Caves of Qud

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App ID	333640
App Type	Game
Developer	Freehold Games
Publisher	Kitfox Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29877029
Last Record Update	3 July 2025 – 10:44:03 UTC ()
Release Date	5 December 2024 – 16:55:54 UTC ()

😍 92.40%

10k reviews

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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

metacritic_name

Caves of Qud

controller_support

full

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/caves-of-qud?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

community_visible_stats

Yes

workshop_visible

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Kitfox Games

eulas

0 ↴
id	333640_eula_0
name	Caves of Qud EULA
url	http://store.steampowered.com//eula/333640_eula_0

Store Release Date

5 December 2024 – 16:56:00 UTC ()

osarch

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://bsky.app/profile/cavesofqud.com
https://x.com/cavesofqud

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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logo_position ↴
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osextended

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review_score

review_percentage

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

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	native
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

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

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

DualShock Controllers

DualSense Controllers (USB Only)

DualSense Controllers

Assets

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timestamp	16 June 2025 – 15:43:33 UTC

Trailers

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257028939 ↴
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Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
333641	Windows Caves of Qud - Windows	1.30 GiB	895.98 MiB
333642	macOS Caves of Qud - OSX	1.28 GiB	893.08 MiB
333643	Linux Caves of Qud - Linux	1.30 GiB	886.61 MiB
3252660	DLC 3252660Caves of Qud - Pet Pack 1	85.68 KiB	50.23 KiB

Total size on disk is 3.88 GiB and total download size is 2.61 GiB.

Total size on disk is 1.30 GiB and total download size is 895.98 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		18606077	26 May 2025 – 05:21:30 UTC
210.11	210.11	18577515	23 May 2025 – 23:29:20 UTC
beta	beta (210.x)	18606077	26 May 2025 – 05:21:00 UTC
210.7	210.7	18455019	14 May 2025 – 05:42:15 UTC
210.2	210.2	17874966	12 April 2025 – 02:16:59 UTC
209.46	209.46 (1.0.3)	18080771	22 May 2025 – 20:42:45 UTC
209.45	209.45	18080203	12 April 2025 – 02:40:49 UTC
209.43	209.43	16803825	28 February 2025 – 23:46:17 UTC
209.44	209.44	17554393	12 April 2025 – 01:49:21 UTC
209.40	209.40	16740086	18 December 2024 – 20:04:16 UTC
208.x	208.x	16385910	13 November 2024 – 01:19:34 UTC
208.21	208.21	16371160	13 November 2024 – 01:15:33 UTC
207.x	207.x	16153878	23 October 2024 – 16:29:20 UTC
2.0.206.x	206.x	14462303	3 June 2024 – 04:33:17 UTC
205.x	205.x	12278835	16 October 2024 – 22:57:04 UTC
2.0.204.118	204.x	12567608	15 November 2023 – 06:28:16 UTC
203.x	203.x	9210438	9 August 2024 – 23:09:39 UTC
202.x	202.x	7992958	2 August 2024 – 23:08:29 UTC
201.x	201.x	7510588	9 August 2024 – 23:09:07 UTC
200.x	200.x	5567676	2 August 2024 – 23:08:02 UTC
2.0.199.x	199.x	5098304	30 May 2020 – 02:53:20 UTC

Other

Name	Value
workshopdepot	Caves of Qud (333640)
hasdepotsindlc	0
privatebranches	1

Caves of Qud

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