Cultist

The PC release date for Cultist is July 23, 2026. This turn-based card simulation explores the anthropological roots of religion across the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East, tasking you with evolving a simple belief system into an immortal institution.

Survival hinges on managing a finite pool of followers who serve as both your defense and your source of new doctrines. Since turning a follower into a new religious tenet permanently removes them as a sustaining resource, every expansion carries the risk of total collapse. Success requires balancing aggressive expansion against other rival sects with the need to keep enough believers to prevent your ideology from fading into a mere historical footnote. Strategy fans should prepare for a tight resource management loop where your population is your only lifebar.

History enthusiasts and strategy players should wishlist this for its unique focus on ideological evolution.