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Cult of the Lamb

Cult of the Lamb combines a roguelite dungeon crawl with a base-building cult management sim. Between runs you build facilities for your followers — assigning tasks, managing their faith and needs, performing rituals — while the runs themselves provide resources and unlock new doctrines. Developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, it received significant post-launch content updates including online co-op.

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Cult of the Lamb

Steam reviews

125,598 of 130,980 Steam user reviews are positive (95.9%) and Steam's own label is “Overwhelmingly Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Cult of the Lamb at the last data refresh.

What Steam reviewers mention

19 of the 20 sampled reviews recommend it. Many texts are short jokes about mistreating followers or one-word approval; the few detailed reviews praise the art and the mix of combat with camp management, while two describe shallow upgrades, bugs or frustrating combat.

Sample: 20 reviews from Steam's English filter (10 most helpful, 10 most recent, ), 19 recommending · how Claude counts topics

  • Follower and Cult Management (praised in 8, criticised in 2 of 20): Many reviewers joke fondly about running the cult through rituals, fasting, odd meals and sacrifices, while one finds followers tiresome to manage and built as disposable, and another requests breeding for a favourite character.
  • Roguelite Combat and Its Balance with Base Building (praised in 2, criticised in 2 of 20): Two reviewers enjoy responsive dodging, weighty attacks and the pairing of dungeon runs with camp upkeep, but both detailed critics call upgrades lopsided or shallow, and one blames poor hit detection and spongy enemies.
  • Art Style and Music (praised in 3 of 20): Three reviewers single out the visuals, with the most detailed one praising a blend of cutesy and eldritch design, a clean interface and a soundtrack that changes from stage to stage.

Good for

  • Players who enjoy hybrid genre games that combine two distinct loops
  • Those who like building and managing a community between action sequences
  • Co-op players — 2-player shared-screen or online co-op added post-launch
  • Players who appreciate games with regular free content additions

Avoid if

  • You want a deep roguelite — the combat is simpler than genre specialists like Dead Cells
  • Base management that requires daily follower maintenance can feel like a chore over long sessions
  • You want either a pure roguelite or a pure base-builder rather than a hybrid of both
  • The cult aesthetic and religious parody content are not to your taste

Is Cult of the Lamb an indie game?

Yes. Steam lists Cult of the Lamb under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.

  • Steam genre tags on record: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy — includes "Indie".
  • Developer: Massive Monster.
  • Publisher: Devolver Digital — not on this site's major-publisher list.

The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.