Cultist Simulator
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- At least 85% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 59% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 14,386 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 26.4h for positive, 9.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- No Worst, There Is None Despair, the wolf that devours thought, devoured me. ≥85% −15
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (83)
story milestone ending side
- Mirror of Glory I dedicated myself to the understanding of the Light that leaks from a fiercer place. 100%
- No Worst, There Is None Despair, the wolf that devours thought, devoured me. 85%
- Where Will They Find Me? My body died. Perhaps my spirit entered the Mansus. 78%
- In the Midst of my Life, in a Dark Wood The Wood grows around the walls of the Mansus. As any student of Histories knows, the Mansus has no walls. 75%
- Speechless at Sunset Speech may not pass the White Door, but I may. 49%
- Unflinching Order I dedicated myself to the fire that changes and remakes. 43%
- Order of the Bloody Cup I dedicated myself to the mysteries of birth, blood and appetite. 43%
- The Clock Striketh Twelve I honoured my agreement, but I did not have a friend. 42%
- Society of St Hydra I dedicated myself to the study of the five Histories, and their thousand demi-real branches. 40%
- What Has It Got In Its Pocketses? I have answered the riddle of the Stag Door, and am counted among the Know. 40%
- Society of the Holy Wound I dedicated myself to the Hours which open doors. 35%
- I'm Not... *Unhappy* I worked. I slaved. I lived a sort of life. 34%
- SUMMON ALIEN GODS I conjured a creature from beyond the skin of the world. 29%
- Corner Office I will be honoured by my peers. And then, one day, I'll die. 27%
- Beaded with Blood I have made the necessary sacrifice to enter the Mansus through the Spider Door. 27%
- Bars Across the Sun My trial was contentious. But thanks to the Inspector, here I am. 26%
- In the Glassgarden It has pleased the Peacock Door to yield to my entry. 24%
- Wildwood Club I dedicated myself to chaos, and the unexpected Hours. 21%
- Under An Appreciable Mental Strain I no longer have any idea what is real, and what is not. 20%
- Children of Silence I dedicated myself to the silence that comes and the cold that ends. 18%
- Temple Unceasing I dedicated myself to the drumbeat which can never end. 17%
- A Seer I cast a believer onto the Lantern's path. 17%
- Thine be the Glory I walked behind the Watchman. I will not grow old. 16%
- Church of the Bright Edge I dedicated myself to the Hours of struggle and conquest. 10%
- A Cyprian I pledged a believer to the Feast of the Grail. 9.3%
- Hairless and Imperishable I wrestled the Forge to victory. I will not grow old. 8.8%
- Smooth Without, Red Within I gorged on the fruits of the sticky Grail. I will not grow old. 8.8%
- Call It A Christmas Present I don't think it really qualifies as a cadaver, so much as a souvenir. 8.4%
- A Reshaper I shaped a mighty believer from the fires of the Forge. 8.3%
- Ever After: Me I am a successful trophy. 7.1%
- The Sun Before Me The Sun has his course, and so do I. 6.9%
- A Skintwister I led a believer to the Wood of the Moth. 6.9%
- A Key I forged a believer into a true instrument of Knock. 6.1%
- The Rest Is Silence ..................... 5.7%
- A Tarantellist I drew a believer to the endless Dance of the Heart. 5.4%
- An Assassin I sharpened a believer to their deadliest Edge. 4.9%
- Breaking Dawn I was consumed, but another I rose higher 4.7%
- The Other Side of the World I couldn't risk them picking up the trail again. 4.4%
- Nothing Must Be Forgotten I carry the colours of lost Hours with me like a coal of rosy fire. 4.1%
- The Third Way I was lost to another I's glory 3.5%
- My Constancy Assured I have joined the storm-chorus of the Thunderskin. Never shall I cease. 3.2%
- Unsealed and Unseamed In the Fifth History alone, I will rise like a wave and hood myself to mark what I have become. 3.0%
- The Dodo and the Dragon I have become something winged, dark and undying; something that no longer exists. 3.0%
- I, the Feast I was devoured, but another I rose higher 2.9%
- All The Infections That The Sun Sucks Up I have taken the seeds of the Crowned Growth into me. 2.9%
- The House of the Moon The Meniscate favoured me. 2.0%
- Only the Best 'I have one very specific recommendation for the contract...' 1.9%
- Ever After: Cat She ensures I have sweet dreams. 1.7%
- Too Much Fun The opposite of battle is death. 1.5%
- Eternity's Sustention The Corrivality is the world's engine. 1.4%
- Thine be the Ghoul We walked behind the Watchman. We will not grow old. 1.4%
- Keep the Sunset Company There's a lot of the world, and it's not all mapped yet. 1.4%
- Kinship Any student of Histories knows: as within, so without. One way or another. 1.4%
- Ever After: Enid I am well repaid. 1.2%
- Smooth Without, Dead Within We gorged on the fruits of the sticky Grail. We will not grow old. 1.2%
- The Mare and Me This is when I would have died, but my wounds were doors. 1.2%
- Ever After: Renira I am drunk with her. 1.2%
- Fire's Final Function The Wolf and all the wandering flames will feast. 1.2%
- Ever After: Auclair Now we are scholars of the heart. 1.0%
- Ever After: Elridge I may give him his reward. 1.0%
- Ever After: Laidlaw We find, we think, a way. 1.0%
- Hairless and Semi-Perishable We wrestled the Forge to victory. We will not grow old. 1.0%
- Ever After: Neville He thanks me afterwards. 1.0%
- Employment Opportunities Somehow I can't stop thinking about it... 1.0%
- Velvet House I've been poor, I've been rich, and I've learnt that I'd rather be rich. 1.0%
- Ever After: Rose We seem a suited pair. 1.0%
- Ever After: Slee Our home is littered with his notes. 1.0%
- Ever After: Tristan Our flesh may tire. We may grow old. But I will not regret. 1.0%
- Ever After: Valciane She wants very much to be found. 1.0%
- Ever After: Clifton It is hard to tell, with him, whether to laugh or cry. 0.8%
- Ever After: Clovette Our heartbeats quicken together. 0.8%
- Ever After: Dorothy We dream the same pink dreams. 0.8%
- Ever after: Leo He is the melody of love, and I hear him now. 0.8%
- Our Constancy Assured We have joined the storm-chorus of the Thunderskin. Never shall we cease. 0.8%
- The House of My Moon The Meniscate favoured us. 0.8%
- The Dodo and the Draugr We have become something winged, dark and undying; something that no longer exists. 0.8%
- The Sweet Bones NO RECKONERS, NO EXCEPTIONS. 0.8%
- Ever After: Porter That is enough. 0.8%
- Ever After: Saliba I would not say it ended badly. 0.8%
- Ever After: Sylvia Life is not easy with her. 0.8%
- Ever After: Victor We are happy, I think. 0.8%
- Ever After: Violet One by one we douse the flames. 0.8%
- Ever After: Ysabet Our house is home to fluttering things. 0.8%