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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

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…

1 June 2013

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is an adventure, released 1 June 2013 on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead was released in 2013. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You emerge from the shelter into the dim light of an overcast day, and look around for the first time since the disaster. The world as you knew it is gone and in its place, a twisted mockery of all that was once familiar. Everything was cast aside in that frantic race for the shelter. You have no food, nothing to drink, no weapons. Nothing but your ingenuity and the fierce determination to survive against appalling odds. A grim prospect faces you. Perhaps worse even than the nightmares of last night, when you were tortured by dreams of the dead themselves rising to jealously tear life from the living. You cast your eyes up the road and begin to walk towards a house in the far distance…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

What you need to run it

What it launched against

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead launched on 1 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Metro: Last Light, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead — frequently asked questions

When did Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead come out?
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead was released on 1 June 2013 for Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead?
At minimum, Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead needs .

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