabre chores, eccentric townspeople, and steadily expanding crafting operation strongly match Cult of the Lamb's darkly cute management side.

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Colony Sim 52.4%, Base Building 32.7%, Building 5.8%, Fantasy 3.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers deep sect management, disciple training, supernatural rituals, and a progression-heavy community-building loop for players who want a more complex cult simulation.

Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.

Why similar: Base Building 53.8%, Character Customization 18.2%, Building 18.1%, Adventure 3.6%, Action 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Building and expanding a sinister castle, commanding servants, and venturing out to defeat bosses gives this vampire survival game a similarly dark power-fantasy loop.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 31.7%, Building 16%, Roguelite 15.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its roguelite settlement-building structure makes each new colony a fresh strategic run, with persistent progression and constant pressure to keep a community functioning.

Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.2%, Action Roguelike 30.6%, Roguelite 21.7%, Action 6.1%, Adventure 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: You play a necromancer in an action roguelite who raises and commands an expanding undead force, making it a natural fit for the crusade-and-followers fantasy.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: Colony Sim 52%, Base Building 32.8%, Cute 12.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: You nurture a settlement of distinctive inhabitants on the back of a colossal creature, balancing survival demands with a charming but uneasy atmosphere.

Moonlighter is an Action RPG with rogue-lite elements that demonstrates two sides of the coin – revealing everyday routines of Will, an adventurous shopkeeper that secretly dreams of becoming a hero.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 31.3%, Action Roguelike 27.6%, Roguelite 21.9%, Fantasy 6.2%, Adventure 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: It alternates between dangerous dungeon expeditions and improving a thriving hub operation, closely mirroring Cult of the Lamb's combat-to-management rhythm.

KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.

Why similar: Base Building 67.4%, Building 32.6%

Why You'll Like It: This dungeon-management roguelike lets you build an evil lair, recruit monsters, defend followers, and personally explore the world as your faction's leader.

Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 44.8%, Roguelite 23.3%, Dungeon Crawler 22.4%, Action 3.8%, Singleplayer 3%

Why You'll Like It: Although it lacks settlement construction, its exceptionally polished action roguelite combat, repeatable runs, dark underworld setting, and home-base character progression are excellent matches.

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: Dark Humor 59.7%, Funny 17.8%, Fantasy 16.6%, Singleplayer 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a comically evil underground domain while commanding minions and sending forces to the surface scratches the same villainous base-building appeal.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Cult 50.4% ★, Base Building 18.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Funny 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This dungeon management game has you construct a subterranean empire, direct minions, conduct rituals, and fight invading heroes as an evil overlord.

Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.

Why similar: Base Building 52%, Building 26.8%, Adventure 5.3%, Action 5%, 2D 4%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration, boss progression, customizable underground bases, farming, crafting, and a bright-cute presentation make it a strong choice for the building half of the experience.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, Base Building 33.3%, Building 18.1%, Fantasy 7%, Adventure 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its approachable side-scrolling kingdom management asks you to recruit subjects, develop defenses, and personally ride out to confront supernatural threats.

Goblins have been hunted to extinction by cruel adventurers. Embark on a heartwarming adventure to rebuild their lair and help them thrive in this award-winning turn-based RPG where every decision counts.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 23%, Dark Humor 17%, Dungeon Crawler 16.1%, Cute 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its storybook-dark fantasy combines expeditions, turn-based dungeon encounters, goblin recruitment, and lair improvements into a community-focused adventure.

The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!

Why similar: Base Building 53.7%, Building 23.5%, 2D 7.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its cheerful compulsion loop of exploring islands, gathering resources, unlocking upgrades, and automating a growing home base suits players who enjoy Cult of the Lamb's downtime progression.

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, Base Building 30.2%, Building 16.6%, Cute 9.4%, 2D 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: This cute colony sim combines citizen management, layered production systems, and social policies in a compact, colorful package with surprising strategic depth.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, Base Building 38.5%, Building 10.2%, 2D 2.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides endlessly emergent colony stories, believer-like social systems, rituals, ideology customization, and the same pleasure of keeping a fragile community alive.

