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CULTIC

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Crawl from your grave and shoot your way through a twisted cult.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (97% of 8,791 reviews); 4.69 of 5 on the PlayStation Store (442 ratings)
Players: 1
Made by: Jasozz Games
Released: 2022

On PlayStation: one of the PlayStation horror games.

No. 24 of the asylum horror games · No. 15 of the boat and ship horror games · No. 22 of the horror games set in mines

What frightens Left for dead in a grave, you claw your way out and fight through a cult whose minds are twisted by an unseen entity: robed cultists with axes and guns in dark mines, moonlit woods and a gothic town, with blood and bodies everywhere.
Content: gore, decapitation, dismemberment, violence, strong language.

CULTIC is a retro-style first-person shooter by Jasozz Games, published by 3D Realms on PC and by Atari on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. You crawl out of a grave and fight through the ranks of a cult under the will of an unseen entity, with mid-century guns, dynamite and traps, in dark, gory levels styled after the 1990s. Chapter One takes about 3 to 6 hours.

About CULTIC

CULTIC is the work of Jasozz Games, a solo developer, Jason Smith, who also wrote the music. 3D Realms published it on Steam in October 2022. Chapter One has ten maps, a wave-based Survival Mode and an Interlude map, and the Chapter Two expansion, made with co-level designer Nick Palsmeier, followed in September 2025. Atari brought both chapters to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on 23 July 2026, with all Survival maps and the Cultmas bonus map, 23 maps in all.

You are left for dead in a grave and crawl back out to take revenge on the cult that put you there. Its followers are everywhere, minds twisted by an unseen entity, and they shoot back as hard as you shoot at them. Each level has its own idea: sniper duels in the grounds of an abandoned asylum, a tomb searched by spotlight, a buried mine lit only by your lighter, as well as moonlit forests and a gothic town. Diaries and notes along the way tell the lore.

Fights are fast and deadly in both directions. You run, slide and dodge, lay traps, throw dynamite and lead the cultists' attacks into each other, with an arsenal of mid-century guns from a pistol and a lever-action rifle to a flamethrower. None of the weapons are hitscan. Weapon parts you collect buy permanent upgrades at benches in each level, and each level ends with a tally of kills, loot and secrets.

It is built in Unity to look like a Build-engine game, with sprites, voxels and pixelated textures. It is more action than dread, but dark, gory and creepy in places. It suits players who liked DUSK, Blood or Quake and want more horror in their shooters.

How to play CULTIC

Fight through each map, finding keys and secrets to open the way.
Keep moving and use cover; cultists hit as hard as you do.
Use dynamite, traps and explosive barrels to clear groups.
Light your way with the lighter in dark mines and buildings.
Spend weapon parts on permanent upgrades at the benches in each level.
Try the wave-based Survival Mode after the story.

Screenshots

CULTIC screenshot: a hand holds a lit lighter and another a bundle of dynamite as robed cultists with axes approach in a mine

CULTIC screenshot: a scoped rifle aimed over a moonlit town with a gothic clock-tower building and pine trees

CULTIC screenshot: a pistol raised on a wooden walkway over dark water at night toward a cultist holding a torch

CULTIC screenshot: a shotgun raised under a swirling red vortex in the night sky above a wooden-walled camp in the woods

CULTIC screenshot: firing on robed cultists with riot shields and an axe in a mining camp with tents

CULTIC screenshot: an explosion tears through skeleton enemies in a stone crypt as a red barrel flies

CULTIC screenshot: a bloody note held up in a room with damask wallpaper and an old TV, an armoured cultist ahead and fire to the right

Tips

Lead enemies into each other's fire to save ammunition.
Slide into cover rather than standing in the open.
Check dark corners for secret areas and supplies.

Questions

Is CULTIC finished?

Chapter One is the base game, and the Chapter Two expansion finishes the story.

Is CULTIC like Blood?

Yes, it is an old-school shooter against a cult in the spirit of 1990s games like Blood, built in a modern engine.

How long is CULTIC?

The developer puts Chapter One at 3 to 6 hours, depending on how you play and how much you find. Chapter Two is a separate expansion.

Is CULTIC on PS5 or Xbox?

Yes. Since 23 July 2026 it is on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, published by Atari, with both chapters, the Interlude, the Survival maps and the Cultmas bonus map.

Can I play CULTIC on Mac or Linux?

There is no Mac or Linux version on Steam; it is made for Windows.