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Cult of the Lamb

Massive Monster · Devolver Digital

Quick read

Cult of the Lamb splits a run-based crusade and a base where followers need feeding. Cute art, dark jokes, two loops that have to schedule against each other.

What kind of game is it?

Action roguelite plus colony-lite. You leave the cult to fight, then return to sermons and construction.

Who is it for?

For players who keep leaving a cult to fight, then coming home to preach.

How it plays

Loop: Running a colony
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Unlocks between runs
Players: Single-player
Structure: Roguelite
Tone: Comedic · Accessible

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression62
Estimate
Social18
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Session commitment52
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Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2022-08-11

Review score

95.9%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

129,613

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price

$24.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Cult of the Lamb?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

3.2M – 7.1M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue

$40M – $140M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players

56,262

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

4,024

Peak that month: 9,689.

Median playtime

29.1 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 14.9–47.7 h. 3% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English47%
Russian17%
Portuguese (Brazil)9%
Spanish (Spain)6%
Simplified Chinese5%
Spanish (Latin America)3%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The tonal trick is the point: animal crossing aesthetics over ritual violence. When the two loops fight the clock, that is the design.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Chaos and Care / cozy labour. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Build varianceEstimate

70 / 100

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Nearby games. Not always a direct substitute.

Shared: Meta progression, Roguelike, Roguelite

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: roguelite.

Related rankings

Related teardown

Cult of the Lamb — launch intelligence

Cute cult management welded to a roguelite crusade. 127,580 reviews at 95.9%, price 9.19 EUR on 17 August 2026. No demo, Next Fest missing.

Read the launch analysis →

Sources

Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.

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