Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead presents open source turn-based survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
Cataclysm Dda
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is an open source turn-based survival game with community-maintained development and releases.
About Cataclysm Dda
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world, developed by a community of volunteers and hosted in the CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA GitHub repository. Players scavenge a persistent, procedurally generated world for food, equipment and vehicles, and fight or escape zombies, giant insects, killer robots and other survivors.
Key features
- Turn-based survival play in a persistent, procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world
- Stable and experimental release channels published on GitHub
- Scavenging for food, gear and vehicles; combat with varied monstrosities
- Linux packages for Arch, Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu plus Flatpak via Flathub
- Source downloadable as a zip or cloned, with build guides included
- Code and content licensed Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0
Best for: Players who want a free, community-developed turn-based survival game and are comfortable installing from GitHub releases, distribution repositories or Flathub.
Good for
- Free to use, modify and redistribute under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license
- Built from contributions by over 1000 volunteers, with an active forum, IRC and Discord community
- Several installation routes, including distro repositories, Flathub and compiling from source
Watch out for
- The in-game tutorial may not function because of many code changes
- Some code distributed with the project is released under different software licenses
- Building from source requires following separate compiling and compiler-support documentation
Cataclysm Dda at a glance
- Category
- Gaming › Mods & Fan Projects
- Type
- Open-source project
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Android
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Cataclysm Dda FAQ
Is there a tutorial?
Yes. It is available in the Special menu at the main menu, though it may not function because of many code changes.
How can the game be obtained?
Through stable or experimental GitHub releases, the source as a zip archive or Git clone, distribution packages for Arch, Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu, or Flathub.
How do you contribute to the project?
Contributions are made through the GitHub repository; CONTRIBUTING.md gives the details, and contributions fall under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license.
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