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My Life as a Cult Leader

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

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...

What works
  • High-quality erotic cg art and voice acting
  • Multiple endings and strong replay value
  • Engaging dark and psychological narrative
  • Branching choices affecting story outcomes
  • Stable technical performance
Things to keep in mind
  • Requires patch download for full content
  • No animation, static cg only
  • Limited gameplay beyond reading and choices
  • Protagonist character is unlikable to some
  • Some endings difficult to discover without guide

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Sakura Dungeon

  • The Imperial Gatekeeper

  • CUPID - A free to play Visual Novel

  • Princesses Never Lose!

  • Dungeon's Legion

  • HorrorVale

  • Lakeview Valley

  • Sister Travel

  • The Letter - Horror Visual Novel
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • HorrorVale

  • Sakura Gozen

  • Apostle: Rebellion
If you liked…

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My Life as a Cult Leader: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship.

Why this game works

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