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Crystal Caves HD cover art

Crystal Caves HD

Emberheart Games · Apogee Entertainment · 2020-10-15

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!

Crystal Caves HD is an Action game released in 2020, priced at $7.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (99% of 334 reviews).

4
playing now
99%
positive of 334 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (17 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 334 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.19-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at GOG (2025-12-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 70 of 92 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520202026Week of 2020-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

812026-09-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
151Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 55Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 6 · peak 49Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$1.192020-10-152026-10-142020-10-15 — best price $7.992021-06-09 — best price $2.792021-10-28 — best price $7.192021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-02-14 — best price $1.992022-06-06 — best price $3.992022-09-02 — best price $5.992022-12-12 — best price $3.192023-02-14 — best price $5.592023-05-25 — best price $3.192023-08-28 — best price $3.192023-11-21 — best price $3.192024-01-20 — best price $7.992024-04-04 — best price $7.992024-06-19 — best price $2.392024-08-26 — best price $2.392024-11-13 — best price $7.992025-01-03 — best price $7.992025-03-11 — best price $2.392025-05-20 — best price $2.392025-07-28 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-11-06 — best price $2.392026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-03-11 — best price $1.192026-05-01 — best price $1.192026-06-03 — best price $1.192026-08-16 — best price $7.992026-09-04 — best price $1.192026-09-12 — best price $1.192026-09-20 — best price $1.192026-09-28 — best price $1.192026-10-06 — best price $1.192026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
73.8%
earned "First Steps"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)65911%32

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

Player tags

2DRetroSpaceActionPuzzleSci-fiClassicOld SchoolPlatformerSoundtrack

Census log

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

Recent updates

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