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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 31731939
Last Record Update 17 October 2025 – 16:57:54 UTC ()
Release Date 5 December 2024 – 16:55:54 UTC ()
😍 92.35%
10k reviews
330
In-Game
+4
🔀 Procedural Generation 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 🌍 Open World 🎲 Turn-Based 🧬 Transhumanism

Caves of Qud is a Hugo Award-winning 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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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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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 29 July 2025 – 12:21:22 UTC () (1753791682)
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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 👻 Traditional Roguelike 🔄 Replay Value 👻 Roguelike 📚 Story Rich 🎲 RPG 🦹 Character Customization 👾 Pixel Graphics 🌲 Survival 🌫 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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