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Caves of Qud

Freehold Games · Kitfox Games · 2024-12-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 15, 2015 (Mac), Jul 15, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 15, 2015 (Linux), Feb 16, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Caves of Qud is a 2024 Adventure, Indie, RPG and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 12664 reviews).

211
playing now
95%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
25
Nexus mods (12k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

211 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Caves of Qud is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Freehold Games and published by Kitfox Games. It is set in an open world that is partially pre-made and partially procedurally generated. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic science fantasy setting and is inspired by the pen-and-paper role-playing games Gamma World and Dungeons & Dragons.

Trailer

Caves of Qud trailer thumbnail

Caves of Qud 1.0 - Official Announcement Trailer, with Kitfox Games

≈100,838 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 211 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 920 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~115/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 255k–573k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at GOG (2018-09-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 68 of 102 observed days · $23.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Featured in Valve's Top Releases of December 2024 (#4)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
97297220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 972 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4581472026-09-14 21:00 — 360 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 216 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 201 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 373 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 306 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 160 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 307 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 293 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 177 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 383 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 362 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 190 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 302 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 317 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 257 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 378 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 348 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 234 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 263 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 359 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 304 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 237 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 385 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 211 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k13Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 70 · peak 145Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 35Mar 2016 — avg 13 · peak 41Jul 2016 — avg 22 · peak 44Nov 2016 — avg 21 · peak 46Mar 2017 — avg 46 · peak 103Jul 2017 — avg 60 · peak 121Nov 2017 — avg 67 · peak 121Mar 2018 — avg 66 · peak 124Jul 2018 — avg 88 · peak 170Nov 2018 — avg 53 · peak 102Mar 2019 — avg 77 · peak 151Jul 2019 — avg 62 · peak 109Nov 2019 — avg 56 · peak 105Mar 2020 — avg 56 · peak 112Jul 2020 — avg 131 · peak 319Nov 2020 — avg 374 · peak 883Mar 2021 — avg 147 · peak 247Jul 2021 — avg 175 · peak 320Nov 2021 — avg 261 · peak 411Mar 2022 — avg 147 · peak 261Jul 2022 — avg 181 · peak 322Nov 2022 — avg 172 · peak 316Mar 2023 — avg 147 · peak 264Jul 2023 — avg 193 · peak 544Nov 2023 — avg 349 · peak 729Mar 2024 — avg 205 · peak 354Jul 2024 — avg 413 · peak 691Nov 2024 — avg 312 · peak 568Mar 2025 — avg 490 · peak 845Jul 2025 — avg 362 · peak 576Nov 2025 — avg 350 · peak 580Mar 2026 — avg 309 · peak 519Jul 2026 — avg 330 · peak 563Aug 2026 — avg 358 · peak 598
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
772026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 3 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$8.992015-07-162026-10-142015-07-16 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $8.992016-09-26 — best price $8.992017-03-30 — best price $8.992017-11-13 — best price $8.992018-05-21 — best price $8.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-03-18 — best price $9.992019-09-23 — best price $13.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-08-13 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-05-03 — best price $14.992021-10-04 — best price $13.492021-11-29 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $17.992022-10-27 — best price $17.992023-01-09 — best price $17.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-12 — best price $19.992023-11-14 — best price $17.992024-03-02 — best price $19.992024-05-01 — best price $17.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $17.992024-12-05 — best price $25.492025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-08-01 — best price $23.992025-09-29 — best price $25.492025-11-25 — best price $29.992026-02-07 — best price $29.992026-04-22 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $23.992026-09-11 — best price $23.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-05 — best price $23.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5551072026-05-28 — 145 pageviews2026-06-01 — 148 pageviews2026-06-05 — 137 pageviews2026-06-09 — 226 pageviews2026-06-13 — 170 pageviews2026-06-17 — 124 pageviews2026-06-21 — 130 pageviews2026-06-25 — 211 pageviews2026-06-29 — 170 pageviews2026-07-03 — 155 pageviews2026-07-07 — 174 pageviews2026-07-11 — 127 pageviews2026-07-15 — 115 pageviews2026-07-19 — 117 pageviews2026-07-23 — 131 pageviews2026-07-27 — 191 pageviews2026-07-31 — 122 pageviews2026-08-04 — 438 pageviews2026-08-08 — 319 pageviews2026-08-12 — 555 pageviews2026-08-16 — 178 pageviews2026-08-20 — 134 pageviews2026-08-24 — 136 pageviews2026-08-28 — 189 pageviews2026-09-01 — 207 pageviews2026-09-05 — 131 pageviews2026-09-09 — 134 pageviews2026-09-13 — 141 pageviews2026-09-17 — 107 pageviews2026-09-21 — 148 pageviews2026-09-25 — 110 pageviews2026-09-29 — 138 pageviews2026-10-03 — 199 pageviews2026-10-07 — 205 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8302026-09-30 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.2%
earned "Welcome to Qud"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-02-14, latest 2024-12-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,3550%150
Switch (Nintendo)570%0

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

RPGSci-fiSurvivalOpen WorldRogue-likeStory RichTurn-BasedAtmosphericReplay ValueTranshumanism

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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