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Colossal Cave

Cygnus Entertainment · 2023-01-19

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AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 19, 2023 (Linux), Jan 19, 2023 (Mac), Jan 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

A cozy 3D Adventure from Roberta Williams, creator of King's Quest — explore a vast magical cave, solve clever puzzles, and uncover its mystery.

91%
positive of 113 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 64% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020232026Week of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$4.992023-01-192026-08-272023-01-19 — best price $39.992023-02-23 — best price $19.992023-03-09 — best price $19.992023-03-30 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $24.992023-06-12 — best price $24.992023-07-25 — best price $24.992023-10-25 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-22 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-01 — best price $24.992024-06-10 — best price $18.742024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-05 — best price $24.992024-10-08 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992024-12-18 — best price $12.492025-01-22 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $11.242025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-05 — best price $9.992025-05-28 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $8.742025-08-07 — best price $7.492025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-11-14 — best price $24.992025-12-15 — best price $24.992026-02-09 — best price $18.742026-03-05 — best price $9.992026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $17.492026-06-15 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
84.8%
earned "We've Only Just Begun"
12.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsVR SupportedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Thai, Arabic, Korean

Player tags

RetroPuzzleFantasyStrategyAdventureNonlinearOld SchoolAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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