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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
9 games like Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 2) - Positioning and potion reflexes, little else physical
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Both lean on variance about the same (7 vs 7). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 0) - Turn-based, zero input precision required.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 0) - turn-based, no dexterity
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 2) - Pause-and-play tactics, no input precision.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Storyteller AI is randomised, not adaptive to you.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (7 vs 6) - Hit rolls, random maps, and unseen aliens punish constantly
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Both lean on execution about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: variance (7 vs 6) - Room deck draws randomise each run's layout and available doors
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (1 vs 0) - Menu-driven duels
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- Released
- 2013
- Platforms
- browser, Linux, PC, Mac
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB users
- 90/100