Games Like Cultist Simulator

Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?

Why similar: Tabletop 15.8%, Lore-Rich 15.4%, Card Game 15.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Crafting 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same creator, this game offers a deeper, more meditative exploration of the occult library setting found in the seed game.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Card Game 40.6%, Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 18.1%, Story Rich 12.9%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully blends card-based mechanics with a dark, meta-narrative and a sense of growing dread.

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Management 24.6%, Difficult 17.2%, Lovecraftian 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Story Rich 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the high-stakes, stressful management of dangerous entities and the discovery of cryptic lore.

Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 51.2%, Simulation 18.4%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Story Rich 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar occult-themed atmosphere where you manage a shop and uncover mysteries through careful observation.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 58.6%, Roguelike 13.4%, Story Rich 10.9%, Roguelite 8.9%, RPG 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a haunting, Lovecraftian narrative experience where resource management and exploration are vital to survival.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Tabletop 61.6%, RPG 19.5%, Story Rich 18.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses dice-based mechanics to drive a deep, narrative-heavy experience centered on survival and complex world-building.

Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 34.9%, Management 20.6%, Difficult 17.2%, Choices Matter 11.4%, Story Rich 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on cult management and making difficult, morally ambiguous sacrifices to appease dark gods.

Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.9%, Moddable 17.1% ★, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelite 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite horror game that leans heavily into Lovecraftian aesthetics and occult investigations.

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: Card Game 31.2%, Management 22.3%, Tabletop 18.7%, Roguelite 16.2%, Strategy 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a similar card-based interface to manage a village, requiring careful resource balancing and discovery.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 43.3%, Roguelike 19.8%, Difficult 15.4%, RPG 9.7%, Roguelite 7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the same oppressive, Lovecraftian atmosphere and the management of stress and sanity in a hostile world.

"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Why similar: Card Game 33.3%, Difficult 21.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 13%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines deep, strategic card-based combat with a complex, lore-rich narrative.

The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Resource Management 17.6%, Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based roguelite where you manage the environment to survive, echoing the deck-building mechanics of the seed.

A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

Why similar: Card Game 36.7%, Board Game 19%, Roguelite 17.1%, RPG 13.1%, Roguelike 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes a card-based tabletop system to frame its narrative-driven roguelite encounters.

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 20.7%, Moddable 18% ★, Board Game 14.3%, Tabletop 13.6%, Roguelike 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike exploration game that captures the 1920s-era occult adventure vibe.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 56.7%, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 10.4%, Story Rich 10%, Choices Matter 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the Lovecraftian exploration and resource management themes of its predecessor in a steampunk setting.

DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 60.4%, Psychological Horror 17.5%, RPG 8.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A fishing-based management game that slowly descends into Lovecraftian horror and mystery.

Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.

Why similar: Card Game 22.8%, Roguelite 17.6%, Roguelike 13%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based RPG that emphasizes narrative choices and world-building through its unique deck-building system.

Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 25.1%, Tabletop 18.4%, Board Game 17.9%, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelite 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired strategy game focused on occult rituals and hidden identities.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Difficult 26.2%, Choices Matter 22.6%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Story Rich 16%, RPG 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly oppressive, surreal atmosphere where survival management is tied to a deep, cryptic story.

You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.

Why similar: Card Game 20.8%, Tabletop 18.3%, Management 15.4%, Board Game 14.6%, Crafting 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based management and 4X strategy game that shares the aesthetic of building a magical organization.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Choices Matter 54.6%, Story Rich 45.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deduction-based mystery game that rewards the same kind of careful, investigative reading found in the seed game.

A unique digital boardgame with strategy and narrative elements, inspired by games like Pandemic, Arkham Horror, and Talisman. As a Heretic Operative, a secret mage sworn to oppose the Cult, you must harness the arcane without becoming lost in its power.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.8%, Board Game 20.4%, Card Game 17.5%, Magic 10.2%, Choices Matter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that leans into the occult and board-game mechanics to simulate a battle against darkness.

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 27.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 12.2%, Tabletop 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy narrative game that mirrors the weight of decision-making in a dark, unforgiving world.

The Fabulous Fear Machine is a narrative-driven strategy game with a pulp horror style. As the Machine's new Master, you must sow fear and expand your influence by creating Legends, harvesting resources, manipulating events, and spying on your enemies.

Why similar: Difficult 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Card Game 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Management 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game where you manage fear and influence, echoing the dark, manipulative themes of the seed.

Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.

Why similar: Card Game 26.4%, Lore-Rich 18%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, Difficult 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based dungeon crawler that uses its unique visual style to convey a sense of dread and mystery.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.8%, Psychological Horror 35.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game with deep, cryptic lore and a heavy emphasis on atmospheric, psychological storytelling.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Difficult 22.8%, Story Rich 22%, Strategy 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the bureaucratic, high-pressure management of information and resources with significant narrative consequences.

Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

Why similar: Story Rich 56.9%, Difficult 43.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deduction-based mystery game that requires the same level of intense, detail-oriented investigation as the seed game.

Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

Why similar: Tabletop 17.8%, Lore-Rich 16.3%, Card Game 16.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 11.4%, Psychological Horror 9.6%

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Resource Management 42.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Management 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Difficult 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes management game where every decision has a cost, mirroring the brutal resource management of the seed.

The Horror at Highrook is an occult card crafting narrative RPG. Explore a haunted mansion with your team of investigators, summon dark entities, craft powerful protections, uncover the fate of the missing family, and choose your own path through the darkness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.1%, Board Game 21.7%, Card Game 19.5%, Crafting 10.5%, Story Rich 5.7%

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Roguelike 32.4%, Crafting 29.6%, Roguelite 24.4%, Strategy 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy management game with a unique, oppressive atmosphere and high-stakes survival mechanics.

