Cultic is styled to feel like a throwback to the shooters of yore, but with the advantages of a modern engine, such as physics, lighting, and a fully 3D game world, with the gameplay, audio design, and art are all stylized to create a unique experience.The first thing you'll do... is die.
For you, however, death is only the beginning, so tuck your guts back in and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and violent cult.
Uncover untold horrors executed by an insidious cult as a disgraced detective determined to close a case. Upon approaching the group's suspected compound, you're attacked from the shadows and mortally wounded. Or so it seemed. Awakening in a mass grave, wounds fresh but unbleeding, you'll rise up to finish what you started.
Cultic kicks off with Chapter One, and the story will continue in Chapter Two in a future release. Fight your way through cult-controlled territory, including grimy facilities, dark forests, an abandoned mining town, eerie catacombs, and more. Chapter One contains 10 story maps, boss encounters, and new Survival maps.
Employ quick-witted thinking while pushing back against the vicious cultists thirsting for the detective’s demise. Wield powerful, upgradeable mid-century weapons, including the C96, STEN MK. V, a sawed-off coach gun, TNT, and more. Out of bullets? Dash, slide, and improvise with interactive environmental objects. ‘90s-inspired voxels and sprites evoke a pulse-pounding love letter to retro shooters with a touch of modern flair.
3D Realms announced that 2022 retro horror-shooter Cultic will launch its Chapter Two DLC on September 18, 2025 at £8.50/9.75€.
Awakening in the cold, dark morgue beneath the besieged police station, you find yourself in the middle of a cult-controlled New Grandewel, with corpses littering the streets, flames billowing from the windows of torched buildings, and cultists infesting every inch of the city you once protected. Fight your way through all-new maps in Cultic: Chapter Two - a full expansion campaign boasting larger, more detailed maps, new weapons and enemies, and more secrets and surprises to discover.
Chapter Two continues and concludes the story from Chapter One, and players can expect more of Cultic’s intense, gritty, open-ended combat, enhanced with new mechanics and refinements. Cultic’s signature weapon arsenal returns, with the inclusion of Interlude’s Revolver and SASG which players can freely alternate with the lever-action and sawed-off. The revamped Dodge system, along with the new Tackle mechanic, will allow players to get up close and play aggressively, quickly zipping out of harm’s way or using that burst of speed to slam into enemies, stunning them, and interrupting their attacks to give some breathing room to reload and strike back.
Players will also be able to utilize new “temporary weapons” such as the mounted machinegun and bazooka to dish out massive damage, adding to the roster of ways the player can weaponize the environment against their foes. Tower Shields have also received a significant overhaul, allowing them to be carried around the map much more easily, planted in the ground for temporary cover, used to run-and-gun with one-handed weapons, or launched into an enemy’s face with a well-timed kick or tackle.
To give players even more ways to enjoy these combat enhancements, Chapter Two will include three new Survival Maps as well, featuring some of the best arenas from the new chapter to test your skills and fight against waves of enemies, including the new additions to the cult’s roster!
On top of these gameplay improvements, Cultic has received a significant amount of optimizations, which not only allows for even larger, more densely populated maps with more detailed lighting, but improved performance for existing maps as well.
These adjustments will all be retroactive to Chapter One, as Cultic will receive a large “2.0” patch alongside the launch of Chapter Two, allowing all Cultic players to enjoy these optimizations and gameplay updates even if they haven’t picked up the DLC yet. Chapter One has also received a full polishing pass, fixing up some outstanding bugs and issues, as well as overhauling some of the visuals and decor on the maps.
Beyond the levels of Cultic’s first chapter, a wave-based Survival mode inspired by Resident Evil 4’s “The Mercenaries” and Killing Floor offers high replayability. Scrounge together money with each kill and buy weapons, ammo, health and armor between waves. Fight to reach the top of global leaderboards, mastering multiple difficulties.
Cultic is available for PC (Steam) at $9.99.
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