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Caves of Qud

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Caves of Qud is a science fantasy RPG & roguelike epic, built on deep simulation, set in an intricately etched, far-future world. 🚀 2025 Hugo Award for Best Game 🖥️ PC Gamer Top 100 games of 2019, 2020, and 2024. 🍄 by Freehold Games & Kitfox Games 🍄

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jason grinblat@jfg.land · last mo.

Our tile artist Sam Wilson did the six center labels patterned on Qud's day/night cycle I Harvest Dawn II Waxing Salt Sun III Waning Salt Sun IV Jeweled Dusk V Beetle Moon Zenith VI The Shallows

Center label III from the Caves of Qud Vinyl: Waning Salt Sut Tracklist: Binaural Concept Golgotha Deeper Eaters of Chrome, and How (Sultan's Song) Lazarus Barathrum's Study
jason grinblat@jfg.land · last mo.

When unfolded, the margins of the triptych include a poem by Daughter Erinna, the in-game persona who also wrote Modulo Moon Stair and the Tree of Life

Digital clay sculpture for the Caves of Qud vinyl release. Left side of the triptych that depicts the flora and fauna of Qud across its landscapes. There is an excerpt from a poem on the margin: Hark! The World wakes, a quasar wind splits the Desert and lights the silent spilling Marsh. The Singing Bell rings from under nowhere, and sound is invented. It breaks through in soft clay, unsure at first— the bleating of a goat, the nervous flute of the apple farmer, Caught in fastening whistles to his starry orchard, Blown free of the lonely canyon and up the forever gate. The ear is a gate! The swift chorus thins to a hollow and recreates the world anew, in holographic image, where the alchemy of self, and the catalysts of dim faces in candle-lit rooms, transmutes it, alters its albedo. Then-
Caves of Qud@cavesofqud.com · 7mo ago

Friends! Update on our Switch launch. The port is out of our hands & we’re waiting for final approval. This can take a little bit & so we can't give you a release date just yet, but it's looking likely it'll slip just past the end of Jan. We’ll let you know as soon as we can, should be quite soon!

Caves of Qud@cavesofqud.com · 7mo ago

🎄 moon and sun; wisdom and will. holiday cheer on your Ut yara Ux 🍄 if you want to give your favorite game a gift this season, think about leaving us a Steam review! We're 23 away from 10,000 LIVE AND DRINK

Steam summary card of Caves of Qud: "Caves of Qud is a Hugo Award-winning 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. Overwhelmingly positive: 570 recent reviews and 9,977 total.
Caves of Qud@cavesofqud.com · 8mo ago

🍄 LIVE AND DRINK 💧 Just about 12 hours left to nominate us for some Steam Awards, all of which we're eligible for due to releasing less than a year ago

Caves of Qud - Steam Awards 2025
jason grinblat@jfg.land · 10mo ago

Just putting out into the aether that despite coming out in December 2024, Caves of Qud is eligible for a number of this year's awards that have November cutoffs, like the Game Awards

Caves of Qud@cavesofqud.com · last yr.

🍄 Come on by! Caves of Qud AMA at r/fantasy happening now 🍄 www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

From the Fantasy community on Reddit: We are Freehold Games, the team behind Caves of Qud, a Hugo-nominated science fantasy roleplaying game. Ask us anything!

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Caves of Qud@cavesofqud.com · last yr.

live and drink! We're doing an AMA over at r/Fantasy tomorrow at 10AM PST. Co-creators Brian Bucklew and Jason Grinblat + writer Caelyn Sandel will be around to answer questions! come by www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/

Caves of Qud AMA at r/Fantasy July 19th, 10AM PST