Lovecraftian city-building game “Cthulhu Cult” is now available on Steam for Early Access

Cthulhu worshipers is a game title full of horror intrigue, but if this is your first time encountering it, you might be surprised to learn that it’s neither a dark RPG nor a creepy narrative adventure game. In fact, it is a city builder and settlement manager. Not only does this place the genre into new and exciting territory, but it also adds some mechanics that I never thought I’d see playing a Cities Skylines or Anno competitor.

In Cult of Cthulhu, you play as the overlord of a cult hoping to awaken Cthulhu from his slumber. All the typical elements of a city-building game are here – you need to acquire materials to construct buildings and expand your settlement, residents can be assigned jobs and trades, and you have to keep an eye on your resources. Of course, everything was covered in the horrible sauce.

However, there are some very interesting details beyond that. Throughout the game, you’ll encounter people who don’t believe in Cthulhu, and you can choose how to deal with them – whether you invest some time, resources, and possibly some threatening force into converting their beliefs, or do you Consider them disposable resources and make them expendable. The sacrifices and rituals you perform also have their own detailed mechanics and cutscenes, which is an incredible extra layer of detail.

For example, you can reassign a resident’s skills and professions by grabbing a ritual dagger and carving runes on their back. Yes, really. Small moments like this give you a break from the endless tasks, menus, and monitoring of buildings and residents.

Ritual also summons giant Lovecraftian monsters that you can tame to fight alongside you.

This looks to be one of the freshest and most unique city builders I’ve seen in a long time, so I’m glad it’s now taken the big step out of Early Access.

Cult of Cthulhu is now available in Steam Early Access, with an introductory 10% discount available for players who want to try it out until Monday, November 4th. There’s also a demo you can jump into if you want to try it out before buying. To learn more about the game and buy it for yourself, head to its Steam page here.

Alternatively, here are some amazing management games and strategy games that will give you the same feeling of spinning multiple plates at the same time.

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