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Idle Cave Miner

Cold Hours · 2023-12-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 07, 2023 (Linux), Dec 07, 2023 (Mac), Dec 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2022 (Android), Nov 16, 2022 (iOS)

Idle Cave Miner is an idle game about crafting items, mining gems, and building your team of miners. Prestige, craft, and travel to other mines to increase your strength to dig deeper, and find what lurks below.

Idle Cave Miner is a free-to-play Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Free To Play game released in 2023, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1225 reviews).

659
playing now
81%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

659 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Craft cool new Items to mine deeper than ever and find new rare ores and gems! Upgrade your forges to increase their speed and efficiency when smelting rare ores or refining beautiful gems! Use the items you crafted to permanently boost the stats of your team of miners!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 659 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 265 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,131 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2023-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720232026Week of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

75802026-09-15 16:00 — 677 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 556 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 610 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 717 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 613 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 581 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 675 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 581 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 649 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 758 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 648 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 593 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 695 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 630 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 630 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 613 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 634 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 527 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 552 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 640 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 560 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 570 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 659 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k40Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 71 · peak 128Jan 2024 — avg 50 · peak 74Feb 2024 — avg 40 · peak 71Mar 2024 — avg 52 · peak 73Apr 2024 — avg 78 · peak 264May 2024 — avg 296 · peak 665Jun 2024 — avg 878 · peak 2,282Jul 2024 — avg 1,300 · peak 1,817Aug 2024 — avg 1,219 · peak 1,482Sep 2024 — avg 1,240 · peak 1,504Oct 2024 — avg 1,095 · peak 1,330Nov 2024 — avg 1,005 · peak 1,206Dec 2024 — avg 806 · peak 990Jan 2025 — avg 813 · peak 960Feb 2025 — avg 923 · peak 1,128Mar 2025 — avg 817 · peak 990Apr 2025 — avg 792 · peak 953May 2025 — avg 805 · peak 994Jun 2025 — avg 742 · peak 926Jul 2025 — avg 671 · peak 818Aug 2025 — avg 863 · peak 1,611Sep 2025 — avg 1,170 · peak 1,711Oct 2025 — avg 1,064 · peak 1,288Nov 2025 — avg 1,014 · peak 1,170Dec 2025 — avg 881 · peak 1,122Jan 2026 — avg 856 · peak 1,034Feb 2026 — avg 926 · peak 1,095Mar 2026 — avg 854 · peak 1,053Apr 2026 — avg 784 · peak 949May 2026 — avg 775 · peak 978Jun 2026 — avg 691 · peak 835Jul 2026 — avg 621 · peak 742Aug 2026 — avg 650 · peak 793
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.002023-12-082024-04-232023-12-08 — best price $4.492023-12-14 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $4.492024-02-26 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.492024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-04-23 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

302026-10-01 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "Hats Off"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2037%18

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

Player tags

2DCuteIdlerCasualMiningClickerColorfulCraftingStylizedManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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