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Cradle of the Dark Brood is a dark fantasy incremental breeding game about building power through inheritance, mutation, automation, and conquest. You begin as something trapped outside the rules of the world, able to act only through the creatures you create. Breed new offspring, preserve stronger bloodlines, cull weaker results, and shape your brood into a force capable of surviving beyond the cradle. Every generation can push your numbers higher. Improve core traits such as Lethality, Vitality, Durability, Motility, and Synapticity, then use those gains to unlock new systems, stronger roles, and more dangerous forms of progression.
PC (Microsoft Windows) · Jun 12, 2026
Worldwide · Exact date · Full release · IGDB
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28 achievements available.

Unlock the Altaraxia species.
LockedSteam

Stand in your own body again.
LockedSteam

Breed your first creature.
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Find her beginning again.
LockedSteam

Remember the rule you once kept.
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Recover your first fragment at the Shore.
LockedSteam

Slay the corrupted God of Justice and remember everything.
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Hear the Goddess of Time speak.
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Conquer the Underwater City.
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Conquer the Volcanic Mountains.
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Conquer the Open Sea.
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Clear the Caves.
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Conquer the Dark Sea.
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Conquer the Abominations' Den.
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Conquer the Dragon Graveyard.
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Conquer the Great Kingdom.
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Conquer the Floating Citadel.
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Defeat the Ruler of Gods in the Heavenly Domain.
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Conquer the Mainland Ruins.
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Conquer the Meadows.
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Conquer the Mycorrhizal Network.
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Conquer the Shaded Woods.
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Conquer the Drowning Deep.
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Conquer the Void.
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Conquer the Wastelands.
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Conquer the World Tree.
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Conquer the Fallen Citadel.
LockedSteam
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