This creates a delicate balancing act where you need to go out in the world to progress, completing dungeons and defeating bosses, but you also have to spend time at your base. If you don’t keep your cultists happy, they leave. Places of worship, campfires, beds, idols… It’s the perfect recipe for a roguelite, a genre where “just one more go” is part of the doctrine. Everything unlocks something, which unlocks something else. From resources, you can build up your base.
From worship, you can upgrade your abilities.
As long as you keep their needs met, they’ll keep worshiping you, grabbing resources, and helping you build for as long as you want.
Once indoctrinated, you can assign them to certain tasks: worshiping you, chopping wood, or mining stone, for example.
Once you’ve set their appearance and accepted their various traits – negative and positive, both of which will impact your holy site – you’re free to boss them around. You can recruit them into your cult and indoctrinate them back at base. While you’re out in the world, you come across other animals. Where Hades hooked you by constantly sprinkling in the story, even when you failed and tried again, this hooks you with a dollop of base building. It’s not the combat that makes Cult of the Lamb stand out, though. Simple enough, but crunchy sound design, tight controls, and generous screen shake make every swing of your weapon feel satisfying. You attack when there’s a window of opportunity and you dodge-roll away just as the enemy strikes. It’s no wonder counting sheep isn’t an option when you’re playing, eh?Īfter being killed by cultists, the lamb makes a deal with the devil, comes back to the land of the living, arms itself with a variety of weapons, and heads out for revenge.Ĭombat is much like the old-school Zelda games. In it, you play as a sacrificial lamb that just won’t stay dead. They will explore a sprawling, randomly generated world and fight off hordes of enemies in a rogue-lite setting to defeat rival cult leaders and absorb their power to assert the cult’s dominance.įinally, they must train the flock to embark on a quest to explore and discover the secrets of five mysterious regions, cleanse the land of non-believers, spread enlightenment, and perform mystical rituals in order to become the mighty lamb god.Thought you were tired of roguelites? Cult of the Lamb is coming to wake you right up. Players must build their block by collecting and using various resources to build new structures, perform dark rituals to appease the gods, and give sermons to reinforce their faith in the lamb.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland worshippers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.” “ Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name. This quirky animated rogue-lite game casts players in the shoes of a possessed lamb that builds a cult in its name after being resurrected. Pre-orders are also available.Ĭult of the Lamb will release for various platforms on August 11, 2022. Cult of the Lamb will officially launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on August 11, and a demo is currently available for PC. Developer Massive Monster and publisher Devolver Digital have the release date for their upcoming indie game, Cult of the Lamb, as well as a new animated trailer.