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* BadassAdorable: In the teaser, the Lamb (now possessed) manages to take down his captors that were preparing to sacrifice him by chopping off his head.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers. Although it's currently unknown if his followers have the same powers, their eyes are also seen glowing red in the trailer.



* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's shrine located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the shrine starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshiping an unknown god.

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* %%* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's shrine located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the shrine starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshiping an unknown god.



* WingdingEyes: Dead characters in this game have the classic X's-for-eyes version, as seen by the dead dog who gets tossed into a burial pit at the end of the trailer.
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** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed by having his head chopped off with a giant axe.
** During gameplay, the Lamb himself can also be seeing using an axe to battle enemies.
* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a game filled with adorable little chibi-fied animals that wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''...worshipping a demonic entity and trying to take over the world.

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** %%No citation** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed by having his head chopped off with a giant axe.
** %%No citation** During gameplay, the Lamb himself can also be seeing using an axe to battle enemies.
* %%No citation* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a game filled with adorable little chibi-fied animals that wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''...worshipping a demonic entity and trying to take over the world.



* CoolCrown: From the dark god, the Lamb receives a little black crown adorned with a glowing red eye that can transform into a fire-blasting sword.
* CheekyMouth: The followers of the Lamb's cult are designed like this.
* DivineIntervention: The Lamb is saved from becoming a sacrifice by a dark god, who grants him the power to defeat his captors.
* EyeMotifs: The sinister-looking eye on the Lamb's crown is seen in several places.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The player character is an ordinary little sheep chosen to become the vessel of a mysterious dark god.
* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: All the animal characters have stubby FourFingeredHands instead of paws or hooves.
* InTheHood: The unnamed cult members who are seen participating in a planned scarified of the lamb all have their faces obscured by their hoods, making the exact species for them unknown. However the member who prepares to cut off the lamb's head appears to be a [[SavageWolf large wolf judging by it's ears and the shape of it's muzzle.]]
* IOweYouMyLife: The other captive animals, after being saved from being sacrifices by the Lamb, immediately bow down to him and become the first members of his new cult.
* {{Irony}}: In terms of AnimalMotifs, sheep are often used to represent mindless followers. This sheep is a cult leader gathering followers of his own for a sinister purpose.
* MatureAnimalStory: The game is set in a [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals universe entirely inhabited]] by cute FunnyAnimals... participating in a religious cult.
* MorphWeapon: The Lamb's first weapon is a short sword that can transform into a black crown.

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* %%No citation* CoolCrown: From the dark god, the Lamb receives a little black crown adorned with a glowing red eye that can transform into a fire-blasting sword.
* %%No citation* CheekyMouth: The followers of the Lamb's cult are designed like this.
* %%No citation* DivineIntervention: The Lamb is saved from becoming a sacrifice by a dark god, who grants him the power to defeat his captors.
* %%No citation* EyeMotifs: The sinister-looking eye on the Lamb's crown is seen in several places.
* %%No citation* FromNobodyToNightmare: The player character is an ordinary little sheep chosen to become the vessel of a mysterious dark god.
* %%No citation* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: All the animal characters have stubby FourFingeredHands instead of paws or hooves.
* %%No citation* InTheHood: The unnamed cult members who are seen participating in a planned scarified of the lamb all have their faces obscured by their hoods, making the exact species for them unknown. However the member who prepares to cut off the lamb's head appears to be a [[SavageWolf large wolf judging by it's ears and the shape of it's muzzle.]]
* %%No citation* IOweYouMyLife: The other captive animals, after being saved from being sacrifices by the Lamb, immediately bow down to him and become the first members of his new cult.
* %%No citation* {{Irony}}: In terms of AnimalMotifs, sheep are often used to represent mindless followers. This sheep is a cult leader gathering followers of his own for a sinister purpose.
* %%No citation* MatureAnimalStory: The game is set in a [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals universe entirely inhabited]] by cute FunnyAnimals... participating in a religious cult.
* %%No citation* MorphWeapon: The Lamb's first weapon is a short sword that can transform into a black crown.



* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the dark god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs out of his hands.

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* %%No citation* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the dark god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs out of his hands.



