Caves of Qud
Dec 5, 2024
- Role-playing (RPG)
- Simulator
- Strategy
- Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Adventure
- Indie
Platforms: Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows)
IGDB community rating 8.2IGDB21 votes
Overview
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retro-futurism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. The game weaves a handwritten narrative through rich physical, social, and historical simulations. The result is a hybrid handcrafted & procedurally-generated world where you can do just about anything. Assemble your character from over 70 mutations and defects, and 24 castes and kits - it’s all the character diversity you could want. Explore procedurally-generated regions with some familiar locations - each world is nearly 1 million maps large.
Story
Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Decide: is it a dying earth, or is it on the verge of rebirth? Play the role of a mutant indigenous to the salt-spangled dunes and jungles of Qud, or play a pure-strain descendant from one of the few remaining eco-domes - the toxic arboreta of Ekuemekiyye, the Holy City; the ice-sheathed arcology of Ibul; or the crustal mortars of Yawningmoon. Follow the plot to Barathrum the Old, a sentient cave bear who leads a sect of tinkers intent on restoring technological splendor to Qud. There’s a story in every nook, from legendary items with fabled pasts to in-game history books written by plant historians. A novel’s worth of handwritten lore is knit into a procedurally-generated history that’s unique each game.
- Developed by
- Freehold Games
- Published by
- Freehold Games, Kitfox Games
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Facts
- Game modes
- Single player
- Player perspectives
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Fantasy, Science fiction
- Game engine
- Unity
- Release dates
- Linux: Jul 15, 2015
- Mac: Jul 15, 2015
- PC (Microsoft Windows): Jul 15, 2015
- Nintendo Switch: Feb 16, 2026
- Nintendo Switch 2: TBA
