Caves of Qud
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
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About This Game
Caves of Qud is a adventure/indie game designed for single-player, developed by Freehold Games and released in 2024. With an estimated 524,000 copies sold, it is considered a commercially strong title on Steam. With 12k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 95.3/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 40.75 hours, with side content bringing that to 66.57 hours, and a completionist run can reach 481.94 hours. Players commonly describe it as Procedural Generation, Turn-Based Combat, Open World, Turn-Based and Transhumanism.
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User Reviews
95.3
Overall Score / 100
9.5/10
Steam (12016 rev)
Playtime Estimates
40.75h
🎯 Main Story
66.57h
⭐ Main + Sides
481.94h
💯 Completionist
Based on 11 player submissions
DLCs (2)
Caves of Qud Soundtrack
$9.99
Caves of Qud - Pets of Harvest Dawn
$4.99
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Game Information
Release Date
December 5, 2024
Developer
Freehold Games
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Controller
Full Support
Price
$29.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
524K
(419.2K - 628.8K) VRI ScoreLearning
86.9
Early data shows positive opinions outweighing the negative.
VRI (Vorythic Recommendation Index) a single number indicating whether the game is worth your time. Built from game data, putting real players' opinions above progressive 'critics'.
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Adventure
Indie
RPG
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Workshop
Steam Cloud
Steam Leaderboards
Includes level editor
Family Sharing
Tags
Procedural Generation
Turn-Based Combat
Open World
Turn-Based
Transhumanism
Sci-fi
Traditional Roguelike
Replay Value
Roguelike
RPG
Story Rich
Character Customization
Pixel Graphics
Survival
Atmospheric
CRPG
Difficult
Moddable
Singleplayer
Choices Matter
Supported Languages
Text Only
English
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
Minimum:
- OS: Windows 10 21H1, Windows 11 21H2
- Processor: 1GHz or faster. SSE2 instruction set support.
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Minimum:
- OS: Big Sur 11+
- Processor: 1GHz or faster. SSE2 instruction set support.
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Minimum:
- OS: Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04
- Processor: 1GHz or faster. SSE2 instruction set support.
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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