You play a small lamb building and managing a cult of followers in a dark forest, giving sermons and assigning chores during the day. At night you head into dungeons to fight rival cult leaders using simple but snappy roguelike combat. Balancing time between managing your base and running dungeons is the whole point, so it suits people who like a bit of both at once.
Gameplay video
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Screenshots & review notes
The verdict
Blending cult management with roguelike combat sounds like a stretch, but Massive Monster pulls it off with real style and dark comic charm. It's one of the more original hybrids in recent memory.
The mechanics
The daytime management loop is simple but compelling, and the nighttime dungeon runs give it just enough combat variety to avoid feeling repetitive. Neither half overstays its welcome.
Presentation
Its cute, almost storybook art style clashes gleefully with genuinely unsettling themes, and that tonal whiplash is part of the appeal. Performance is solid throughout.
Staying power
There's a satisfying loop here for fans of both management sims and roguelikes, though neither half is quite as deep as a genre specialist. Worth it for the novelty alone.
Frames captured from the gameplay video above; notes are our own take on the game.
What it's like to play
You are a possessed lamb building a cult in the woods, splitting time between roguelite crusades and base management where you feed, house, and indoctrinate your followers. The combat is fast and scrappy, with random weapons and curses forcing adaptation each run. Back home, sermons, rituals, and doctrines let you shape your flock, from kindly commune to cannibal death cult.
The management layer is the addiction: followers age, dissent, and need tending, and the base-building grows surprisingly deep with farms, prisons, and decorations. The art style is adorable gothic, selling the tonal whiplash of cute-meets-horrific. Post-launch updates added substantial new content and co-op.
The combat is simpler than dedicated roguelites like Hades, and runs can feel samey by the endgame. The two halves compete for attention in a way some players find jarring. As a genre mash-up with real personality, it is a delight, and few games make you laugh while doing something this sinister.