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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead cover
Developers
CleverRaven
Publishers
Steam KorGgenT
Release dates
Windows 2013
macOS (OS X) 2013
Linux 2013
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware, One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Top-down view
Controls Direct control, Menu-based
Genres Roguelike, RPG, Sandbox, Survival
Vehicles Automobile, Bicycle, Helicopter, Motorcycle, Naval/watercraft
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Zombies
Series Cataclysm
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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on IGDB
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on MobyGames
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Wikipedia
Cataclysm
Cataclysm 2010
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead EA
Cataclysm: Bright Nights EA

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a singleplayer top-down view roguelike, RPG, sandbox and survival game in the Cataclysm series.

General information

Official forums
Official Discord server
Official Libera Chat channel
Steam Community Discussions
Official Github repository

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
Available for free.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
Linux

Monetization

Type Notes
Freeware The developer website version is available for free.
One-time game purchase The Steam version requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions The game has no microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/cataclysm-dda/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/save/
$XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/memorial/
$XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/graveyard/
$XDG_DATA_HOME/cataclysm-dda/templates/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Filipino
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Regular and Argentinian
Turkish
Ukrainian
Translations are available on Transifex where they can be updated and new languages be added here.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bitARM Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
[1]

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 1 GB[2]
Hard disk drive (HDD)
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM) 500 MB[2]
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) 900 MHz[2]
System memory (RAM) 500 MB[2]
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References