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Caverns of Mars: Recharged cover art

Caverns of Mars: Recharged

SneakyBox · Atari · 2023-03-08

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.

80%
positive of 61 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
3.93★
PlayStation Store rating (44 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 26,848 Action 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.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-09-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 39 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820232026Week of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992023-03-092026-10-132023-03-09 — best price $9.992023-06-12 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-08-03 — best price $9.992023-09-14 — best price $5.992023-11-06 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-01 — best price $9.992024-09-06 — best price $9.992024-10-21 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-02-10 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-03-30 — best price $9.992025-05-14 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-07-31 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $2.992025-09-28 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $2.492025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-28 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-03-30 — best price $2.492026-05-14 — best price $2.492026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $2.492026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $2.492026-09-29 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DMarsSpaceActionAliensArcadeCasualSci-fiShooterColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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