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Cave Crawlers

Heroic Pyxel LLC · 2023-07-10

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategyFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: TBD (Linux), TBD (Mac), TBD (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.

93%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 472 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~59/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 12,326 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29029020232026Week of 2023-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

44
achievements tracked
32.1%
earned "Don’t Crawl At Night"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support2 DLC

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-07-12, latest 2024-12-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2520%44

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

Census log

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

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