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Cataclismo

Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks

Digital Sun · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Mar 20, 2025

SimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 4,045
Recent reviews
Mixed
63% of 61 in 30 days
Players
89
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 weeks ago
Oct 21, 2026
Minimum PC
GTX 760
8 GB RAM · 10 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)

What is Cataclismo?

A base-building strategy game set after a catastrophe, with the last human survivors defending against waves of monsters. You gather resources, build wood and stone fortresses piece by piece, and position troops for attacks that intensify at night.

For you if...

  • +you like designing defenses one piece at a time
  • +you enjoy balancing resource management with nightly sieges
  • +you want challenging base defense with troop control

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer quick construction over detailed wall building
  • −you want relaxed pacing without recurring enemy waves
  • −you dislike managing resources alongside tactical defense

What players say

88% of 4,045 reviews are positive · 63% of 61 in the last 30 days

Players praise the modular building system and art direction. Many find constructing walls, stairs, and roofs tedious, while others say resource management and uneven difficulty make defending the settlement frustrating.

Players over time

▼ -12% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 202 players on Oct 7, 2026.

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Nov 7, 202689
Nov 6, 202650
Nov 5, 202668
Nov 4, 202680
Nov 3, 202685
Nov 2, 202670
Nov 1, 2026117
Oct 31, 2026115
Oct 30, 202680
Oct 29, 202695
Oct 28, 202682
Oct 26, 2026130
Oct 25, 2026107
Oct 24, 202696
Oct 23, 2026101
Oct 22, 2026101
Oct 21, 2026108
Oct 20, 2026113
Oct 18, 2026146
Oct 17, 2026129
Oct 16, 2026105
Oct 15, 2026130
Oct 14, 2026133
Oct 13, 2026142
Oct 11, 2026197
Oct 10, 2026173
Oct 9, 2026164
Oct 8, 2026178
Oct 7, 2026202
Oct 6, 2026115
Oct 4, 2026114
Oct 3, 2026104
Oct 2, 202642
Oct 1, 202627
Sep 30, 202632
Sep 29, 202627
Sep 27, 202642
Sep 26, 202640
Sep 25, 202641
Sep 24, 202639
Sep 23, 202649
Sep 23, 202656
Sep 22, 202638
Sep 21, 202650

How many players finish Cataclismo?

3.7% of Steam players have unlocked «Tell Stories Of This Day», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Cataclismo screenshot 1

Cataclismo system requirements

Minimum: GTX 760, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-4770 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-9590 (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 270X (2 GB)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
10 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-6700 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1500X (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 (4 GB)
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
10 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Cataclismo have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Cataclismo run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
43
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does Cataclismo use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.

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