* ReligionIsMagic: The Lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.
* ShownTheirWork: While the other animals have vertical pupils, the Lamb has horizontal pupils, which real sheep also have.
* SigilSpam: The Lamb's black crown appears to be the ArcSymbol of the game, appearing on a stained-glass church window and in the game's logo.
* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.
* TearsOfBlood: When participating in rituals and sacrifices, both of lamb's eyes start bleeding.

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* %%No citation* ReligionIsMagic: The Lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.
* %%No citation* ShownTheirWork: While the other animals have vertical pupils, the Lamb has horizontal pupils, which real sheep also have.
* %%No citation* SigilSpam: The Lamb's black crown appears to be the ArcSymbol of the game, appearing on a stained-glass church window and in the game's logo.
* %%No citation* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.
* %%No citation* TearsOfBlood: When participating in rituals and sacrifices, both of lamb's eyes start bleeding.



* WingdingEyes: Dead characters in this game have the classic X's-for-eyes version, as seen by the dead dog who gets tossed into a burial pit at the end of the trailer.

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* WingdingEyes: Dead characters in this game have the classic X's-for-eyes version, as seen by the dead dog who gets tossed into a burial pit at the end of the trailer.trailer.
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* EyeMotifs: The sinister-looking eye on the Lamb's crown is seen in several places.


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* TentacledTerror: The trailer shows a monstrous creature with tentacles ensnaring a fox, who seems strangely happy about his fate.
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* OffWithHisHead: In the opening scene of the trailer, the Lamb is about to be beheaded as a sacrifice by an unknown cult and is only saved by the intervention of the dark god.


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* ShownTheirWork: While the other animals have vertical pupils, the Lamb has horizontal pupils, which real sheep also have.
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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshiping an unknown god.

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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue shrine located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue shrine starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshiping an unknown god.
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* DivineIntervention: The Lamb is saved from becoming a sacrifice by a dark god who grants him the power to defeat his captors.

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* DivineIntervention: The Lamb is saved from becoming a sacrifice by a dark god god, who grants him the power to defeat his captors.
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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshipping an unknown god.

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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshipping worshiping an unknown god.
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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshipping an unknown god.

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* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshipping an unknown god.god.
* WingdingEyes: Dead characters in this game have the classic X's-for-eyes version, as seen by the dead dog who gets tossed into a burial pit at the end of the trailer.
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* DivineIntervention: The Lamb is saved from becoming a sacrifice by a dark god who grants him the power to defeat his captors.
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* MatureAnimalStory: The game is set in a universe entirely inhabited by cute FunnyAnimals... participating in a religious cult.

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* MatureAnimalStory: The game is set in a [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals universe entirely inhabited inhabited]] by cute FunnyAnimals... participating in a religious cult.
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* InTheHood: The unnamed cult members who are seen participating in a planned scarified of the lamb all have their faces obscured by their hoods, making the exact species for them unknown. However the member who prepares to cut off the lamb's head appears to be a [[SavageWolf large wolf judging by it's ears and the shape of it's muzzle.]]


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* MatureAnimalStory: The game is set in a universe entirely inhabited by cute FunnyAnimals... participating in a religious cult.
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* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.

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* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.cute.
* TearsOfBlood: When participating in rituals and sacrifices, both of lamb's eyes start bleeding.
* TearsFromAStone: Lamb's statue located located in the main hub of the middle of a forest (which appears to be the headquarters for Lamb's cult) is seen crying black tears with both shoulders covered in blackness. As seen in the trailer, the statue starts shooting red lasers into the sky as his cult begin worshipping an unknown god.
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* {{Irony}}: In terms of AnimalMotifs, sheep are often used to represent mindless followers. This sheep is a cult leader gathering followers of his own for a sinister purpose.
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* HumanlikeHandAnatomy: All the animal characters have stubby FourFingeredHands instead of paws or hooves.
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* SigilSpam: The Lamb's black crown appears to be the ArcSymbol of the game, appearing on a stained-glass church window and in the game's logo.
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* BadassAdorable: In the teaser, the Lamb (now possessed) manages to take down his captors that were preparing to scarified him by chopping of his head.

