Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (2013) is a role-playing (rpg), simulator, adventure, indie video game, available on browser, Linux, PC, Mac. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 90/100 on IGDB.

What is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead about?

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (aka Cataclysm DDA or CataDDA) is an open source survival horror roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic and fictional New England.

Unlike most roguelikes, it has no goal: the player is free to explore the procedurally generated map, clear areas of monsters, work with NPCs, and build shelters and vehicles. The gameplay is mainly based on day-to-day survival, and the game tracks parameters like hunger, thirst, morale, illness and temperature which the player must manage to stay alive. Like most roguelikes Cataclysm: DDA follows turn based gameplay.

The world has support for seasons and dynamic weather conditions and the season lengths can be modified during world generation. A typical world has cities, towns, rivers, forests, bridges and other landmarks. Cities and towns generally have all the common establishments generally found in real world such as houses, dep

Key details

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead was released in 2013 and supports single player. Platforms: browser, Linux, PC, Mac.

Should you play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead?

With a 90/100 aggregate score, Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead ranks among the best-reviewed games in its genre and is widely considered a must-play.