Join Us Brings Doomsday Cult Simulation to PC in 2026

Wolf Haus Games, a new studio based in Quebec, has announced its first project, Join Us, a survival game with a distinct spin on the genre. Scheduled for release on Windows PC in 2026, the title allows players to build, expand, and command their own doomsday cult while navigating a range of apocalyptic scenarios.

The concept blends dark satire with survival mechanics. Players will take the role of a cult founder, shaping their group’s beliefs, recruiting impressionable followers, and establishing compounds that serve as both home and fortress. Cult-building in Join Us is pitched by the developers as resembling the franchising of a fast-food chain, where growth comes from spreading influence, expanding chapters, and enforcing loyalty through ritual.

Wolf Haus is leaning into absurdity with its weapon options and defensive strategies. Players can outfit buses with machine gun turrets, arm themselves with flamethrowers, and even unleash “battle pigs” in the fight to protect or expand their community. These choices indicate that the studio intends to deliver more than just a management simulator, merging survival, strategy, and action gameplay into one.

The reveal trailer showcased a series of catastrophic backdrops that cult leaders will face. These include climate collapse, mass extinctions, and surreal Lovecraft-inspired horrors bursting out from beneath the earth. Players can tackle the campaign alone or bring up to three others along in co-op, managing not only survival but also the interpersonal dynamics of their followers as the end of the world unfolds.

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Wolf Haus Games describes itself as a small independent studio of around 14 members. Collectively, they bring over 150 years of combined experience across films, music videos, and AAA video games. The team also cites a passion for grindhouse cinema, a likely influence on the exaggerated violence and satirical tone in Join Us.

The game’s announcement positions it as a mix of survival mechanics, cult management, and chaotic combat, with a strong emphasis on both parody and replayability. With its unconventional premise, Join Us looks set to stand apart in a crowded survival genre when it launches in 2026.