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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Started as a clown, got chased by a dog for a while, found a sedan, crashed into a wall, got a new sedan, drifted my new sedan into a horde of zombies then hit a lamppost and died instantly”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“No clue what I'm doing. Met up with my friend, Liam. Got scared he was a psychopath for killing Chris, found an axe on Chris' body and then believe Liam's story. Drove into the middle of a city, I then got harassed by dogs. Respawned as Liam (In the middle of a forest, mind…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It's the apocalyptic survival game I've been dreaming of. The hotkeys are insane, but when you get them down, you can play the game like typing an essay.”
— a player, Steam review · 199 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.I (Ito) has come to Steam!
It has been a rocky few months for me, but I have finally made some changes in my own life for the better, and have found my way back to developing. I apologize for the delay; the stable itself took a
Fix - add sounds back
The update deleted CC-sounds, so I added it again from the public repo. If you started the game without it, it would have reverted, and you'll need to go to the options menu and select CC-sounds again
0.H Herbert Stable Release is HERE!
It's here! a month after 0.H Herbert has released fully on GitHub, I have had the chance to sit down and add all of the steam code necessary to run workshop and other things that have already been int
Workshop mod loading hotfix
- fixed folder path for steam workshop mods - fixed workshop id for in-repo mods so they don't show up in workshop upload list
Workshop is live!
You can now upload and download mods via Steam Workshop! I made it as simple as possible - you create a mod that the game can see as a mod ( see the documentation on creating mods on the repo ) and yo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Traditional Roguelike · Sandbox · RPG · Survival · Zombies · Rogue-like · Adventure · 2D · Aliens · Horror · Exploration · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Official site | https://cataclysmdda.org |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10