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Cave Crawler

Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.

Released Jan 23, 2022 Developer Evan Youssef Platforms Windows Side Scroller 2D Platformer Precision Platformer Platformer Action-Adventure

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

95.1%positive3,124 reviews

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i like it, its fun and simple and the bonus level is really fun but really challenging”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“changed my life. 5 years is al ot of time to change my life but this game did it. wow”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It´s nice quick game, the last level with boss, pissed me off but normally it was nice, unfortunately it´s not longer.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

7achievements

46.9%median completion

25.9%rarest: Beat the Bonus Stage

Almost everyone has

91.7%Beat the Tutorial — Finish the Tutorial and unlock Level 1

80.9%Beat Level 1 — Finish Level 1 and unlock Level 2

63.8%Beat Level 2 — Finish Level 2 and unlock Level 3

Rarest badges of honor

25.9%Beat the Bonus Stage — Unlock and finish the Bonus Stage

42.9%Beat the Boss — Finish the boss battle in Level 5

44.5%Beat Level 4 — Finish Level 4 and unlock Level 5

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 09, 2024
Cave Crawler 2 Out Now!

Cave Crawler 2 is now available to download for free on Steam. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3000490/Cave_Crawler_2/ Thanks again to everyone who played Cave Crawler and to those who try out Cave

Sep 03, 2024
Cave Crawler 2

Cave Crawler 2 is now available to wishlist on Steam. The game is scheduled for a 2024 release and will be completely free to play. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3000490/Cave_Crawler_2/ Cave Craw

Jun 04, 2022
Particle Changes

You can now disable particle effects in the options menu. I've also fixed the intermittent lag spikes by manually caching the particle effects on load. Some people have been experience a bug that turn

Feb 16, 2022
55,000 Downloads and Addressing Some Issues

I'd like to address some issues that people have been experiencing. Some of the main criticisms that I've seen is that the character slides too much. I slightly increased the friction in the last patc

Jan 30, 2022
Added Bonus Stage - 20,000 Downloads

To celebrate 20,000 downloads, I added a new bonus stage along with an achievement for beating it. Beat level 5 to unlock the new stage. Thanks to everyone who helped playtest the game before release.

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

Genres	Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Player tags	Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Precision Platformer · Platformer · Action-Adventure · 2D · Controller · Linear · Action · Casual · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (Steam store community voting)
Features	Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
Languages	English
Achievements	7

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows Processor: Single-Core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Storage: 70 MB available space