Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Cultist Simulator
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AUG #1: PERCIVAL
Afternoon, Believers! We've just posted a production round-up of what we're up to on our blog, so thought I'd crosspost a quick update on a couple of culty things. :)
1. DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP
It's not super detailed right now, because we're in pre-production on our upcoming culty game BOOK OF HOURS. But if you're interested in what we're doing next, and when you can expect things for Cultist Simulator, check out our roadmap. Ask us on Twitter (@factoryweather) if you have special requests!
Firstly, we're finally ready to bring simplified Chinese to Steam! This'll launch in beta on Thursday 12th September, just in time for Mid-Autumn Festival. You'll be able to find it on the usual beta branch, 'gateofhorn', by right-clicking Cultist Simulator in your library, clicking on the 'Betas' tab and selecting 'gateofhorn' from the drop-down menu.
Russian's coming ASAP afterwards, and we may even have some news later down the line on other languages, too...
We're also launching a Kickstarter for our next game, BOOK OF HOURS. Set in the same dreamy, merciless alternate 1920s as Cultist Simulator - a world we call the Secret Histories - you'll be able to nab BOOK OF HOURS' Perpetual Edition, your name in the game, pet statuettes and a bunch of occult library goodness should you so choose.
The Kickstarter's launching at noon on Tuesday 3rd September, so if you want to be kept in the loop, sign up to our mailing list and/or wishlist the game below. Hope to see you there!
Just like The Dancer, these are story-packs that investigate some previously untapped areas of Cultist Simulator.
The Priest is all Knock, adding one new Legacy, two new Ascensions and the truly gruesome story of the Martyr of the Keys.
The Ghoul is all Winter, adding another new Legacy, two other new Ascensions and a suitably beautiful end of paintings, digging up and eating the dead, and the Elegiast in all his Wintry glory.
Perpetual Edition owners get both automatically and for free, of course! Everyone else, they're only £2.50 / $2.99 each, so pretend you're buying a really occult cup of tea...?
FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT: TRANSLATION
Now that we have the full English content of Cultist Simulator, we'll be able to finish off our in-progress Russian and simplified Chinese localisations of the game.
We'll announce their release dates as soon as we can. Keep your eyes peeled!
One particularly for new players! Today we also released our new Anthology Edition of the game, which includes:
Cultist Simulator (all 110,000+ words of it)
all three DLC packages (Dancer, Priest and Ghoul, adding another ~30,000 words)
the delectable 15-track soundtrack
The Anthology Edition grants 15% off the whole caboodle, coming to a totally sensible price of £25.90 / $33.11. BRING THE DAWN, all in one handy-dandy package!
Now that Cultist Simulator's coming to a close (apart from localisation!), we announced the next game we'll be working on: BOOK OF HOURS. Sign up to our mailing list to be kept up to date with development, and wishlist it below.
We'll be running a Kickstarter for it later this year, so Librarians, Lovers of Text and Long-children, keep a sharp lookout!
Firstly, Cultist is part of a big ol' narrative shindig on Steam this weekend! Look out for Ludonarracon on the front page of the store from 6PM BST / 10AM PDT today, running all the way through the weekend.
As part of LNC, we're going to be broadcasting our upcoming Priest DLC with the help of the delightful JimtheEternal and Systemchalk, both seasoned Cultist veterans who are able to
play arguably the most horrible CS content Alexis has written to date
not die immediately
explain what's going on to people in chat at the same time
So tune in to them!
✨ Jim's on from 11AM PDT / 7PM BST 🌙 Systemchalk's live from 3PMish PDT / 11PMish BST
We're also going to be releasing a free demo of Cultist today, so now all your havering would-be cultist friends can try the game and see if they like it or not. Praise be to the Watchman, who'll get us all in the end.
