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Cataclysm: The Last Generation
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Lots of good changes from CDDA, and that diversity strengthens both games. Developer banned me from the Discord when I tried to get involved with the community. Still recommend supporting this, it's a great fork of an open source game and that's good for the art of game…”
— a player, Steam review · 65 hrs played“Hands down best fork of Cataclysm. Simply the best. Dev has awesome youtube channel as well.”
— a player, Steam review · 100 hrs played“I'm helplessly addicted to this game. I've tried to play other games and I can't, I just can't focus on anything but this quirky, tough all-apocalyspes survival game. Cataclysm: TLG and DDA both ask a lot from the player just to operate them, but they give so much back just in…”
— a player, Steam review · 367 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Updates 9-26-2026
Characters (player or not) will now attempt to disassemble everything they can in a disassembly zone when told to do so, rather than stopping after the first item. Characters will attempt to deconstru
Updates 9-24-2026
The PPA-5 is now the PPA-5 plasma launcher, and it uses the launchers skill instead of rifles. Plasma guns now do heat damage instead of stab. Targets struck by these weapons are EMPed, and the PPA-5
Updates 9-19-2026
Corpses and dormant zombies that revive while under a vehicle will now try and crawl out to one side, unless there's a hole in the floor they can pop up through. They should otherwise never appear ins
Updates 9-17-2026
The sidebar now properly shows volume of sounds in or adjacent to the player's tile, as well as sounds made by a vehicle the player is operating. Previously it was failing to report a lot of sounds, d
Updates 9-16-2026
Substantially boosted the ecology experience gained from chopping down trees and fishing. Fishing trains every ten minutes and then additionally you get training whenever you successfully catch anythi
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | RPG · Simulation · Roguelike · Traditional Roguelike · Post-apocalyptic · Survival · Zombies · Sci-fi · Inventory Management · Character Customization · Crafting · Adventure (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Official site | https://cataclysmtlg.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or higher