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. Things may be bad right now, but you've got a sinking feeling that there are darker days ahead.
WikiControlsHomepageDevelopmental builds (recommended, most feature rich versions)Cataclysm is a delightful, unforgiving, and deep roguelike game in which you play as a survivor of a biological-warfare induced apocalypse. The game is rendered in timeless ASCII graphics and will be immediately familiar to anybody who's played games such as Nethack or Dwarf Fortress.
Zombies shuffle among the (sometimes
ill-tempered) wilderness animals. Terrible beasts such as the
Mi-go are on the prowl, as well as vorpal, renegade machines such as
Chicken walkers.
The game strikes a fantastic balance between gameplay and depth. It is more streamlined and abstract than Dwarf Fortress's adventure mode, yet it allows you to
build fortifications,
farm, rig up
booby traps and even
entrepreneur your own ride. Anybody who likes sinking their teeth and time into roguelikes ought to love this game.
