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Cave Digger VR
Cave Digger VR is a virtual reality mining game in an alternative western setting. Gear up with numerous unique tools and explore the town and the depths of the mountain. Discover secrets, easter eggs and multiple endings!
View on Steam ↗ $19.90 (US · as of 2026-05-13)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Cave Digger developed and published by VRKiwi is a compact mining-focused experience that builds its appeal around a simple but effective gameplay loop, enhanced significantly by its VR-driven interaction. Set in a strange, alternate frontier infused with hints of mystery and…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“[Valve index review] Cave Digger is a quaint SP roguelite where you'll work your shoulders at your own beat. Good [Upgrades] Wide range of upgrades from gear to Sherrifs(Quests), Bank(Payout Bonus) & base cosmetics [Radio] The train controls are well done] [Dynamite] Unlimited…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Idk I think I liked it when I was younger but trying to play this with my index controllers nowadays is really hurting my hands because nothing works haha. not sure where my vive controllers are also my boyfriend told me to review it when I had 69 minutes but I failed him. here…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
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6-year anniversary discount!
Cave Digger was first released on Steam on May 9th, 2018! Oh how the time flies. We're celebrating this occasion with a -50% discount. We'd also like to invite you to our discord channel to share your
Cave Digger turns 4 years on 9th of May
Howdy, diggers! It's been already four years. Can't believe it. On May 9th, 2018, Cave Digger was released as a free game on Steam and that's when our journey as a game development studio truly began!
Cave Digger 2: Dig harder on Steam, App Lab and SideQuest
Yeehaw, Diggers! As of last week, CD2 was released on App Lab and SideQuest. It's on early access just like on Steam and we keep on improving it based on your feedback! The price is €/$9,99 while the
Cave Digger final patch
This is the end of Cave Digger updates as we know it. Fixed a several small bugs and issues and added a video giving a sneak peek about Cave Digger 2. Huge discounts are on their way, and by huge I me
Cave Digger 2: Dig harder! store page is up!
The development has progressed to the point that we were able to publish the store "coming soon" page for our Digger sequel. However the time of the release is still unknown as there is a lot of thing
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Simulation |
| Player tags | Adventure · VR · Exploration · Mining · Immersive Sim · Hidden Object · Atmospheric · Action · Funny · Dungeon Crawler · Action-Adventure · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 28 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://vrkiwi.org/products/cave-digger/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 290 or greater Storage: 400 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC