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Cave Digger VR cover art

Cave Digger VR

VRKiwi · 2018-05-09

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 19, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Oct 13, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Dec 13, 2020 (Oculus Rift), Dec 13, 2020 (Windows Mixed Reality), Mar 25, 2019 (PlayStation VR), May 10, 2018 (SteamVR)

Cave Digger VR is a virtual reality 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 VR is an Action, Adventure and Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $19.90, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 348 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 348 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.90
steam price (US)

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

How much money is enough? Will you be able to stop? What happens if you don't? The answer to these questions and more lay at the bottom of the mine.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 348 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.60 at GreenManGaming (2021-09-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520182026Week of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-05-102026-10-092018-05-10 — best price $0.002019-12-04 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $13.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-03 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-06-16 — best price $1.992021-07-15 — best price $2.002021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-16 — best price $2.002022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-03-04 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $1.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-08-19 — best price $12.992022-10-24 — best price $10.002022-11-07 — best price $11.992022-11-18 — best price $11.992022-12-13 — best price $10.002023-02-01 — best price $19.902023-03-24 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $11.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-17 — best price $11.942023-12-15 — best price $9.952024-01-13 — best price $19.902026-09-11 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "I Have The Power"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean

Player tags

VRFunnyActionMiningSandboxWesternAdventureSteampunkAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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