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Games like My Life as a Cult Leader

If My Life as a Cult Leader is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Imperial Gatekeeper, Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~ and Dream Date — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, contemplative and dark. 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.

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About My Life as a Cult Leader: After you lose your job and apartment, you're left with nothing. Forced to spend the night on a cold park bench, you curse your fate, only for a beautiful woman calling herself Shima Itsuki to appear and ask you to be a cult leader...

2023IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDWindowsby Orcsoft
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Cult leader power fantasy with dark humorFive fully voiced female characters with high quality artGood quantity and quality of static cg scenesComedicContemplativeDark

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Steam players who put hours into My Life as a Cult Leader also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Imperial Gatekeeper

    WHY THIS

    Shares a comedic mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Top pick for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    The Empire is finally whole after the Great Unification War, and the military is undergoing a restructuring. You are Corporal Thill, a decorated war hero begrudgingly transferred to the newly created Traffic Security Bureau to man one of its many checkpoints. Glory to the Empire!

    2022IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Fallen takes you on an adventure with Makina into the Ruins of Gardona. What fate awaits Makina and her friends on their travels as they descend further into the ruins? Find out in this JRPG classic!

    2018IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dream Date

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Third-strongest match for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Date, communicate, enhance feelings and record good memories with girls!

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Voluptuous DEMON QUEEN and our Shoebox Apartment Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Ranked #4 for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Start your new life in a shoebox apartment with the sudden appearance of a big-breasted Demon Queen!

    2021Adventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Winter Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares dialogue choices, multiple endings, visual novel style and a whimsical mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Ranked #5 for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    After the unforgettable summer memories you’ve made half a year ago, Yui, Rio, and Miyuki are back. With the change of seasons and the cold falling snow, a new page to your story is about to begin.

    2024AdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Saimin Gakushū: Secret Desire

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching narrative and a dark mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Ranked #6 for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Saimin Gakushū is a school adventure visual novel by popular Japanese developers Dark One! Soichi Akano acquires a sleep-learning machine through a dubious online shopping site, and plans to imprint his knowledge on the female students and teachers at his school.

    2021Adventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Summer Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Ranked #7 for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and RPG with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    It's summer break, and it's been years since you've last seen your aunt and cousins in the countryside! You don't know what to expect, but what could go wrong? Find out in Summer Memories!

    2020AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Holy Knight Luviria

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Ranked #8 for My Life as a Cult Leader fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    In order to stop the demon lord before he returns to his full strength, the Holy Knight Luviria sets out with a brigade of knights to bring down the demonic leader. However, the newly resurrected demon lord has taken a special interest in her, and comes up with a devious plan to corrupt the righteous knight...

    2019IndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below My Life as a Cult Leader at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    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.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under My Life as a Cult Leader on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Orcsoft

Other recommendable Steam games by Orcsoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Lessons with Chii-chan

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Kouta, a timid university student is tasked with tutoring the outgoing yet dense Chieri to help her get through her exams. However, they couldn't be more different. Find out what hijinks ensue in Lessons With Chii-chan!

    2020Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Voluptuous DEMON QUEEN and our Shoebox Apartment Life

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Start your new life in a shoebox apartment with the sudden appearance of a big-breasted Demon Queen!

    2021Adventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. I Wanna Fuck my Mom's Best Friend

    WHY THIS

    Shares visual novel style, dialogue choices, visual novel style and a dark mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Finally, Naoki has the apartment all to himself! With the perfect fap material ready, he's in for a marathon session. Lost in the sauce, beating it to the image of his mom’s best friend, who else should catch him in the act but the very object of this fapper's fantasy!?

    2024Casual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Childhood Friends

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Yukihisa was an ordinary student when his childhood friend, Shiho, proposes that they practice being boyfriend and girlfriend to gain confidence in their future relationships. What will they learn from this practice about themselves and each other?

    2021AdventureCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Zero Chastity: A Sultry Summer Holiday

    WHY THIS

    Shares a lighthearted mood with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Zero Chastity: A Sultry Summer Holiday brings you a summer of sex under the sun with four unique & sexy heroines with art from legendary hentai artist, Mizuryu Kei! This game is based off the popular eromanga series of the same title and is both fully-voiced and uncensored.

    2021Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Iku Iku Succubus

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Succubi have arrived on Earth, and it's your job to teach them humanity's ways! Your job will be anything but easy as you unravel hidden ambitions, explore human culture, and serve as tour guide for Earth's tasty delicacies. Class is starting in the magical visual novel world of Iku Iku Succubus!

    2022Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. St. Yariman's Little Black Book ~Complete~

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    The tale of a divorcee and five sex-crazed beauties. A full remake of the 2011 Japanese edition, St. Yariman’s saintly ladies have been redrawn by the legendary Sian. Included is a bonus chapter with a brand new heroine, Aya! Experience this classic for the first time with this definitive edition.

    2022Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Kinky Kitsune and The Tantalizing Tanuki

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Orcsoft, the studio behind My Life as a Cult Leader. Shares Adventure with My Life as a Cult Leader.

    Recently divorced and looking for a change of pace from hectic city life, you move to the countryside for some much needed R&R. Little did you know that would mean raunchy romps with your new neighbors! Settle down with a couple of kinky, tantalizing goddesses in this sexy rom-com!

    2023Adventure11.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about My Life as a Cult Leader

Does My Life as a Cult Leader work on Steam Deck?
My Life as a Cult Leader is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does My Life as a Cult Leader cost?
My Life as a Cult Leader is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to My Life as a Cult Leader?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside My Life as a Cult Leader are The Imperial Gatekeeper, Fallen ~Makina and the City of Ruins~, Dream Date.
Who developed My Life as a Cult Leader?
My Life as a Cult Leader was developed by Orcsoft and published by Kagura Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on My Life as a Cult Leader.

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