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Cataclismo

Digital Sun · Hooded Horse · 2025-03-20

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jul 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Cataclismo is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 4,345 reviews).

177
playing now
89%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

177 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Cataclismo is a 2025 real-time strategy tower defense video game developed by Digital Sun and published by Hooded Horse. The player is tasked with collecting resources and constructing a stronghold using a building system inspired by Lego during daytime, while defending against large hordes of enemies at night. It entered early access in July 2024 for Windows and was released in full on March 20, 2025.

Trailer

Cataclismo trailer thumbnail

Cataclismo - Official Release Date Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 177 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 307 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 49% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,279 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 16,650 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 87k–196k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,345 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
GOG$8.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.01 at GameBillet (2025-11-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $32.24 · on sale 150 of 242 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 610 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

279292026-09-14 22:00 — 56 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 37 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 55 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 52 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 41 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 50 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 39 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 42 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 42 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 115 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 220 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 121 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 199 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 225 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 210 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 199 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 222 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 184 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 177 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k38Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 2,176 · peak 3,129Aug 2024 — avg 718 · peak 2,646Sep 2024 — avg 175 · peak 719Oct 2024 — avg 165 · peak 470Nov 2024 — avg 106 · peak 273Dec 2024 — avg 115 · peak 297Jan 2025 — avg 114 · peak 291Feb 2025 — avg 62 · peak 165Mar 2025 — avg 421 · peak 2,289Apr 2025 — avg 247 · peak 717May 2025 — avg 127 · peak 300Jun 2025 — avg 68 · peak 167Jul 2025 — avg 95 · peak 180Aug 2025 — avg 67 · peak 152Sep 2025 — avg 54 · peak 145Oct 2025 — avg 70 · peak 157Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 132Dec 2025 — avg 59 · peak 120Jan 2026 — avg 68 · peak 168Feb 2026 — avg 38 · peak 91Mar 2026 — avg 52 · peak 127Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 117May 2026 — avg 39 · peak 132Jun 2026 — avg 58 · peak 139Jul 2026 — avg 74 · peak 158Aug 2026 — avg 118 · peak 456
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.05$8.992024-07-182026-10-142024-07-18 — best price $29.992024-08-30 — best price $29.992024-10-29 — best price $19.492024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-01-01 — best price $19.492025-02-03 — best price $29.992025-03-28 — best price $18.722025-04-26 — best price $24.872025-05-22 — best price $19.492025-06-27 — best price $19.492025-07-23 — best price $29.992025-08-23 — best price $19.492025-09-13 — best price $29.992025-09-30 — best price $19.492025-10-29 — best price $29.992025-11-22 — best price $14.262025-12-23 — best price $16.182026-01-21 — best price $29.992026-02-10 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $29.692026-03-30 — best price $17.992026-04-16 — best price $29.992026-05-02 — best price $26.992026-05-15 — best price $29.992026-05-30 — best price $17.992026-06-15 — best price $31.912026-06-29 — best price $24.992026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-07-28 — best price $31.262026-08-11 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $29.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-07 — best price $8.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4952026-05-15 — 18 pageviews2026-05-19 — 8 pageviews2026-05-23 — 11 pageviews2026-05-27 — 23 pageviews2026-05-31 — 12 pageviews2026-06-04 — 13 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 13 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-11 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 28 pageviews2026-08-31 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 19 pageviews2026-09-08 — 22 pageviews2026-09-12 — 16 pageviews2026-09-16 — 26 pageviews2026-09-20 — 26 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-02 — 27 pageviews2026-10-06 — 45 pageviews2026-10-10 — 27 pageviews2026-10-12 — 20 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
78.7%
earned "Home Is Calling"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionSave Anytime1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-08-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1730%43
Windows (Xbox)6773%43

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XRTSSandboxBuildingModdableStrategyTacticalHistoricalManagementOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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