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Caves of Qud

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App ID 333640
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Kitfox Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29817354
Last Record Update 30 June 2025 – 06:32:09 UTC ()
Release Date 5 December 2024 – 16:55:54 UTC ()
😍 92.38%
10k reviews
280
In-Game

Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.

Additional Information

Developer Freehold Games
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workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Kitfox Games
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Store Release Date 5 December 2024 – 16:56:00 UTC ()
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Social Media https://bsky.app/profile/cavesofqud.com
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Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 5 December 2024 – 16:55:54 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 16 June 2025 – 15:43:07 UTC () (1750088587)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, SteamworksNET SDK, Vorbis SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 25 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8233278
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controllertagwizard Yes
Early Access Release Date 15 July 2015 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 15 November 2014 – 04:37:43 UTC (), in changelist #766357

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

🔀 Procedural Generation 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🌍 Open World 🎲 Turn-Based 🧬 Transhumanism 🚀 Sci-fi 🔄 Replay Value 👻 Traditional Roguelike 👻 Roguelike 📚 Story Rich 🎲 RPG 🦹 Character Customization 🌲 Survival 👾 Pixel Graphics 🌫 Atmospheric 💻 CRPG 😓 Difficult 🛠️ Moddable 👤 Singleplayer 🧞 Choices Matter

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support DualShock Controllers (USB Only) DualShock Controllers DualSense Controllers (USB Only) DualSense Controllers

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Steam charts

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  • 280 players right now
  • 497 24-hour peak
  • 2,912 all-time peak 8 December 2024
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  • 46,487 followers
  • 9,993 positive reviews
  • 508 negative reviews
  • 95.16% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 14 24-hour peak
  • 15,276 all-time peak
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  • 😍 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 92.38% SteamDB Rating
  • 9,993 95.2% positive reviews
  • 508 4.8% negative reviews

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 280 players live playing Caves of Qud on Steam.

Caves of Qud had an all-time peak of 2912 concurrent players on 8 December 2024.

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