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Rift's Cave

Volens Nolens Games · 2021-09-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Dec 01, 2014 (Mac), Dec 01, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2014 (Linux)

Rift's Cave is an adventure/puzzle solving Virtual Reality game for the Oculus Rift. You will live an epic adventure exploring fantasy environments, solving mysteries and using your magic skills to defend yourself from what lies within.

Rift's Cave is a $4.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 117 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 117 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 117 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320142026Week of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

29802026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 181 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 179 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2830Dec 2014Apr 2025Dec 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2021 — avg 5 · peak 302Dec 2021 — avg 42 · peak 970Feb 2022 — avg 51 · peak 1,053May 2022 — avg 20 · peak 376Jul 2022 — avg 34 · peak 657Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 80Nov 2022 — avg 27 · peak 557Jan 2023 — avg 88 · peak 823Mar 2023 — avg 124 · peak 1,143May 2023 — avg 59 · peak 564Jul 2023 — avg 145 · peak 881Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 153Oct 2024 — avg 82 · peak 784Dec 2024 — avg 155 · peak 669Feb 2025 — avg 49 · peak 413Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 140
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.282015-01-012026-08-052015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-02-06 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-05-09 — best price $9.992021-09-24 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-03-04 — best price $0.992022-06-02 — best price $0.992022-07-22 — best price $0.992022-10-14 — best price $0.992022-12-14 — best price $0.992023-01-29 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-06-10 — best price $0.992023-07-28 — best price $0.992023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-21 — best price $0.492024-02-21 — best price $0.492024-04-21 — best price $0.492024-06-27 — best price $0.492024-09-22 — best price $0.492024-11-28 — best price $0.492025-02-07 — best price $0.492025-03-24 — best price $0.492025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-07 — best price $0.492025-10-22 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-01 — best price $0.492026-04-14 — best price $0.492026-07-22 — best price $0.492026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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Player tags

3DVRRPGIndieMagicActionDragonsFantasy3D VisionAdventure

Census log

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

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