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Cave Crawler

Technomancy Studios · 2023-04-18

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Apr 18, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cave Crawler is a short horror game where you pilot a drone into a cave and discover something horrible.

Cave Crawler is a 2023 Indie game priced at $1.39, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 584 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 587 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.39
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (167 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 587 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820232026Week of 2023-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.002021-03-222026-08-242021-03-22 — best price $0.002023-04-25 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $1.992023-08-14 — best price $1.992023-09-25 — best price $1.992023-11-02 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $1.992024-01-04 — best price $1.992024-01-22 — best price $1.992024-03-04 — best price $1.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-04-22 — best price $1.992024-06-03 — best price $1.992024-07-11 — best price $1.992024-11-04 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-06-09 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-08-11 — best price $1.992025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-11-03 — best price $1.992025-12-15 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-01-26 — best price $1.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-04-20 — best price $1.992026-06-01 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,28162%7

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DDarkIndieRetro1990'sHorrorLinearSci-fiThrillerAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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