Have a Nice Death is a 2D action roguelike where you play as an overworked Death, whose employees have run rampant, completely throwing off the balance of souls - and his vacation plans. In order to restore order, you'll have to grab your trusty scythe and show your employees who's boss.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.6%, Dark Humor 28.7%, Roguelite 16.4%, Funny 9.6%, 2D 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Fast, stylish action-roguelite runs and cartoonishly grim corporate humor make it a good fit for the seed game's cute presentation and death-obsessed comedy.

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

Why similar: Roguelite 35.4%, Building 28.1%, Cute 14.9%, 2D 6.1%, Colorful 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact card-driven village building, resource juggling, survival pressure, and roguelite unpredictability provide a more minimalist take on managing a growing settlement.

You seek untold riches, eternal life, divine powers - it leads to this accursed temple, a seemingly-infinite labyrinth of bottomless pits, deadly traps, and monsters.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.6%, Dungeon Crawler 26.4%, Roguelite 21.3%, Fantasy 4.4%, Action 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: For players most drawn to the crusades, it delivers tense isometric action-roguelite runs through cursed temples with a comparably oppressive occult atmosphere.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a randomly generated action RPG shooter with heavy Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac’s form giving him super human abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets and fight his way to safety.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 52.2%, Dungeon Crawler 25.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Indie 3.6%, 2D 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its immense replayability, unsettling religious imagery, dark humor, and item-driven action runs make it an essential recommendation for the roguelite side of Cult of the Lamb.

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

Why similar: Base Building 69.6%, Building 24.2%, Funny 4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Designing an elaborate villain base, staffing it with loyal specialists, and carrying out escalating world-domination schemes captures the gleeful cult-leader fantasy from a different angle.

An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 41.4%, Dungeon Crawler 24.8%, Roguelite 20.7%, Fantasy 2.4%, Adventure 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its approachable dungeon-crawling roguelite structure, permanent upgrades, charming presentation, and steady run-to-run improvement echo Cult of the Lamb's combat progression.

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 23.1%, Base Building 21.4%, Dark Humor 21.3%, Building 13.1%, Cute 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Building a profitable monster-filled dungeon while managing rooms, traps, visitors, and resources is a lighthearted management alternative with similar mischievous energy.

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

Why similar: Dark Humor 42.4%, Roguelite 29%, Cute 13.7%, Funny 10.4%, 2D 4.6%

Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.

Why similar: Cute 31.5%, Building 25.6%, Colorful 12.9%, Fantasy 11.3%, Adventure 7.4%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Adventure 39.4%, Singleplayer 24.7%, Indie 22.7%, 2D 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its hand-drawn darkness, bizarre creatures, survival crafting, and base upkeep offer a harsher but similarly whimsical macabre world to inhabit.

Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Dark Humor 20.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, Building 13%, Cute 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This punishing but charming village-builder uses roguelite events and difficult resource decisions to make every attempt at protecting your little community feel distinct.

Build a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.

Why similar: Cult 40.2% ★, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 16.2%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Roguelite 7.4%

Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

Why similar: Roguelite 72.7%, 2D 14.3%, Action 13%

Why You'll Like It: This darkly comic roguelite has you assemble bizarre undead servants from monster parts and use them to explore, fight, and expand your necromantic power.

Rogue Heroes is a topdown, roguelite adventure game inspired by the Zelda franchise. Play solo or team up with your friends to combat procedurally generated dungeons and take down the evil Titans that threaten to overwhelm the land of Tasos!

Why similar: Roguelite 32.6%, Action Roguelike 30.7%, Fantasy 8.2%, Adventure 7.6%, 2D 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Procedural dungeon crawls, action combat, gathered resources, and the rebuilding of a central village make its adventure loop especially compatible with Cult of the Lamb fans.

Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 40.9%, Cute 32.4%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.6%, Colorful 6.6%

Sinner Maker allows you to create characters and simulate a society built around them. Construct homes, manage their needs, and watch as they fall in love, form friendships, and even become enemies. Manage resources and solve emerging problems if you want your soul to be saved.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Faith 29.5% ★, Dark Humor 20.2%, Character Customization 12.3%, Roguelite 6.8%

Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.8%, Roguelite 22.8%, Action 7.3%, 2D 5.9%, Indie 4.7%

Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.

Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Dungeon Crawler 17%, Dark Humor 16.2%, Building 10.7%

In this presidential rogue-like action game, gather votes and run for presidency by day, then transform into a warrior to take down your enemies by night! Master unique skills to become a swordmaster, a cyber mage, or anything in between, and overthrow the ruthless president!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 20.8%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, Roguelite 10.9%

Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 51.1%, Roguelite 38.3%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 5%

Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

Why similar: Cult 66.1% ★, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Roguelite 10.7%, Character Customization 7.3%, Adventure 2.3%

Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.

Why similar: Roguelite 46.8%, Action 11.4%, Adventure 10%, Action Roguelike 9.4%, 2D 9.2%

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 28.5%, Action Roguelike 23.2%, Dark Humor 22.7%, Roguelite 15.1%, 2D 4.7%

Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.

Why similar: Funny 34%, Fantasy 29.7%, 2D 17.5%, Indie 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Why similar: Base Building 59.1%, Building 23%, Adventure 6.8%, Indie 4.5%, Action 3.8%

A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 28.6%, Dungeon Crawler 22.1%, Character Customization 12.9%, 2D 1.8%

Bear and Breakfast is a laid-back management adventure game where you build and run a bed and breakfast...but you’re a bear.

Why similar: Cute 58.5%, Colorful 26%, Singleplayer 15.5%

A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!

Why similar: Base Building 34.8%, Roguelite 17.7%, Building 15%, Cute 11.1%, Funny 7.8%

Escape from an incredibly dangerous, randomly generated tower in a slapstick, roguelite adventure that looks like a cartoon and feels like a joke. Slashy slashy!

Why similar: Dark Humor 23.4%, Dungeon Crawler 22%, Action Roguelike 21.6%, Roguelite 13.1%, Funny 7.1%

Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...

Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 23.9%, Dark Humor 15.7%, Building 11.8%, Roguelite 10.6%

Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Base Building 28.4%, Dark Humor 20.1%, Building 13.1%, 2D 3.1%

Moonbury's residents need healing, and you're the best chemist around! With your trusty tools, a brewing cauldron, and a canine companion at your side, you'll need to diagnose symptoms, gather ingredients, brew potions, and cure ailments in this open-ended sim RPG.

Why similar: Character Customization 35.4%, Cute 23.2%, Colorful 16.3%, Singleplayer 9%, 2D 8.3%

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Colony Sim 48%, Base Building 33.5%, Building 16%, Singleplayer 2.4%

The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 125+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.3%, Character Customization 22%, Roguelite 21.3%, Cute 13.3%, 2D 4.6%

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Base Building 27.6%, Dark Humor 16.7%, Building 13%, Character Customization 11%

Be evil. Build your dungeon and grow your empire in this roguelite dungeon builder. Hire monsters, set traps, battle heroes, and conquer the overworld with an ever expanding legion of evil.

Why similar: Base Building 55.7%, Roguelite 26.3%, Fantasy 7.5%, Colorful 6.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!

Why similar: Character Customization 60.6%, Fantasy 20.8%, Adventure 10.8%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Join the witches in their quest to restore the Grimoire Groves! Master magic, grow cute plant creatures and discover the mystery of the Rainbow Socks in this cozy, rogue-lite dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 25.8%, Action Roguelike 24.2%, Roguelite 18.2%, Building 14.3%, Fantasy 6.7%

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Adventure 32.7%, Funny 26.9%, 2D 17.6%, Indie 9.2%, Action 6.8%

A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Base Building 29.9%, Building 13.3%, Character Customization 11.9%, Cute 7.1%