Caves of Qud AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Role-playing Games

The best Role-playing Game alternative to Caves of Qud is Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Caves of Qud and 18 are Role-playing Games so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Role-playing Game alternatives to Caves of Qud are Shattered Pixel Dungeon, NetHack, Brogue and Xeonjia.

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Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.

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Caves of Qud alternatives page was last updated Nov 12, 2021
  1. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead icon
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    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world. Surviving is difficult: you have been thrown, ill-equipped, into a landscape now riddled with monstrosities of which flesh eating zombies are neither the strangest nor the deadliest.

    29 Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • GOG.com

    Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead Features

    1.  Player vs Enviroment
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Moddable
    6.  Single player
    7.  Base building
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    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Caves of Qud.

    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Caves of Qud.

    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is Free and Open SourceCaves of Qud is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Shattered Pixel Dungeon icon
     20 likes

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon is a Roguelike RPG, with pixel art graphics and lots of variety and replayability. Every game is unique, with four different playable characters, randomized levels and enemies, and over 150 items to collect and use.

    35 Shattered Pixel Dungeon alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam

    Shattered Pixel Dungeon Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
    2.  RPG-like
    3.  Pixel Art
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Single player
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    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Caves of Qud.

    • Shattered Pixel Dungeon is Free and Open SourceCaves of Qud is Paid and Proprietary
  3. NetHack icon
     24 likes

    NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering...

    33 NetHack alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • PortableApps.com

    NetHack Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Portable
    3.  Exploration
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    • NetHack is the most popular Web-based alternative to Caves of Qud.

    • NetHack is Free and Open SourceCaves of Qud is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Brogue icon
     13 likes

    Brogue is a Roguelike game for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux by Brian Walker.

    30 Brogue alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Brogue Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
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  5. Xeonjia icon
     2 likes

    Solve ice puzzles and defeat enemies in an RPG world.

    32 Xeonjia alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid

    Xeonjia Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Single player
    3.  Works Offline
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  6. POWDER icon
     4 likes

    Descend into the depths of the dungeon until you reach the foul daemon known as "He who the author cannot spell consistently", or, Baezl'bub. When you have slain Baezl'bub in heroic combat, or, if Baezl'bub dies in any way, retrieve his black heart and...

    34 POWDER alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone

    POWDER Features

    1.  Single player
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  7. Hack, Slash, Loot icon
     4 likes

    A single-player turn-based dungeon crawler. Take control of a lone hero and explore sprawling dungeons, fight dangerous monsters.

    28 Hack, Slash, Loot alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam

    Hack, Slash, Loot Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Dungeon Crawlers
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  8. Classic Rogue icon
     2 likes

    Classic Rogue is an updated version of Rogue with modern elements such as a graphical tileset, mouse-based control and sound effects.

    17 Classic Rogue alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Classic Rogue Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Exploration
    3.  Dungeon Crawlers
    4.  Procedurally generated
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  9. Egoboo icon
     2 likes

    Egoboo is an open source, cross-platform computer game. It's a three-dimensional dungeon crawling adventure that borrows a lot of elements from the roguelike genre. Egoboo is still under development, but it is fully playable.

    27 Egoboo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Egoboo Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
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  10. Quest of Dungeons icon
     2 likes

    Quest of Dungeons is a turn based dungeon crawler game featuring a good old 16-bit retro artistic look.

    29 Quest of Dungeons alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam

    Quest of Dungeons Features

    1.  Single player
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  11. Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup icon
     15 likes

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is an open-source, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting in dungeons filled with dangerous and unfriendly monsters in a quest to rescue the mystifyingly fabulous Orb of Zot.

    35 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup Features

    1.  Dungeon Crawlers
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  12. Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) icon
     8 likes

    Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) is an open-source, single-player, tactical role-playing roguelike and action game set in the world of Eyal.

    24 Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Portable
    3.  Dungeon Crawlers
    Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) iconCaves of Qud Icon

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