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Cataclismo

Digital Sun · Hooded Horse · 2025-03-20

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

210
playing now
89%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$29.99
steam price (US)

210 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 210 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 14% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 85k–192k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,261 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-50%

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 125 of 222 observed days · $0.98 above the 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

392212026-08-07 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 50 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 73 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 59 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 165 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 264 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 392 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 312 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 205 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 211 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 220 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 210 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.24$14.262024-07-182026-08-302024-07-18 — best price $29.992024-08-20 — best price $23.992024-10-11 — best price $19.492024-11-12 — best price $29.332024-12-07 — best price $29.992025-01-03 — best price $19.492025-02-03 — best price $29.992025-03-26 — best price $19.492025-04-18 — best price $19.492025-05-12 — best price $24.992025-06-02 — best price $29.992025-06-29 — best price $17.822025-07-23 — best price $29.992025-08-19 — best price $19.492025-09-06 — best price $29.992025-09-22 — best price $19.492025-10-09 — best price $17.992025-11-03 — best price $17.992025-11-22 — best price $14.262025-12-18 — best price $16.912026-01-13 — best price $17.992026-01-31 — best price $29.992026-02-18 — best price $17.102026-03-09 — best price $17.992026-03-30 — best price $17.992026-04-13 — best price $17.992026-04-28 — best price $32.242026-05-08 — best price $16.912026-05-20 — best price $17.992026-06-02 — best price $32.002026-06-15 — best price $31.912026-06-26 — best price $15.002026-07-09 — best price $31.412026-07-21 — best price $14.992026-08-01 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3952026-05-15 — 18 pageviews2026-05-18 — 13 pageviews2026-05-21 — 7 pageviews2026-05-24 — 11 pageviews2026-05-27 — 23 pageviews2026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-08 — 22 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 39 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-11 — 17 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 11 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 13 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-01 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

702026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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…

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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