DEATH IN GAMES
Alexis and I are also being our big ol' goth selves and are on a live broadcast LNC panel on DEATH IN GAMES, along with the creators of The Stillness of the Wind and Little Red Lie. Find us on
If you missed our news last week, we've announced release dates for our upcoming DLC and a new Anthology Edition to mark Cultist's one year anniversary of sweet and fleeting life. There're more details in last week's sprint update, but the key points are:
📅 everything's launching on Thursday 30th May 2019, at 10AM PDT / 6PM BST
🐍 new stuff includes our Priest DLC, where you take on a long-awaited Knock ascension to become the Martyr of the Keys & also there are sneks
⚰️ also our Ghoul DLC, where a disgraced medium goes all Dorian Gray, hangs out in graveyards and develops gourmet, sepulchral tastes
Don't tell Alexis that's how I summarised his stories, and hope to see you in our LNC stream and/or on the 30th May! ♥
Now live on mobile!
CULTIST HAS LAUNCHED ON MOBILE
Hey everyone! Ever wished you could bring the apocalypse on the bus? Or murder your micromanaging boss without getting out of bed? Now - hooplah! - you can, as Cultist Simulator's live on the App Store and Google Play today!
For a week we're also offering a 30% off discount, so if you wanna bring your cult with you on the go, now's the time.
WHAT NEXT FOR WEATHER FACTORY?
You can also read a little about us from the front page of the App Store, as we're part of a feature on 'cool' Brits doing cool things in games. Check it out, iOS people!
(Apologies to Google Play-ers. Apple do not make App Store pages readable online, to our eternal regret.)
WHAT'S THIS, TRANSLATION?!
Fiiiinally, you may have noticed that we now have a simplified Chinese version of Cultist's Steam store page, and we offer a simplified Chinese version of the whole game on iOS! (We're unfortunately not able to offer Chinese via Google Play until the Chinese government reopens applications for foreign games publishing.)
I know a lot of you have been waiting patiently for Chinese to hit, so this will either allow you to play now or at least show you that we're working hard on translating everything to a high standard for PC. I'll release an estimated release date for both Chinese and Russian on PC in the near future.
In the meantime, hope you enjoy! :)
2 BAFTA GAMES AWARD NOMINATIONS!
I can't believe I'm writing this, but... Cultist Simulator's been nominated for not one, but
TWO BAFTA GAMES AWARDS!
We're up for both Debut Game and Game Innovation and both Alexis and myself were practically sick yesterday when the nominations were announced.
Thank you to all of you who took a chance on a weird indie game about a lady pulling off her own face. Cultist has been in active development since launch, and the feedback you've given us - along with the love you showed along the way - somehow got us to the point where we have to dress up fancy and go to a BAFTA Games awards show to find out if we win.
You are the best cult. <3 <3 <3
Now, more info shortly on mobile launch, localisation and other Weather Factory projects. Check out our roadmap if you're interested in what's next for Cultist, and we'll see you soon!
Mobile, HQs and future DLC
Hey believers! Just a quick update on where Cultist's heading over the next couple of months.
THE MANSUS ON MOBILE
We announced yesterday that we're releasing an iOS and Android port of Cultist Simulator! We've not revealed the date of launch yet (though it's SOON), but in the near future you'll be able to manage your cults, murder your bosses and muster monstrous servants on your phone and/or tablet.
You can pre-register for a discounted price on Android phones below...
...and all you iOS users, sign up here to be kept in the loop with mobile news! You'll get the same discount as the Android peeps for a short while at launch.
SMOL UPDATE IS SMOL
You might have noticed a rather, er, placeholder-looking card called your 'Temporary HQ'. You couldn't do much with it and it wasn't much fun. Yesterday we updated the main branch with a few new cult headquarters, as well as tweaks to the way HQs work in-game.
The new HQs to look out for are:
Rooms Behind a Bookshop
House Violet
the Opulent Townhouse
the Heterodox Church
the Candle-lit Mithraem
a Darkened Warehouse
WHAT'S NEXT FOR CULTIST SIMULATOR
Our next release will be Franklin's Build, comprising two bits of paid DLC. These'll add new Legacies to the game (just like the Dancer DLC), will be similarly priced to the Dancer DLC, and are:
the Priest Legacy, introducing a new Knock ascension
the Ghoul Legacy, introducing a new Winter ascension
For the avoidance of doubt, Perpetual Edition owners get this DLC for free. We've not announced a release date for Franklin's Build yet, but both Priest and Ghoul will release at the same time. You can get a good idea of when to expect 'em by looking at our updated roadmap, here.
