Games like CULTIC
If CULTIC is your kind of game, the closest matches are HROT, Ion Fury and Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmosphere is top tier, combat is tight and exploration rewards players. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →CULTIC is a 2022 boomer shooter that channels classic first-person shooters through a grim, cult-themed campaign. Developed by Jasozz Games and published by 3D Realms, the game tasks players with fighting through the ranks of a mysterious twisted cult after rising from the grave. Combat features boss-battles, a secret-system, and multiple movement-options alongside exploration-rewards scattered throughout intricate level-design, with horror-segments woven into the experience. Players describe the atmosphere as tense and unsettling, and reviewers highlight that headshots feel satisfying while exploration rewards players who search thoroughly. The game runs verified on Steam Deck and costs $9.99 USD. Currently sitting at 98% positive out of 6082 Steam reviews, CULTIC delivers a substantial solo campaign for fans of old-school shooters.
About CULTIC: Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Players who liked CULTIC also play
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HROT
WHY THIS
Shares level design and an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Top pick for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
Ion Fury
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Second-strongest match for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Third-strongest match for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Ranked #4 for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Prodeus
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
Nightmare Reaper
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Forgive Me Father
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Ranked #8 for CULTIC fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
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Resident Evil 4
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades and an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Blood Red
WHY THIS
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Blood Red is a co-op survival horror game that can be played with 1-4 players. Figure out the demon and banish it using your special demon hunting kit!
Ashes 2
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Ashes 2 is a post-apocalyptic game in the 'zombie survival' genre. This is result of the evolution of the game Ashes. This is author's project was created especially for fans of survival.
Blood West
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
DUSK
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Gloomwood
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Project Warlock
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Project Warlock is a first-person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen, and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells, and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non-stop action, packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses.
Forgive Me Father
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Reviewers of CULTIC cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CULTIC at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CULTIC on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CULTIC.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with CULTIC.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Nightmare Reaper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Forgive Me Father
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with CULTIC.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with CULTIC.
Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?
Frequently asked about CULTIC
- Is CULTIC verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — CULTIC is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does CULTIC cost?
- CULTIC is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CULTIC?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CULTIC are HROT, Ion Fury, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
- Who developed CULTIC?
- CULTIC was developed by Jasozz Games and published by 3D Realms.
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