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: Lovecraftian 44.4%, Lore-Rich 21.5%, Management 19.1%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 7.4%

Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 33.9%, Card Game 19.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Roguelite 8.5%

Fhtagn Simulator is a Cthulhu Roulette Deckbuilder. Set up card slots on roulette to maximize card's value. Collect evil creatures, spells, items and environment to build your deck. Your ultimate mission is to sacrifice spirit collected by cards to unseal the ancient gods that have come to earth!

Why similar: Lovecraftian 41.8%, Card Game 21.9%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 13.6%, Strategy 6.1%

Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.

Why similar: Tabletop 17.1%, Card Game 16.8%, Board Game 12.8%, Management 11.8%, Roguelite 10.1%

A Lovecraftian deck-building roguelike. Collect eerie cards and twisted creatures. Strengthen your deck while battling sanity loss in waters haunted by unspeakable entities.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36%, Card Game 16.2%, Roguelike 15.2%, Roguelite 12%, Strategy 7.8%

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: Lovecraftian 48%, Roguelite 21.3%, Roguelike 17.4%, Story Rich 6.9%, RPG 6.5%

Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.4%, Card Game 19.8%, Roguelike 16.1%, Roguelite 12.5%, Strategy 5.6%

"May all stories find their best endings." "Depersonalization" is an anthology-style game featuring standalone chapters and diverse story genres. We continuously collect and create a wide variety of stories, ultimately housing them in a library that transcends the flow of time.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 42.8%, Board Game 21.4%, Card Game 9.4%, RPG 8.1%, Story Rich 6.8%

Morimens is a roguelite card-building game inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, where you craft a versatile and intricate deck tailored to your playstyle. The choice is yours to embark on a climb up treacherous towers or engage in tactical battles. Explore misty maps and uncover the truth of the world.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.4%, Card Game 25.1%, Roguelite 12.3%, Story Rich 8%, RPG 8%

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: Lovecraftian 36.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Roguelite 15.9%, Difficult 10.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%

Card Shark is an adventure game full of cunning, intrigue, and delectable deceit. Enter a world where you’ll need to play your opponents better than you play your cards.

Why similar: Card Game 52.8%, Story Rich 17.9%, Simulation 15.6%, RPG 13.7%

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.4%, Resource Management 25.2%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 11.1%

Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.

Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, Roguelike 28.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 9.6%, RPG 8.1%, Board Game 6.6%

We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

Why similar: Card Game 44.9%, Roguelike 26.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Difficult 6.7%

Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!

Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Board Game 19.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 13.5%, Difficult 12.5%

This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

Why similar: Board Game 28.4%, Moddable 24.3% ★, Tabletop 22.2%, Card Game 19.4%, Strategy 5.8%

In Divine's Howl, you will embody a divine avatar, leading your followers to expand your power across a shattered world.

Why similar: Tabletop 34.5%, Board Game 32.1%, Simulation 17.5%, Strategy 16%

Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 64.8%, RPG 18.8%, Choices Matter 7.2%, Story Rich 5.3%, Strategy 3.7%

You have 3 weeks to get a date for Monster Prom! Go through absurd and funny situations, raise your stats and seduce one of your classmates. Beautiful art, bold, unapologetic dialogue and hard choices make up this Multiplayer (1-4 players) Dating Sim. Be your worst self.

Why similar: Choices Matter 62.1%, Simulation 23.2%, Story Rich 14.7%

Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.

Why similar: Card Game 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, RPG 10.8%, Resource Management 8.5%

MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Why similar: Board Game 36.2%, Difficult 21.8%, Strategy 18.9%, RPG 11.9%, Story Rich 11.2%

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Why similar: Card Game 27.7%, Crafting 16.5%, Board Game 10.7%, Roguelike 9.9%, Resource Management 9.5%

Occlude is a ritual disguised as Solitaire; a cosmic-horror card game where the rules are obscured and reality is at stake. Play through cryptic challenges to reveal forbidden lore in this singleplayer narrative puzzle game for the terminally curious. Don’t worry; you can always start over.

Why similar: Card Game 68.6%, Strategy 24.1%, Story Rich 7.4%

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Management 27.1%, Resource Management 21.6%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Story Rich 11.5%, Strategy 11.2%

Hunt through the wastelands for colossal Beasts in this roguelike deckbuilder. Beware! Beasts grow stronger during battle, allowing them to consume your creatures or counter your spells. Carve profane Gifts from these behemoths and grow stronger to serve your Patron! But serve them to what end?

Why similar: Card Game 31.6%, Roguelike 19.5%, Roguelite 17.1%, Difficult 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%

Lovecraftian Doctor Simulator. Diagnose patients by analyzing unsettling symptoms and treat them using your Book of Medicine. Make moral choices — decide who to save or kill, discover whom to trust, and unlock multiple endings! Can you endure 30 days of perilous decisions?

Why similar: Lovecraftian 39.4%, Lore-Rich 17%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Psychological Horror 10.6%, Management 10.4%

Freely build your magic academy and choose qpprentices from over 200 traits: genius, eccentric, or perhaps a fool? Select from hundreds of wizard classes to face hundreds of different event challenges, resist the invasion of the abyss, and save the entire empire from crisis.

Why similar: Card Game 24.7%, Management 18.9%, Roguelite 13.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Magic 12.2%

The Witch's Cauldron is a narrative roguelike game about being a medieval witch. Grab your cauldron and get brewing. Love, curses, laughter, wisdom for sale! Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. At least before the inquisitors come around.

Why similar: Card Game 18.8%, Crafting 15.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 11.6%