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* BadassAdorable: In the teaser, the Lamb (now possessed) manages to take down his captors that were preparing to scarified sacrifice him by chopping of off his head.
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* BadassAdorable: In the teaser, the Lamb (now possessed) manages to take down his captors that were preparing to scarified him by chopping of his head.


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* CheekyMouth: The followers of the Lamb's cult are designed like this.

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* CoolCrown: From the dark god, the Lamb receives a little black crown adorned with a glowing red eye that can transform into a fire-blasting sword.



* MorphWeapon: The Lamb's main weapon is a short sword that can transform into a black crown.

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* MorphWeapon: The Lamb's main first weapon is a short sword that can transform into a black crown.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers. Although it's currently unknown if his followers have the same powers, their eyes are also seen glowing red in the trailer.
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** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed by having his head chopped off by the cult's executioner.

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** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed by having his head chopped off by the cult's executioner.with a giant axe.
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** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed and have his head chopped off by the cult's executioner.

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** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed and have by having his head chopped off by the cult's executioner.

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* AnAxeToGrind:
** While a captive of the mysterious cult, the Lamb is about to be sacrificed and have his head chopped off by the cult's executioner.
** During gameplay, the Lamb himself can also be seeing using an axe to battle enemies.



* IOweYouMyLife: The other captive animals, after being saved from being sacrifices by the lamb, immediately bow down to him and become the first members of his new cult.

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* IOweYouMyLife: The other captive animals, after being saved from being sacrifices by the lamb, Lamb, immediately bow down to him and become the first members of his new cult. cult.
* MorphWeapon: The Lamb's main weapon is a short sword that can transform into a black crown.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: The lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.
* ReligionIsMagic: The lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: The lamb's Lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.
* ReligionIsMagic: The lamb Lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.
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* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable Lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.

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* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable Lamb lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.

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''Cult of the Lamb'' is an upcoming action-adventure/strategy/life simulation game developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, scheduled for release in 2022. It will be playable on PC.

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''Cult of the Lamb'' is an upcoming action-adventure/strategy/life simulation game developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, Creator/DevolverDigital, scheduled for release in 2022. It will be playable on PC.



* ReligionIsMagic: The lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.

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* ReligionIsMagic: The lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.god.
* SweetSheep: The game's main protagonist is an adorable Lamb who gets possessed and becomes a cult leader after being saved by a mysterious entity. Never has the SinisterMinister trope looked this cute.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bow down before the Lamb!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Bow down before the Lamb!]]
Lamb of Darkness!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Bow down before the Lamb!]]



* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a game filled with cute little animals that wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''...worshipping a demonic entity and trying to take over the world.

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* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a game filled with cute adorable little chibi-fied animals that wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''...worshipping a demonic entity and trying to take over the world.

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* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the mysterious god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs out of his hands.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.

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* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the mysterious dark god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs out of his hands.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.powers.
* ReligionIsMagic: The lamb is granted fire powers by the favor of the dark god.

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* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the mysterious god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs from his hands.

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* IOweYouMyLife: The other captive animals, after being saved from being sacrifices by the lamb, immediately bow down to him and become the first members of his new cult.
* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the mysterious god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs from out of his hands.hands.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The lamb's eyes glow a sinister red when using his powers.
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''Cult of the Lamb'' is an upcoming action-adventure/strategy/life simulation game developed by Massive Monster and published by Devolver Digital, scheduled for release in 2022. It will be playable on PC.

The player takes control of a lamb saved from being sacrificed by a mysterious entity. After you use your newfound powers to defeat your captors and free the other animals, they begin to worship you in gratitude and become the first followers of your new religion. Recruit other animals to worship you, build your following, and defeat other religious groups to spread your Word and become the one true cult.

The game's teaser trailer can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEes2DC_cw4&t= here]]. The official website can be found [[https://www.cultofthelamb.com/ here]].

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!!Tropes appearing in ''Cult of the Lamb'':
* ArtStyleDissonance: It's a game filled with cute little animals that wouldn't look out of place in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing''...worshipping a demonic entity and trying to take over the world.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The player character is an ordinary little sheep chosen to become the vessel of a mysterious dark god.
* PlayingWithFire: After being granted the favor of the mysterious god, the lamb gets the power to shoot fireballs from his hands.

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