Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Overview

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a survival game, available on Windows and Linux. Related genres: role-playing game.

Gameplay elements described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: turn-based play and procedurally generated levels.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

All of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its content is under a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-SA-3.0): check the attribution requirement and any non-commercial restriction.

About

Struggle to survive in a harsh, persistent, procedurally generated world. Scavenge the remnants of a dead civilization for food, equipment, or, if you are lucky, a vehicle with a full tank of gas to get you the hell out of Dodge. Fight to defeat or escape from a wide variety of powerful monstrosities, from zombies to giant insects to killer robots and things far stranger and deadlier, and against the others like yourself, that want what you have... As your game begins, you awaken with hazy memories of violence and terror from when the world suddenly unraveled around you. Now you need to explore your surroundings, and secure food, water and safety. After that, who knows? Long term survival will mean tapping abilities you haven’t used before, learning to survive in this new environment and developing new skills.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)