get the game
CD Classic is a fan-run server. we don’t distribute the game: you use your own copy of the original PC client, and our launcher connects it to our servers.
1. get the original client
Steam: if Creative Destruction is still in your Steam library, install it from there (Library → search “Creative Destruction” → Install).
your old install: still have the game on your PC? that works as is. the launcher finds it.
a standalone installer: the original 2020 PC installer is still listed on some download sites. we don’t host it and we don’t link to mirrors. before running any installer, check its SHA-256 against the table below. if it doesn’t match, don’t run it.
3f5008c3c3c953f005dbb3681b2a24ae4abd71199435c8948b60fb7173a17be59da39d863178880c9f91a48bae5d752b1cd027b45f197837f6b85aed9b575859f47bcc7cbb261897072a53af269fc839a54e7cfada9d9a0268d8b7165b1738e1to check a file on Windows, open PowerShell and run Get-FileHash <file> -Algorithm SHA256.
we never host, mirror or link game files. if someone posts a “CD Classic game download” anywhere, it isn’t from us. don’t run it.
2. get our launcher
the launcher comes with the closed alpha. download it only from cdclassic.app, never from a chat, a repost or another site. its SHA-256 will be printed next to the download link.
every update the launcher installs is signed by us and checked against a key built into the launcher; anything unsigned is refused. the launcher also checks your game files against the known-good originals before touching them, and refuses modified or “pre-patched” clients.
3. sign in and play
sign in on your account page with Discord or Google. when your test wave opens, get your game token there and paste it into the launcher, then hit play.
what the launcher changes
it backs up and patches one entry in script.npk plus the server address file. nothing else. it never downloads game content, uploads your files, runs as administrator or installs drivers. “restore” in the launcher puts your original files back.
stuck? ask in Discord #support.