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CULTIC
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
88 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Leaving a review long after i played this game, as it was not clear at all that when i bought the game, if i wanted to finish the story, i would have to buy a second game. I was under the impression that the game was…”
“I'm recommending this game BUT don't let overwhelmingly positive reviews deceive you. Game starts pretty decent. Great visuals, fast & solid mechanics and satisfaction of shooting pulled me into the game quickly. I…”
“What if Blood and Resident Evil 4 made sweet passionate love? You get Cultic. I generally appreciate boomer shooters from afar, as I'm just not that good at them. But this? This is something else. This opened my eyes.…”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I'm recommending this game BUT don't let overwhelmingly positive reviews deceive you. Game starts pretty decent. Great visuals, fast & solid mechanics and satisfaction of shooting pulled me into the game quickly. I…”
“What if Blood and Resident Evil 4 made sweet passionate love? You get Cultic. I generally appreciate boomer shooters from afar, as I'm just not that good at them. But this? This is something else. This opened my eyes.…”
“Cultic is one of the best shooters of our time and often a fantastic survival horror game as well, cant go wrong with this one. Hopefully we'll see more adventures starring John Cultic in the future”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game! The gameplay feels very reminiscent of classic Duke Nukem–style shooters, and the difficulty felt well-balanced (I played on Hard). I especially enjoyed the small rewards for exploring and finding secrets—it…”
“Play this on one of the higher difficulties for one of the most challenging but rewarding experiences you'll ever have in any FPS game. Don't forget to stop and listen to the music and ambience too!”
“super fun and great level design. played on easy cause i was wanting something casual but still a fun experience.”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game. Combat is a lot of fun. Level design is awesome. Music is top notch.”
“One of me favorite boomer shooter. The music is amazing.”
“A solo project that perfectly encapsulates everything that made shooters from the 90s so good. Great music, expansive levels, resource management and great gunplay. It is also bite size and can be finished in under 8…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game! The gameplay feels very reminiscent of classic Duke Nukem–style shooters, and the difficulty felt well-balanced (I played on Hard). I especially enjoyed the small rewards for exploring and finding secrets—it…”
“CULTIC is a masterpiece! The core gameplay mechanics make you feel extremely badass, especially with the sound effects and headshots. Both chapters are amazing, I don't know why there is so much hostility for Chapter 2,…”
“Cool game if you like old school doom. The atmosphere was great and the soundtrack was awesome had some jump scares I did not see coming I like the story interesting take. I will be sure to get chapter 2. Keep up the…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“Leaving a review long after i played this game, as it was not clear at all that when i bought the game, if i wanted to finish the story, i would have to buy a second game. I was under the impression that the game was…”
“I'm recommending this game BUT don't let overwhelmingly positive reviews deceive you. Game starts pretty decent. Great visuals, fast & solid mechanics and satisfaction of shooting pulled me into the game quickly. I…”
“its a chore after chapter 1, chapter 2 has very cheap boss fights and very little actual creativity unlike chapter 1. the constant bullet sponges is what gives it a bad taste.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This is the finest, best presented, most immaculately paced retro shooter I've ever experienced. My only possible complaint is that it left me wanting more!”
“Good doomclone, only issue was I wished it was longer.”
“Excellent work from this small team and I fully appreciate their time and effort. BUT, I am so done with it. It is a real slog to get though. Each level can take over an hour to complete and the whole experience should…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“just beat the first two missions.. its pretty fun, but enemy targeting is in my opinion a little TOO quick and also accurate, and it makes for two rather annoying and very common scenarios- being too quick- enemies can…”
“El primer episodio esta muy bien, pero el segundo episodio es una mierda desbalanceada.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I'm scared the entire time playing this game. I love both the main game and DLC. It is a well refined shooter. I picked this up because it reminded me of Blood.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Imagine you're out car hunting, and you come across an absolutely fantastic old car. Like a 1970's muscle car, or a 1940's roadster, or whatever you fancy. And this thing is absolutely primo cherry condition. But, what you find out is it isn't just some barn find that was only…”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“Outrageously good. Gunplay is snappy and satisfying, enemies feel threatening without feeling unfair. Can be a quick in-and-out 4 hour romp or you can take your time and uncover all the secrets, just like any good shooter of this style. Great sense of style and just overall…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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CULTIC - V2.1.02 Patch
Hello all! Quick little patch to fix up a few things, nothing too crazy. Changes below! Fixes Temporary weapons (bazooka, flare gun, machinegun) should once again properly drop when empty, rather than
CULTIC v2.1 Localization Update
EDIT: Pushed a small hotfix to correct a text label issue in the Save screen Hello everyone! It's been a hot minute since CULTIC has received any PC updates, and for that I'd like to apologize. When t
CULTIC Comes to Console
Aaaahh I can finally talk about it! CULTIC is coming to consoles July 23rd!It's been a crazy journey but the end is nearly in sight! Check out the trailer for the console versions below: You can learn
CULTIC - v.2.02i Patch
Hello all!Hope all of the new players that picked up CULTIC over the Holiday Sale are enjoying themselves! Thank you for the support and for taking the time to check out my game!Got another quick litt
CULTIC v.2.02h Patch
Hello all! Hope everyone had a great holiday. I've got a small update with some fixes and changes for ya. Full details below!ChangesThe Rotten (swamp zombies) can now be burned. Originally I had set t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Boomer Shooter · FPS · Old School · Shooter · Action · First-Person · Retro · Horror · Gore · 3D · Dark · Violent (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 35 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD FX 6350 / Intel i3 4150 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: GPU must support DirectX 11