10 Video Games That Are Far Creepier Than They Look

10. Cult Of The Lamb - But They’re Too Cute To Die!

Even the most ardent fans of roguelikes and roguelites would have to admit that … well, we’ve seen a whole heaping heck of a lot of the genre in recent years. The best examples of these titles are the ones that boast something unique yet valuable, like the deep and adaptive story of Hades.

Cult of the Lamb, from Massive Monster, certainly offers something gripping all its own: an incredibly adorable aesthetic juxtaposed with grim, Lovecraftian tentacle-horror.

The player takes the role of the Lamb, on their quest to free The One Who Waits by defeating the four Bishops that bind this powerful being. Runs take a familiar form, as the player nabs a randomly-generated weapon and spell (Curse), then proceeds through various rooms collecting different buffs and bonuses and defeating foes in hack and slash fashion.

In between runs, the Lamb must develop their growing cult.

Here, the game takes an Animal Crossing/Don’t Starve, as buildings and other valuable things are crafted and placed. Your cult works for you, listens to your sermons and otherwise powers you up in preparation for runs.

The two unique styles of gameplay complement each other very well, but what’s uniquely striking about Cult of the Lamb is how horrifying it would be without its super-cute artstyle. Cult members age and die, and can be harvested for meat, sacrificed to a hideous tentacle-god, made to fight to the death and more.

Unlocking the cannibal perk so your entire crew are now totally fine gulping down their former friends is... a choice, to say the least.