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Shares crafting system and survival management with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- $6.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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- Updated Oct 9, 2026
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- 1Cataclysm: The Last Generation
Shares crafting system and survival management with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 93% of 183 reviews
- 2Soulash 2
Shares survival management and permadeath with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 84% of 1,870 reviews
- 3Caves of Qud
Shares crafting and procedural generation with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 95% of 10,368 reviews
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- 5NEO Scavenger
Shares inventory management and procedural generation with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 89% of 3,651 reviews
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- 7ZED ZONE
Shares base building and character customization with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 82% of 693 reviews
- 8Dead in Antares
Shares survival management and base building with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 78% of 116 reviews
- 9Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
Shares resource scarcity and survival management with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 91% of 288 reviews
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- 11Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Shares resource scarcity and procedural generation with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 83% of 883 reviews
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- 16Kenshi
Shares open world exploration and base building with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 95% of 46,830 reviews
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- 18Against the Storm
Shares roguelite progression and procedural generation with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 95% of 18,297 reviews
- 19Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
Shares resource scarcity and skill progression with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
- 78% of 419 reviews
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- Released: 2023
- Developer: CleverRaven
- Price: $19.99checked Oct 30
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 92% of 312 reviews
- Genres: Adventure, RPG
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Build dinosaur zoos and farm triffids in long term saves
- Craft your own survival story with unparalleled freedom
- Deep survival simulation with countless interconnected systems
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Dark
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Why this: Shares resource scarcity and procedural generation with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
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Why this: Also Traditional Roguelike and Rogue-like, like Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
FatalZone
Why this: Shares survival management and permadeath with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
Why this: Shares resource scarcity and skill progression with Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead.
SKYHILL
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About Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
The closest matches to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead: Cataclysm: The Last Generation, Soulash 2, Caves of Qud, Don't Starve, and NEO Scavenger. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cataclysm: The Last Generation, Soulash 2 and Caves of Qud — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its base building and character customization. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead: The epitome of a modern traditional roguelike: with turn-based play and a RPG-like skill progression system, it hearkens back to some of the major aspects of this genre. This game has an incredible depth, with a deep inventory system, vehicles and boats, NPCs with their own stories, and more.
Is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 92% of 312 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $19.99 (checked Nov 6).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 39 h when they wrote their review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Build dinosaur zoos and farm triffids in long term saves
- Craft your own survival story with unparalleled freedom
- Deep survival simulation with countless interconnected systems
- Emergent storytelling thrives in a world of zombies aliens and eldritch horrors
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“While the game itself is amazing, the idea of paying for a freeware game and the proceeds dont to the entire or even most of the dev team is insane to me. Also, the game is usually out of date compared to the freeware version. If you want…”
“No updates for a year. Abandoned. Get the freeware version or the other fork that is on Steam for about 5 quid, and is actually updated!”
People who play it also play: Cataclysm: The Last Generation, Soulash 2, Caves of Qud
Frequently asked about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Can I run it?
Does Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead run on Steam Deck?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead cost?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead are Cataclysm: The Last Generation, Soulash 2, Caves of Qud.
Who developed Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead was developed by CleverRaven and published by KorGgenT.