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Caves of Qud for Switch 2 EDITIONS version with lost in cult. Stylized cover art depicted fossilized items and creatures in the foreground and Qud with the Spindle in the background

Caves of Qud EDITIONS sleeve. Stylized depiction of a Qud character with implants and mutations

Caves of Qud EDITIONS poster. Stylized collage of Caves of Qud creatures and locations in the game's art style.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

little glow up to autoexplore behavior, which has been a little wonky since switch optimizations

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 02/07/2026

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

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 02/07/2026

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-

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 02/07/2026

Here's some of the outer gatefold art & credits. I can smell it. I can taste it.

Digital clay sculpture for the Caves of Qud vinyl release. Intricately depicted ruined arch of Grit Gate. Credits underneath.

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 02/07/2026

icymi last week, we opened preorders for the Caves of Qud original soundtrack as a 3LP vinyl. we showed off some art, but it's hard to capture just how exquisite @stvulture.bsky.social's signature digital clay sculpture art is

Saint Vulture's centerpiece gatefold art for the Caves of Qud vinyl release. Digital clay sculpture of Qud's flora and fauna across its landscapes, anchored by the Spindle in the middle.

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Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

oh my god i am also DELIGHTED to be Vinyl Launch Twins with CAVES OF QUD

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𝖘𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖛𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖊 @stvulture.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

some of my best work for the last game you will ever need to play

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 25/06/2026

Listen and drink, friends! We're ECSTATIC to bring you the Caves of Qud OST on vinyl, in collaboration with @stumpyfrog.bsky.social and Lost in Cult. Gorgeous original gatefold art by @stvulture.bsky.social. Triple LP. Pre-orders open now: www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/caves...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 25/04/2026

Beta patch! steamcommunity.com/games/333640...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 27/03/2026

We've posted a public experimental alpha of the early stages of our new localizable generative text systems. No language packs are available in this early alpha, but we have several in the works. Live and drink! store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 02/03/2026

Beta Update! Graffiti is now visible on walls with ornately engraved plaques. store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 17/02/2026

you really should look at the statue

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 21/01/2026

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!

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 01/01/2026

🍄 happy new year ✨ may the ritual nourish you

Screenshot of dialog with Barathrum the Old from Caves of Qud:

*Barathrum breathes a deep and relieved sigh.*

You are ever a courier of bright tidings, =name=. I am fond of this fact.

Categories and types are decohering in these historic times. Nonetheless, the ritual nourishes us. You are raised to Meyvn, Nyshum. The one who understands.

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 25/12/2025

🎄 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.

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 01/12/2025

🍄 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

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 24/11/2025

Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 03/11/2025

20% off for today's Daily Deal + performance improvements on Beta store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 20/10/2025

PC Gamer just put out the 2025 edition of their Top 100 Games #7 is... Caves of Qud! www.pcgamer.com/games/the-to...

Caves of Qud is #7 on PC Gamer's Top 100 Games of 2025

248.20 score
-Quality: 8.4
-Importance: 7.5
-Freshness: 8.67 (1st)

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 02/10/2025

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

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 09/08/2025

Feature Friday! The Barathrumites are now called [redacted] if you get [redacted] in [redacted]. store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 19/07/2025

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

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 26/06/2025

🍄🍄 Our biggest sale yet — 20% off 🍄🍄

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 26/06/2025

🍄🍄 Our biggest sale yet — 20% off 🍄🍄

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 23/05/2025

Yesterday we dropped patch 1.04, which merges a few months' worth of beta changes into the main branch! store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

Caves of Qud 1.04 patch notes
- Creatures with photosynthetic skin now bask in the sunlight.
- Improved performance when you move.
- Windows builds are now 64-bit.
And more!

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 26/04/2025

Beta Update - April 25, 2025 store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 19/04/2025

Beta Update The 210 sequence will be leaving 'beta' soon, kick it around and see if anything breaks! steamcommunity.com/app/333640

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 12/04/2025

Update 1.0.3 and Beta Update 210.3 The build library is now synced to Steam Cloud. Auto light/douse torches is now toggled on again by default. Fixed a bug that caused quest objectives to pick up items to complete when just looking at them. and moe! store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud - Maintenence Update 1.0.3 and Beta Update 210.3 - Steam News

1.0.3 (build 209.45) The build library is now synced to Steam Cloud. Auto light/douse torches is now toggled on again by default. Horns now benefit from the Jab skill when used for secondary attacks. ...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 13/03/2025

Caves of Qud?? Vote for Best Game????? thank you, live and drink

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 08/03/2025

game website — cavesofqud.com eurogamer review — www.eurogamer.net/caves-of-qud... 91 metacritic — www.metacritic.com/game/caves-o... Nominated for IGF Excellence in Design, Excellence in Narrative, & Seumas McNally Grand Prize + D.I.C.E. Simulation/Strategy Game of the Year I'm here for questions!

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Caves of Qud

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 08/03/2025

New beta branch update; new Unity version, 64-bit Windows client and a big update for multi-version mod support store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 08/03/2025

Here's a case I made for Caves of Qud during Nebula nomination season. Relevant now as well kitfoxgames.medium.com/the-2025-neb...

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The 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing: a Case for Caves of Qud

By Jason Grinblat

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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 08/03/2025

Just one more week of me being annoying about this stuff. Hugo nominations are open until March 14, and Caves of Qud is eligible for the Best Game award! If you're a Worldcon member & getting your noms together, please consider our baroque, simulation-driven, language-obsessed science-fantasy RPG

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Caves of Qud for the Best Game award at the 2025 Hugos

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 28/02/2025

Maintenance Update 1.0.2 store.steampowered.com/news/app/333...

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 27/02/2025

🍄🍄 Last chance for this! 🍄🍄 Nebula nominations close TOMORROW! If you're an SFWA member & Caves of Qud enjoyer, please consider nominating us for Best Game Writing live and drink

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 21/02/2025

as a snapjaw I do not like to brag (ahem), but we believe Caves of Qud is a novel work of language-driven science fiction, and that it should be considered for the 2025 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing!!

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 29/01/2025

live and drink, CAVES OF QUD is eligible to be nominated for Best Game Writing at the 2025 Nebula Awards! If you're a Nebula voter, check out this post on the #SFWA forums for more info & game codes

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Caves of Qud is eligible for Best Game Writing at the 2025 Nebula Awards

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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 29/01/2025

geh heh heh heh heh. while we've been hibernating, it appears we were nominated for some awards! 🎲 D.I.C.E. Award for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year ✍️ IGF Award for Excellence in Narrative 🧮 IGF Award for Excellence in Design 🍿 IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize what an honor!

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