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Colossal Cave VR cover art

Colossal Cave VR

Cygnus Entertainment · 2023-06-21

SteamGOG

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 21, 2023 (SteamVR)

Acclaimed game designer Roberta Williams revives Colossal Cave as a retro, point-&-click, cave exploration puzzler. Based on the original 1970’s design by Will Crowther & Don Woods this VR update maintains its vintage charm, while revitalizing it for modern gamers.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 9 reviews
9 user reviews
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 33 of 58 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220232026Week of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992023-06-212026-08-302023-06-21 — best price $15.992023-11-13 — best price $14.992023-12-07 — best price $14.992024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $14.992024-05-24 — best price $19.992024-06-17 — best price $19.992024-07-17 — best price $13.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $13.992024-10-28 — best price $13.992024-12-09 — best price $10.992024-12-20 — best price $9.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-02-21 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $14.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $7.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-06-23 — best price $19.992025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-15 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-22 — best price $19.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-02-09 — best price $14.992026-02-28 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-13 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $13.992026-06-15 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $13.992026-08-09 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
72.6%
earned "We've Only Just Begun"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

3DVRCasualPuzzleStrategyAdventureNonlinearOld SchoolExplorationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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