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The Cave cover art

The Cave

Double Fine Productions · 2013-01-23

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 22, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Dec 18, 2013 (Android), Jan 22, 2013 (Mac), Nov 01, 2013 (iOS), Aug 28, 2013 (Wii U), Jan 22, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore The Cave!

3
playing now
87%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Cave is a puzzle-platform adventure game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Sega in January 2013 on the PlayStation Network, Nintendo eShop and Xbox Live Arcade storefronts via the PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 consoles and on Steam for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. It was later released on October 3, 2013 on iOS devices and Android. On December 2, 2013 it was also released on the Ouya. The game has been delisted from console storefronts as of April 2, 2018, making it a Steam exclusive until 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 72 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 117k–234k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,922 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2016-12-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 31 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.49$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.752015-01-28 — best price $11.662015-03-28 — best price $6.952015-05-12 — best price $12.252015-06-18 — best price $15.822015-08-05 — best price $3.752015-10-23 — best price $3.612015-12-10 — best price $3.752016-01-02 — best price $3.752016-02-18 — best price $5.072016-03-19 — best price $4.402016-05-11 — best price $14.992016-07-26 — best price $14.992016-10-26 — best price $3.742016-12-20 — best price $3.592017-01-28 — best price $14.992017-03-14 — best price $3.752017-04-18 — best price $14.992017-06-20 — best price $13.002017-08-12 — best price $3.752017-09-24 — best price $3.752017-11-22 — best price $5.092018-06-21 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992020-04-02 — best price $7.492021-06-24 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $7.492024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-11-25 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

377372026-05-29 — 67 pageviews2026-06-01 — 68 pageviews2026-06-04 — 62 pageviews2026-06-07 — 53 pageviews2026-06-10 — 62 pageviews2026-06-13 — 72 pageviews2026-06-16 — 377 pageviews2026-06-19 — 64 pageviews2026-06-22 — 83 pageviews2026-06-25 — 70 pageviews2026-06-28 — 65 pageviews2026-07-01 — 79 pageviews2026-07-04 — 70 pageviews2026-07-07 — 195 pageviews2026-07-10 — 83 pageviews2026-07-13 — 60 pageviews2026-07-16 — 79 pageviews2026-07-19 — 80 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-25 — 54 pageviews2026-07-28 — 110 pageviews2026-07-31 — 88 pageviews2026-08-03 — 72 pageviews2026-08-06 — 70 pageviews2026-08-09 — 83 pageviews2026-08-12 — 80 pageviews2026-08-15 — 98 pageviews2026-08-18 — 111 pageviews2026-08-21 — 96 pageviews2026-08-24 — 99 pageviews2026-08-26 — 83 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
46%
earned "A Midsummer Knight's Thieve"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)16,48019%20
Xbox 360 (Xbox)11,29611%27
Steam (Steam)7,8567%27

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

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieComedyPuzzleAdventureControllerDark HumorPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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