That lets them shape what kind of cult they want to run, whether it be benevolent or fearful. After collecting three tablet shards, players get to put a new law into motion. My favorite piece of the game’s vast web of systems comes in the form of doctrines. Faith is as much of a resource as wood, which is perhaps the game’s toothiest morsel of religious satire.Ĭult of the Lamb surprisingly stands hoof-to-hoof with more “serious” systems-heavy games like Frostpunk. Hold a ritual to bless the ocean and you’ll be able to get a larger haul when you go fishing (conversely, you can declare a fast, which will lower the commune’s devotion but keep them from going hungry as it freezes their hunger meter). Perform a sermon and you’ll get currency that lets you buy permanent upgrades for the game’s combat section. You’re not just managing living conditions and hunger you’re trying to max out your flock’s devotion and harvest it like a resource. On top of those usual city-builder hooks, the game’s religious premise brings extra depth. What’s especially impressive is that this is only one layer of the management sim. That level of intricacy runs through every system, allowing you to create a functional (or dysfunctional, if you so choose) society. Those crops turn into ingredients that can be used to cook meals, keeping everyone fed and happy - unless you decide to cook a meal with that feces instead. Once set up, that waste can be collected from the bathroom and used to fertilize crops. Installing an outhouse stops followers from pooping in the grass, which can sow discontent among easily grossed-out animals. Like an effective preacher, Cult of the Lamb is always teaching something new, slowly making the daily routine busier without feeling suddenly overwhelming.Įvery decision plays an important role in the camp. Within an hour, I had some rudimentary beds for my followers, farm plots to grow food, a cooking station, and a temple to preach from. It’s a zany premise that just so happens to be a perfect management sim setup, one that’s loaded with interlinking economies and strong progression hooks.Īs my followers generated devotion by praying at my camp’s central shrine, I could use that resource to unlock structures that could be built with the wood and stone lying around. The woolly hero is tasked with building a functioning commune, converting other animals into followers, and killing four rival gods that are keeping its master imprisoned. In Cult of the Lamb, players take control of an innocent lamb who gets suckered into running a cult for a chained god. I just wished I could order my followers to do my dungeon crawling chores for me.
But like my uneven stint as a leader, it struggles to fully pull off the complex genre juggling act it sets out to achieve.Ī much better management sim than it is a roguelite, Cult of the Lamb is at its best when it’s a bizarro world version of Animal Crossing (with more satanic rituals). It’s a hellishly addictive management game that revels in its religious farce like cultists prancing around a bonfire. Fitbit Versa 3Ĭult of the Lamb explores that balancing act through a darkly comedic premise pulled straight from the golden age of the company Newgrounds.
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