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The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves cover art

The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves

NLB project · 2017-02-09

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 09, 2017 (Mac), Feb 09, 2017 (Linux), Feb 09, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves is an adventure visual novel about the heroic feats of the intrepid warrior Ragnar. Now you can become the famed adventurer Ragnar and bravely seek out all-new original adventures in this exciting game. Delve into the mysteries of the caves and discover what lies in waiting below.

75%
positive of 83 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 21,354 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 83 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2023-10-30) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.742017-02-102026-09-142017-02-10 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $3.342018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-07-23 — best price $2.492018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-01-14 — best price $1.992019-03-25 — best price $4.992019-07-22 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-11 — best price $1.992020-08-24 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-06-07 — best price $1.692021-08-16 — best price $4.992021-11-15 — best price $1.492022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-05-23 — best price $1.492022-08-08 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $1.142023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $1.142023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-30 — best price $0.742024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.742024-06-24 — best price $4.992024-10-21 — best price $0.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-04-28 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-12-08 — best price $0.992026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $0.992026-09-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieNudityViolentAdventureNarrationNonlinearMouse onlyReplay ValueSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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