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Caves of Lore

by Mike Robins · 2023-01-21

SteamGOG

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 21, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

I created Caves of Lore because of my deep love for RPGs. This project took me 6 years to make and I learned a lot about coding, art, and storytelling. If you reach the end then be sure to let me know! Caves has deep combat, classic-styled pixel art, and (of course) LORE! 📖

Caves of Lore is an Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 437 reviews).

2
playing now
92%
positive of 442 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,585 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 442 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.29 at GOG (2023-08-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 86 observed days · $4.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020232026Week of 2023-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
472Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 47 · peak 100Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 23Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 22Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 44Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$3.292023-01-212026-10-142023-01-21 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $7.992023-11-09 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-01-17 — best price $9.992024-03-07 — best price $9.992024-05-08 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $6.692024-08-19 — best price $9.992024-10-08 — best price $6.692024-12-04 — best price $6.692025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-16 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-12 — best price $4.992025-10-26 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-02-20 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $7.492026-07-17 — best price $7.492026-08-17 — best price $7.492026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-15 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $7.492026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
41.2%
earned "Wanderer"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1541%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGCRPG1980s1990'sTop-DownAtmosphericExplorationDark FantasyStrategy RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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