Cultist Simulator is a dense, deliberately enigmatic roguelike card‑narrative about occult ambition and the hunger for forbidden knowledge. Set in a 1920s‑tinged world of hidden gods and secret histories, it casts you as a seeker who combines cards to research rituals, recruit followers, and pursue competing goals; knowledge, power, beauty, or revenge. The game punishes casual experimentation but rewards patient inference: timers, card interactions, and fragile engines must be learned through repeated failure until patterns emerge. Runs are fragile and consequential, yet each success feels earned, unfolding new mechanics, locations, and narrative beats. Best for players who relish cryptic systems, emergent storytelling, and the slow satisfaction of turning chaos into a functioning occult machine. How it plays • Systems first : An engine builder at heart, the game treats cards as living systems; work, study, health, hunger, followers, and occult lore all tick on independent timers. Com...
CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut transplants the claustrophobic tension of classic survival horror into the mud, wire, and thunder of World War I. Set amid the grinding carnage of the Battle of Verdun, you play a lone French soldier driven by a desperate, personal mission: find your missing younger brother while navigating collapsed trench lines, occupied forts, and the blasted no‑man’s‑land between them. The game marries methodical, top‑down combat with brutal resource scarcity and tightly integrated environmental puzzles, creating a relentlessly oppressive atmosphere where every scrap of ammo, every torch battery, and every route choice can mean the difference between survival and oblivion. It’s a historically grounded nightmare that rewards careful planning, grim resolve, and the willingness to make terrible choices to keep a home intact. Core mechanics • Resource scarcity : Limited ammunition, fragile health, and tight inventory make every decision consequential. • Top‑down survival horr...