Here is your Caves of Qud year Wrapped, brought to you by a several snapjaws in a ironweave cloak.
First, happy birthday to Qud! We launched 1.0 a year ago, and we've had a nice, long recovery from 15+ years of updates. But we still managed to make a lot of progress towards our long-term goals.
In 2025, Caves of Qud wrapped:
Yep! In fact, we’ve been patching the Beta branch regularly with some deep performance optimizations, so if you’re curious to try a buttery-smooth experience, wander into the Beta branch and let us know if you encounter anything off.
Meanwhile, our Switch port is coming along (release date still pending), the expansion pack is in the works, we're tinkering on our localization experiment in Turkish, and there’s more excellent merch coming in the new year.
We’re spinning a LOT of plates, and we appreciate your continued patience while all of these efforts come to fruition.
Mod of the Year: Hearthpyre
View game pageWe wanted to take a moment to highlight Hearthpyre, a base-building mod, and one of the best Caves of Qud mods period. It's made by Armithaig, who has since joined the Freehold team and is responsible for the tech implementation of a vast array of features, including: golem and mech interiors, much of what's atop the [redacted], complex dynamic quests Reclamation, If Then Else, and Landing Pads, most of our recent modding enhancements, and many of the late-game visual effects.
Armithaig got their gamedev start in the early 2000s modding games like Morrowind, Freelancer, and Dungeon Siege. With Hearthpyre they wanted to let folks live in the little nooks and homes that exist across Qud. Go check it out if you haven't already.
Get an extra discount on: 1000xRESIST
We love this game! 1000xRESIST is one of the best-written games of the past several years, and if you own Qud, you can get it right now for an extra 10% off. That's on top of the game itself being on sale right now. If you like novel science fiction settings with powerful resonant themes (like Qud), then we highly recommend 1000xRESIST. Grab it below!
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That’s a Wrap!
However you celebrate this time of year, warm or cold, we wish you plenty of beverages to imbibe and loved ones to hold in your many arms.
Live and drink,
Everyone at Freehold & Kitfox
No matter whether you're mutated or implanted, there is no better way to experience the otherworldly, cozy-but-occasionally-harrowing vibes of Qud than through a needle in a groove of an unscratched data disc [perfect].
Speaking of portables, we are excited to finally announce that Caves of Qud will be releasing on the Nintendo Switch February 16th! Watch the
