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The Cave Diver
A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“The most beautiful yet terrifying rage game out there! I've been following the development of this game for a while and every new update just made me more and more hyped for this game! From the intricate level design to the claustrophobic atmosphere The Cave Diver is everything…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“"Getting Over It" + claustrophobia Almost getting where you're trying to go and then falling back to where you started - this time underground. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Completely unplayable due to the fact that it has no interrupt save. This game should have interrupt save just like Getting Over It with Bennet Foddy. There are extremely tedious sections that I don't want to have to do all over again simply because I have to go grocery shopping…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Hotfix Update Ver 1.0.6.4
Small hotfix - Fixed softlock caused by saving and quitting in final "Lou" note room
Small Update Ver 1.0.6.3
Small update to fix various bugs. - Invisible key collider added on mines to stop key from entering potential softlock areas. - Ascension achievements now have a timer to be triggered on the same cred
Launch Week Feedback and Game Update!
Thank You!!! First I would just like to say thank you so much to everyone who has bought, streamed, shared, reviewed, and given feedback on The Cave Diver! This past few days since launch has been so
Release Update #1: Version 1.0.6.1
Release Update #1: Version 1.0.6.1 This is the first patch update to the game which addresses general quality issues surrounding softlocks, achievements, pathing, physics issues, and general player fe
Hotfix Ver. 1.0.5.1
- Fixed area towards end of caves where rocks had the potential to soft-lock - Adjusted some slippery rock placement in the mines
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, Strategy |
| Player tags | Philosophical · Underground · Indie · Psychological Horror · Difficult · Puzzle Platformer · Adventure · 2D · Dark · Singleplayer · Atmospheric · Faith (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Official site | https://x.com/ovsko |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 64-bit or newer Processor: Intel i5 or newer Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or newer Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires Vulkan Supported GPU