--- title: "Caves of Qud" | daily.dev description: A personal review of Caves of Qud, the roguelike RPG that reached its 1.0 release in December 2024 after nearly 15 years of development. The author shares... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/caves-of-qud--v2nt8aewe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: "Caves of Qud" | daily.dev og:description: A personal review of Caves of Qud, the roguelike RPG that reached its 1.0 release in December 2024 after nearly 15 years of development. The author shares... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/caves-of-qud--v2nt8aewe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v2Nt8AeWe.png og:image:alt: "Caves of Qud" og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # "Caves of Qud" **[Matt Keeter](https://daily.dev/sources/mattkeeter)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal review of Caves of Qud, the roguelike RPG that reached its 1.0 release in December 2024 after nearly 15 years of development. The author shares gameplay experiences — including leading an accidental baboon army and wielding four guns with cybernetic implants — while weaving in a touching personal narrative about playing the game during a family medical emergency. The review praises the game's deep procedural storytelling, bizarre world-building, and emergent gameplay, awarding it five stars despite its steep learning curve. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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