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The Dark Cave

Leaves Games · 2P Games · 2024-07-15

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?

83%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Every move you make counts in this gritty turn-based game! Fight against foes in opposite 3x3 grid boards. Plan ahead of your enemies’ attacks and carefully choose your moves: running out of moves will cost you health, but enemies will always keep coming. How deep can you get into The Dark Cave?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 29,789 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.75-45%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2026-04-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 21 of 37 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620242026Week of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.752026-09-102026-10-162026-09-10 — best price $2.752026-09-11 — best price $2.752026-09-12 — best price $2.752026-09-13 — best price $2.752026-09-14 — best price $2.752026-09-15 — best price $2.752026-09-16 — best price $2.752026-09-17 — best price $2.752026-09-18 — best price $2.752026-09-19 — best price $2.752026-09-20 — best price $2.752026-09-21 — best price $4.992026-09-22 — best price $4.992026-09-23 — best price $4.992026-09-24 — best price $4.992026-09-25 — best price $4.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-09-28 — best price $4.992026-09-29 — best price $4.992026-09-30 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-03 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-05 — best price $4.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-07 — best price $2.752026-10-08 — best price $2.752026-10-09 — best price $2.752026-10-10 — best price $2.752026-10-11 — best price $2.752026-10-12 — best price $2.752026-10-13 — best price $2.752026-10-14 — best price $2.752026-10-15 — best price $2.752026-10-16 — best price $2.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DCasualStrategyCard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteAuto BattlerCard BattlerDeckbuildingStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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