- Publisher: Humble Games , Hooded Horse
- Release Date: Mar 20, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025A game that puts your creativity through the ultimate test - against a rampaging horde of otherworldly horrors. Build, and watch it all fall down - brick by brick.
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Mar 18, 2025Cataclismo is an excellent tower defense title, providing some classic horde-defense gameplay with an incredibly unique building mechanic as a twist. Cataclismo’s 1.0 launch was a straight improvement over everything I criticized in its Early Access version, living up to my expectations and managing to impress me a second time around.
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Mar 28, 2025Cataclismo isn’t very deep when it comes to mechanics or narrative. But the freedom of taking chunks of wood and blocks of stone to create defenses and a variety of other structures is very engaging and enhances everything else about the title. It helps that a player can choose between the more directed experience of the campaign and the extra freedom associated with endless mode and skirmishes. Using limited resources to plan sturdy fortifications is made easy by the copy-paste features and the fact that the entire Steam Workshop serves as a reserve of blueprints. Cataclismo’s core idea is good and extra focus on city management would make it even better.
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Apr 12, 2025Cataclysm makes you feel like a medieval architect with performance anxiety: every mistake is set in stone and paid for in blood. It may not be a title for the masses and it has some areas that could be improved, but it can be rewarding and is certainly original.
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Apr 23, 2025A unique strategy that pleasantly breaks the conventional tower defense genre, where instead of pre-built structures, you create a wall against the fog with your own creativity. The surprisingly well-executed campaign keeps up the pace until the very end. It's a pity, however, that the same attention given to the wall-building mechanics wasn't extended to the construction of other buildings or the variety of units. Exploring the map is also fun, as you must build platforms, stairs, and bridges to reach harder-to-access areas.
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Mar 18, 2025Exceptional building mechanics support a game that sometimes feels like a chore.
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Apr 8, 2025Cataclismo is an RTS that combines resource management and tower defense elements very competently. The meticulous construction of walls and the need for constant planning make the game quite fun and addictive, in addition to providing the player with a good amount of freedom for customization. Although it has some caveats, it is a very welcome addition to the genre.
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Mar 24, 2025Hard to resist Cataclismo: build ever higher, more imperious and resistant fortresses with bricks that are very reminiscent of Lego, and to see how they resist enemy assaults. Sure, sometimes it hurts to witness our arrogance, to watch the collapse, but that is also the beauty. By day the optimization of resources, the joy of exploration; by night the continuous challenge between the human being and death. Between the solid stone walls and the claws, teeth and tentacles of monsters. Not everything is as fluid and smooth as we would have liked, due to an interface that is sometimes unnecessarily complex, a map readability that is not always exceptional and a basic repetitiveness of the idea, but it is hard not to get excited in front of some of the skirmishes we fought against thousands of enemies.
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Aug 29, 2024Cataclismo's early access offers a nearly perfect blend of strategy and survival, with engaging gameplay and a strong atmosphere. While there’s room for improvement, it’s already a standout title for fans of the genre. [Early Access Score = 90]
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Jul 19, 2024Cataclismo needs a little more time in the oven to really polish up its systems, but it has great bones and Early Access will probably do it a ton of favors. [Early Access Review]
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Jul 19, 2024Cataclismo is built on a fantastic foundation thanks to solid fortress construction mechanics that capture your imagination. Build your Helm’s Deep, build your Minas Tirith, and hold it against the tireless forces of evil – that’s the simple and yet so very seductive promise of Cataclismo, and its Early Access launch already executes the idea brilliantly. Once the developers have gotten around to adding more spice, this meal will delight any strategy fan. [Early Access Review - "Recommended"]
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Aug 16, 2024If you’re looking for this year’s most innovative, genre-splicing indie, then Cataclismo has set a standard that looks unlikely to be beaten. [Early Access Review]
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