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Cult of the Yellow King

79% positive of 134 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Metaphor Games, Newmind Interactive. Published by Metaphor Games.

About the game

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Tagged by players

  • Idler
  • Incremental
  • Lovecraftian
  • Abstract
  • Resource Management
  • Relaxing
  • Minimalist
  • Strategy
  • Arcade
  • Simulation
  • Casual
  • Colorful

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The game has a serious progression design flaw that players should be aware of before investing too much time. Here's the context: At a certain point, the game lets you choose three relics that remain bound to your prestige. Once you've selected your three relics, you cannot change them. One of these relics provides passive Whisper generation. Whispers are a crucial progression resource, and at Prestige 3, they…

    5.9 h played when written. 120 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    The aesthetic is great, it's unique and captivating. Unfortunately beyond that the game lacks basic balancing between the choices you can make, a lot of choices essentially do nothing or don't scale enough to be meaningful as you progress. Prestiging gets increasing tedious to the point of not being able to do anything but have the game in the background for hours on end. I know it's an idle game so that's expected…

    14 h played when written. 19 found it helpful.

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