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Cavern Kings

VINE · 2014-09-30

Steam

ActionCasualIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 30, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Cavern Kings is an infinite action platformer designed to make every playthrough unique and interesting. Cavern Kings aims to explode with special effects in classical arcade fashion and create interesting synergies with its powerup system.

Cavern Kings is a $4.99 Action, Casual, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2014, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 220 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 220 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 220 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-05-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820142026Week of 2014-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012024-07-112015-01-01 — best price $8.992015-06-11 — best price $8.992015-08-28 — best price $8.492015-09-05 — best price $8.492015-10-29 — best price $8.992015-11-28 — best price $8.992015-12-22 — best price $8.992016-01-15 — best price $7.992016-02-05 — best price $7.992016-05-08 — best price $7.492016-06-23 — best price $7.492016-09-08 — best price $5.992016-11-23 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $6.992021-03-09 — best price $4.992021-03-30 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $4.992022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteEarly AccessPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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