Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a traditional roguelike, sandbox and rpg game developed by CleverRaven and published by KorGgenT.
Released on March 31st 2023 is available on Windows and Linux in 8 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 451 reviews of which 417 were positive and 34 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead into these genres:

Traditional Roguelike Sandbox RPG Survival Zombies Rogue-like Adventure 2D Aliens Horror Exploration Sci-fi Singleplayer Moddable Modern Pixel Graphics Immersive Sim Post-apocalyptic Story Rich Transhumanism

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 20.04

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Dec. 2025

My personal favorite game, and this allows you to play it on steam for the achievements, playtime tracking, and steam cloud saves if that matters to you. I don't even want to know how many hours I've put into the free version, it truly is one of the best games ever made. In this expansive survival roguelike, the game offers you the tools and the ability to basically do and be what you want. The gameplay options available to you in CDDA exceed those that you've seen in almost any other game, maybe any other game. It does not really play like any other game I’ve played; you have to become accustomed to the complex controls and customize your own key bindings. You must learn the odd UI and figure out tile sets and sound packs. This isn't an easy game to get into. If you do however, I would say that CDDA more than any other game rewards your efforts. I guess to set the scene for people who want more details, one of my favorite playthroughs, and one in which the character is still alive, I started as a weak albino girl who was sick and had an infection. I spent the first several hours of the game desperately searching for antibiotics while avoiding the undead and other adversaries the game throws at you, constantly and without remorse for your current condition or capabilities. By the time I found them, I had crafted myself the base necessities to arm and defend myself. I had run through countless small towns, skirted the edge of cities, looting any buildings I could get close to. I had come so close to death both from the infection and incurred injuries from run ins with the undead, I thought that was it, and several times I thought, maybe just start a new run. I did not, however, and the run has become solidified in my mind as one of the best experiences I've had in gaming. The time I spend on that character isn't even tracked on steam, as I have played the free version for years now. The gameplay on her file alone must be 300-500 hours. She is living quite happily now, with an armed mobile super-RV base that she builds from an RV she found in a zombie infested mall and is an expert fencer mouse mutant with a penchant for raiding laboratories. She also really likes to collect books on an eBook reader and owns quite a few. She also has a cat who is a total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It's up to you to survive, the game will hold your hand in no way, so when you live, and possibly thrive, it feels completely earned. She did survive and has now for almost 2 years in game. Yes, I get the controversy surrounding this release, I'd buy all the devs a coffee/beer if I could, I still think it's a worthy purchase if you want those steam bonuses. Plus, just plain and simple, more people need to play this amazing game. This isn't the result of millions of dollars and the useless corporate mentalities that current big game devs have adopted. This game is the result of the hard work of individuals, call them indie developers or whatever. They don't even expect money, wtf, and they're working right now to expand the game further. If you want to play, and not pay, simply google CDDA, and look for the website cataclysmdda.org, it will mostly likely be the first result, download it from their completely for free by clicking "Releases" and then clicking the link for the GitHub page (scroll down to Assets, click show all assets, then click the one that says windows with graphics and sounds, from there you're on you're own), it will not ask you for a credit card number, a subscription, nothing.

Nov. 2025

20 Minutes playing this game.. I start in a building. Learning the controls as I go. I stumble onto the roof and didn't know. Found out how to peek. Saw a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge zombie horde to the north consisting of Fat Zombies, Zombie Dogs, Feral humans, Zombie children, Zombie runners and other horrors I couldn't describe. I waited for them to bust into the building, Found out how to climb down.. 6 zombies remained behind. The chase was on. I ran between another two buildings with zombies covering one exit.. I go to run back and thats blocked, I bust into a door.. Run into a kitchen and get mauled to death. Holy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hell, I haven't felt this vulnerable in a long long time in a game. Thats just my first 20 minutes.

Oct. 2025

There's really no need to buy when there's a free version, but it's nice to have my total playtime recorded. It's my favorite game for a good randomised survival story. You'll get used to dying. Takes a lot of characters to learn the keybinds and game mechanics. In my longest save, I've been building a dinosaur zoo and farming triffids with my character Regina George. 10/10

May 2025

A very simulationist zombie game. very good, very fun, don't forget to try out the latest versions that are released by the main creators for free, this is just for support of the dev team Now update the steam edition from time to time dev's, I know it may be difficult inbetween your 50 trillionth micro update of zombified kiwi generation, but I know you can do it at-least once every six months.

May 2025

I've hundreds and hundreds of hours off of steam. This game is a punishing, hateful mess of impossible nightmares, waiting to savage you the moment you hold down your autoattack a little too long. You can become a bionically-enhanced salamander, sleepless in a tornado of flame, shooting lasers from your crystal magic nose, with a tiny cabin that's full of guns you'll never use but couldn't resist filling up wall-to-wall. You can look within yourself as the world crushes down into nothing, and embrace evolution in the warp storm, ending the you that exists immediately. It's great. I'm saying I like this game.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead received 417 positive votes out of a total of 451 achieving a rating of 8.57.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead was developed by CleverRaven and published by KorGgenT.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is not playable on MacOS.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a single-player game.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead does not currently offer any DLC.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead does not support Steam Remote Play.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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CleverRaven

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KorGgenT

Release 31 Mar 2023

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