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There Was A Caveman

There Was A Caveman

There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. With challenging gameplay that will keep you on your toes. Get ready to die and die a lot.

Released Oct 8, 2015 Developer Nauris Amatnieks Platforms Windows DinosaursDifficultShortColorfulPrecision Platformer
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

71.0%positive176 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“cave”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
3.2%median completion
1.8%rarest: Snow Plains Master
21.2% of players 19.3% of players 14.3% of players 7.5% of players 6.3% of players 5.9% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 4.6% of players 4.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 21.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
21.2%Got over her! — I quickly forget..
19.3%Death Novice — Die 10 times.
14.3%Caves — Complete the caves
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Snow Plains Master — Complete snow plains without dying.
1.8%Gut Master! — Complete guts without dying!
1.9%Underwater Master — Complete underwater without dying.

Latest official news

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

Jan 08, 2021
Bacon Rebellion Out Now!

Hello! If you liked any of my previous games, I thought to let you know that my newest game - Bacon Rebellion is out now! It's a small and silly top-down shooter game about angry rampaging pigs. Grab

Feb 24, 2017
The Inner Darkness - released!

Hey guys! If you enjoyed There Was a Caveman or any other of my games, you should know that I just released my newest game The Inner Darkness. It is a mysterious puzzle platformer with a dimension swi

Feb 24, 2017
The Inner Darkness - released!

Hey guys! If you enjoyed There Was a Caveman or any other of my games, you should know that I just released my newest game The Inner Darkness. It is a mysterious puzzle platformer with a dimension swi

Nov 10, 2016
The Dark Within

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Nov 10, 2016
The Dark Within

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie
Player tagsDinosaurs · Difficult · Short · Colorful · Precision Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro · Controller · Platformer · Singleplayer · Adventure · Indie (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel® Pentium 4 Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 128MB DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 100 MB available space