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CaveFiction 洞窟寓言

jiangli · GooodMon · 2023-07-16

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Cave Fiction" is a self-developed "game" that is actually a monstrous creation born from the author's sad, arrogant, and foolish consciousness. Its name is derived from a classic metaphor in Plato's philosophy, making it a manic modern story within a classical narrative framework.

85%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 50% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820232026Week of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese

Player tags

RPGNoirPuzzleClickerRomanceAbstractDark HumorDating SimText-BasedExploration

Census log

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

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