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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Windows Pc

Developed By: Michael Davies

License: Free

Rating: 5,0/5 - 1 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

Game Details

Version 0.4.9
Size 59.7 MB
Release Date July 25, 18
Category Role Playing Games

Game Permissions:
Allows an application to write to external storage. [see more (3)]

What's New:
Random crashes fixed. [see more]

Description from Developer:
An unofficial Android port of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (0.C Experimental).

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world. Surviving is difficult: you... [read more]

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About this game

On this page you can download Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead and play on Windows PC. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is free Role Playing game, developed by Michael Davies. Latest version of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is 0.4.9, was released on 2018-07-25 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 50,000. Overall rating of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is 5,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This game had been rated by 1 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 1 users had rated it 1*.

How to play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Windows?

Instruction on how to play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this game on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install & Play using BlueStacks
  2. Install & Play using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead" icon on the home screen to start playing, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 0.4.9.

Download Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead 0.4.9 on Windows PC – 59.7 MB

An unofficial Android port of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (0.C Experimental).

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic world. Surviving is difficult: you have been thrown, ill-equipped, into a landscape now riddled with monstrosities of which flesh eating zombies are neither the strangest nor the deadliest.

Yet with care and a little luck, many things are possible. You may try to eke out an existence in the forests silently executing threats and providing sustenance with your longbow. You can ride into town in a jerry-rigged vehicle, all guns blazing, to settle matters in a fug of smoke from your molotovs. You could take a more measured approach and construct an impregnable fortress, surrounded by traps to protect you from the horrors without. The longer you survive, the more skilled and adapted you will get and the better equipped and armed to deal with the threats you are presented with.

In the course of your ordeal there will be opportunities and temptations to improve or change your very nature. There are tales of survivors fitted with extraordinary cybernetics giving great power and stories too of gravely mutated survivors who, warped by their ingestion of exotic substances or radiation, now more closely resemble insects, birds or fish than their original form.

Features:
- Tilesets, sound, localization, lua mod support
- Compatible with desktop 0.C save games
- Stores game data in a publicly writeable location for installing mods, soundpacks, save games etc: /sdcard/Android/data/com.MichaelDavies.CataclysmDDA/files/
- Works with a physical keyboard or virtual keyboard & touchscreen
- Minimal touch controls that let you keep your eye on your character rather than your thumbs
- Auto-saves when the app loses focus (lock screen, switch apps etc.)
- Many options to adjust virtual joystick + keyboard appearance + behavior, automatic in-game contextual shortcuts and more.

FAQ

Q. Can I install custom tilesets/soundpacks/mods and migrate save games to/from the desktop version?
A. Yes. All game data is compatible with the desktop version, and is stored here:
/sdcard/Android/data/com.MichaelDavies.CataclysmDDA/files

Q. The game runs very poorly. How do I improve performance?
A. Try disabling 'Options > Settings > Graphics > Animations' and reduce 'Terminal Width + Height' to minimum values, and set Software Rendering to "true".

Q. When I run the game, all I see is garbled text. Can I fix it?
A. Sort of. This is a known hardware acceleration bug in SDL that only occurs on some devices, and is being looked into. A temporary workaround is to rename '/sdcard/Android/data/com.MichaelDavies.CataclysmDDA/files/gfx' to 'gfx-temp', launch the game, enable 'Options > Graphics > Software rendering' and set 'Options > Android > Screen orientation' to anything other than 'Sensor', save + quit, and finally rename 'gfx-temp' back to 'gfx'.
Random crashes fixed.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.