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Cave Digger cover art

Cave Digger

VRKiwi · 2020-08-14

Steam

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 15, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Dec 28, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2020 (Xbox One)

Cave Digger is a mining game in an alternative western setting. Gear up with numerous unique tools and explore the town and the depths of the mountain. Discover secrets, easter eggs and multiple endings.

Cave Digger is an Action, Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $14.90, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 75 reviews).

0
playing now
80%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.90
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 75 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420202026Week of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492020-08-142021-02-152020-08-14 — best price $13.492020-08-21 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $10.492020-11-02 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $10.492020-12-01 — best price $14.992020-12-03 — best price $4.492020-12-12 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $4.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-02-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
93%
earned "I Have The Power"
41.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

FunnyActionMiningSandboxWesternRelaxingAdventureAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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