NOW AVAILABLE: NEW CONTENT, PREPOSTEROUSLY DIFFICULT NEW GAME+ AND OUR SOUNDTRACK
It's finally here! Christopher's Build - comprising an advanced player-versus-demigod mode where you help a previous character ascend while muzzling (or murdering) one of four displeased immortals - is here! All 20,000 extra words of it.
It's free for all players, and you should see an update queued in Steam. It puts the 'cult' back into........... 'difficult'. A ha ha ha. Ha. :)
KEY FEATURES
★ MAJOR VICTORIES: You achieved immortality? Well done. Now, the hard bit. Play as your own Apostle, executing a doomsday plan to make your immortal character something like a god. Pursue the path of Grail, Lantern or Forge. Assemble the Great Feast; open a door into light; or Bring the Dawn.
★ MOAR LORE: Delve even further into the rich lore of the Cultist Simulator world. What is the Dawnbreaker Device? Where is the flaw in the world to be found? What is the Third Mode of the Tricuspid Gate? Who are the avid, ancient, brilliant women who call themselves the Ligeians... and why are they helping you?
★ IMMORTAL ENEMIES: They’re here to prevent your greater ascension, and add challenge and replay value while they're at it. These powerful NPCs make Detectives and Rivals look like playground bullies. See your loved ones kidnapped; your finances shredded; your affairs exposed to the public; your dreams become a battleground. Confront them in person, if you dare.
If you haven't already, now might be a good time to refresh your memory of the basics with our Beginner's Guide to Cultist Simulator. Downloadable in lovely PDF form, here! <3
WHERE'S THE NEW CONTENT IN-GAME?
All you have to do to unlock this hideous New Game+ mode is beat the game. Achieving any standard victory will unlock three new Apostle Legacies, one each for Lantern, Forge and Grail.
SOUNDTRACK
We’ve also just released Cultist Simulator’s 15-track OST from the same delectable composer as Fallen London and Sunless Sea. It's £7.99 / $9.99, and you can find the store page here!
(Though if you'd like to buy it via more traditional means, you can find it on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Bandcamp and a host of other places... just search for 'Cultist Simulator' in your music store of choice.)
LIVE BROADCAST
If you want to take a look at the new game+ before you dive in, Systemchalk is broadcasting the game now on our store page (and hopefully, with enough views, the front page of Steam too!). Just go to Cultist Simulator's store page to view - Alexis and myself will be in the chat too, so come ask us all your questions!
Sprint update - JAN #1: ANCIENT MARINER
Happy 2019, Believers! In case you missed it, we recently announced a release date for our big update coming at the end of this month: new game plus with a load of new content will launch on Tuesday 22nd January at 11AM PDT / 7PM GMT.
It's free for all players, and will drop alongside our bootiful soundtrack (which is sadly not free, but only costs £7.99 / $9.99 and will haunt your dreams for life).
Beating the game will unlock three new and nearly impossible Legacies. You'll play as the acolyte of your previous character, working to help them ascend to the House.
Unfortunately, the House can only hold so many demigods. There are a number of near-immortal Long who aren't, er, very happy about new blood among the ascended. They'll work against you, actively sabotaging your efforts, and perhaps attempting to snuff you out entirely.
NEW ART
There's a bunch of new content being introduced at the end of the month, so there'll be a host of new cards, Aspects and individuals to accompany you on your ill-advised descent into madness.
UPCOMING THINGS
Monthly design stream - we'll be hosting another live design session with Alexis Kennedy, on Thursday 17th January @ 4PM GMT (if you miss it, these design streams go up on our YouTube channel later).
Launch-day Steam broadcast - Systemchalk, a good streamy friend of ours, will be streaming these impossible new Legacies when they release, live on our Steam page. If you're not quite sure whether hardcore mode's for you, come watch a Cultist master be, er, probably horribly killed.
