Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike set in a far-future Earth where sentient plants document history and mutants scavenge thousand-year-old ruins. You build a character from 70+ mutations and defects plus two dozen origin castes—play as a mutant native to salt dunes and jungles, or a pure-strain human from a surviving eco-dome. The world blends handcrafted narrative with procedural generation across nearly a million maps. Core loop: explore layered civilizations, follow a questline involving a sentient bear leading tech-restoration cultists, and uncover stories embedded in legendary items and in-game texts written by plant scholars. Physical and social systems simulate detail down to individual objects and factions. Each playthrough generates a new historical timeline. If you want traditional roguelike structure with weird fiction flavor and deep build variety, this delivers.
