Caves of Qud

Freehold Games / Dec 5, 2024 / Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy

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That's more people than live in the Pitcairn Islands.

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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What's new

Autoexplore Patch - September 23, 2026

2026-09-24

211.55 • Added a "Standard" autoexplore mode that matches older classic autoexplore pathing, it is now the default. • Added a "Performance" autoexplore mode that utilizes far less CPU but ocassionally causes exploration to meander more. • Autoexplore will now be interrupted if your domination breaks. • Fixed a bug that rarely caused objects targeted for spreading Klanq to display with mods. • Fixed a bug that allowed you to drop items on the world map using ctrl+d. • Particles and screen buffers now support custom colors. • Dynamic book instances will now have their titles set via a call to GetTitle.

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What players say

Overwhelmingly Positive

95% positive, 11,442 reviews

Recommended124 hrs played

When I first came I across this game, I was taken aback by its reviews on Steam. People seemed to be enamoured, and they described something I had been thinking about for some time. A rich and deep simulation-based rogue-like game. After playing for eighty five hours, I can tell you that the game isn't all that. It does simulate, and the simulation is rather deep, but not so broad. If you're coming here from Dwarf...

124 found this helpful, 2025-10-17

Recommended245 hrs played

Just beat this game for the first time after literally YEARS of attempts. And all I can say is... Wow. This might be my favorite game of all time. Yes, the graphics are what they are, and yes, the learning curve is basically vertical. But if you can haul yourself up it, you will be rewarded with one of the deepest, richest, most fulfilling gaming experiences of your life. The writing is insane / fantastic. The...

113 found this helpful, 2025-10-08

Recommended380 hrs played

A friendly goatman asked me to kill his brother, the mad cult leader Mamon Souldrinker, who was destroying goatfolk settlements throughout the jungle and drinking the blood of his victims. He also wanted me to bring me Mamon Souldrinker's amulet, but warned me not to wear it: it's what had destroyed Mamon's mind. Naturally, I agreed. I neglected to mention that my life goal was to become best friends forever with...

88 found this helpful, 2026-02-24