Cataclismo

Item: Cataclismo
Rating: 88
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-03-22

Summary

Engaging gameplay with creative, addictive building mechanics.
Appealing art style and unique genre blend.
Highly replayable with great potential.
Short, uninspired campaign experience.
Frequent crashes and bugs reported.
Endless mode can be unbalanced, repetitive.

Categories

Real-time StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingResource ManagementSingle-player StoryProcedural GenerationMap EditorMod Support

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 80%
Unhelpful reviews: 20%
Protest reviews: 0%

88%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
12%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 3512
Negative points: 1695
Gameplay points: 740
Perf. points: 114
Rec. points: 1017
Misc points: 153

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging, fun, and well-balanced gameplay Description The game is praised for its engaging and enjoyable gameplay, well-balanced difficulty, and addictive nature. Reviewers appreciate the game's mechanics, story, and various game modes, finding it a polished and complete experience, even in Early Access. The active developers and positive response to community feedback further enhance the game's appeal. Importance 97%	The game is praised for its engaging and enjoyable gameplay, well-balanced difficulty, and addictive nature. Reviewers appreciate the game's mechanics, story, and various game modes, finding it a polished and complete experience, even in Early Access. The active developers and positive response to community feedback further enhance the game's appeal.	97%
Creative and addictive building mechanics Description The game's defining feature is its creative and addictive building mechanics, often compared to LEGOs, allowing players to construct intricate fortresses and defenses. The freedom to experiment with designs, combined with the strategic depth of unit placement and resource management, creates a satisfying and rewarding experience. The blueprint system and Steam Workshop integration further enhance the building aspect. Importance 86%	The game's defining feature is its creative and addictive building mechanics, often compared to LEGOs, allowing players to construct intricate fortresses and defenses. The freedom to experiment with designs, combined with the strategic depth of unit placement and resource management, creates a satisfying and rewarding experience. The blueprint system and Steam Workshop integration further enhance the building aspect.	86%
Appealing and unique art style Description The game boasts a visually appealing and unique art style, often described as beautiful, charming, and well-executed. The graphics, combined with atmospheric sound design and music, create a strong sense of immersion and enhance the overall experience. The world-building is also praised for its depth and originality. Importance 55%	The game boasts a visually appealing and unique art style, often described as beautiful, charming, and well-executed. The graphics, combined with atmospheric sound design and music, create a strong sense of immersion and enhance the overall experience. The world-building is also praised for its depth and originality.	55%
Unique blend of genres Description The game effectively blends RTS, tower defense, and city-building elements, creating a unique and engaging hybrid. Players must manage resources, construct fortifications, and train units during the day to defend against waves of enemies at night. The strategic depth and variety of gameplay keep the experience fresh and enjoyable. Importance 43%	The game effectively blends RTS, tower defense, and city-building elements, creating a unique and engaging hybrid. Players must manage resources, construct fortifications, and train units during the day to defend against waves of enemies at night. The strategic depth and variety of gameplay keep the experience fresh and enjoyable.	43%
Great potential and originality Description The game has a lot of potential and original dynamics. The game has significantly improved and expanded through updates, and the game is unique in its genre. The game is very good in early access. Importance 15%	The game has a lot of potential and original dynamics. The game has significantly improved and expanded through updates, and the game is unique in its genre. The game is very good in early access.	15%
Evolves "They Are Billions" formula Description Many reviewers draw comparisons to "They Are Billions," noting similarities in gameplay and mechanics. However, the game is often seen as an evolution or improvement upon the formula, with enhanced features, deeper strategy, and better quality-of-life adjustments. This makes it an appealing option for fans of the genre looking for a fresh experience. Importance 14%	Many reviewers draw comparisons to "They Are Billions," noting similarities in gameplay and mechanics. However, the game is often seen as an evolution or improvement upon the formula, with enhanced features, deeper strategy, and better quality-of-life adjustments. This makes it an appealing option for fans of the genre looking for a fresh experience.	14%
Unique and captivating story Description The game features a unique, interesting, and captivating story. The story is well-written and engaging, with compelling storyline and interesting characters. The plot is interesting and engaging, and the setting is actually very interesting. Importance 11%	The game features a unique, interesting, and captivating story. The story is well-written and engaging, with compelling storyline and interesting characters. The plot is interesting and engaging, and the setting is actually very interesting.	11%
Highly replayable Endless mode Description The game's Endless mode provides a way to continue playing, experiment, and expand past the campaign. The mode is extremely fun to play and offers a high degree of freedom and abundant resources after players gain experience in the campaign. The mode is highly replayable and absorbing. Importance 11%	The game's Endless mode provides a way to continue playing, experiment, and expand past the campaign. The mode is extremely fun to play and offers a high degree of freedom and abundant resources after players gain experience in the campaign. The mode is highly replayable and absorbing.	11%
Robust level editor and sharing Description The game includes a level editor that allows players to create and share custom levels, enhancing replayability and creative expression. The editor is described as user-friendly and offers a variety of tools for designing unique and challenging scenarios. Steam Workshop integration further expands the possibilities for user-generated content. Importance 7%	The game includes a level editor that allows players to create and share custom levels, enhancing replayability and creative expression. The editor is described as user-friendly and offers a variety of tools for designing unique and challenging scenarios. Steam Workshop integration further expands the possibilities for user-generated content.	7%
Satisfying vertical town construction Description The game allows for vertical town construction, presenting a fun and challenging puzzle in efficiently managing roads, tunnels, and bridges within a confined space. The game mechanics support verticality very well, and the reviewer has been waiting for a game with satisfying building mechanics. Importance 7%	The game allows for vertical town construction, presenting a fun and challenging puzzle in efficiently managing roads, tunnels, and bridges within a confined space. The game mechanics support verticality very well, and the reviewer has been waiting for a game with satisfying building mechanics.	7%
Flexible and modern gameplay Description The game allows players to enjoy the game at their own pace, without having to count every second. The game has multiple modes to play, and time passes quickly while playing. The game features real-time with pause, preventing misclicks and bad commands. Importance 6%	The game allows players to enjoy the game at their own pace, without having to count every second. The game has multiple modes to play, and time passes quickly while playing. The game features real-time with pause, preventing misclicks and bad commands.	6%
Challenging resource management Description The game has exploration elements, and the resource gathering/prosperity system is a positive aspect of the game. The game world is gradually revealed, hinting at a deeper level of development than initially apparent. The updated resource gathering system has made the game more challenging. Importance 6%	The game has exploration elements, and the resource gathering/prosperity system is a positive aspect of the game. The game world is gradually revealed, hinting at a deeper level of development than initially apparent. The updated resource gathering system has made the game more challenging.	6%