The Cave overview

Overview

The Cave comes from Double Fine Productions and is published by Double Fine Productions, Xbox Game Studios. It arrived on Steam on Jan 23, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Remote Play Together. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, and Xbox so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Cave's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 6 players at 10 September 2026 - 16:05:19 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2,279. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 87% positive across 2,894 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Cave is available in 5 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including esrb, usk, oflc, and fpb

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Cave has sold up to 341,000 units and has 2,482 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Cave overview details

The Cave combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Cave is a new adventure game from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Ron Gilbert, and Double Fine Productions, the award-winning studio behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and stories, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore locations including a subterranean amusement park and a medieval castle, not to mention a fully armed and ready-to-launch nuclear tipped ICBM. The Cave awaits. Key Features: Seamlessly Spelunk – Explore a ginormous completely seamless cave-world presented in astounding cross-section that will blow... your... mind. Assemble a team of 3 explorers – From the Hillbilly to the Time Traveller; all 7 characters have their own unique personalities, special talents and a dark and secret reason for descending The Cave. A Cave like no other – If you enjoy spelunking and dark rocky caverns then be prepared to be disappointed. Your first clue The Cave is a place like no other will be when you stumble across the subterranean amusement park or the medieval castle, not to mention the fully armed and ready to launch nuclear tipped missile. Let’s work together – Switch between the 3 characters, in cooperation with each other, and solve physical and adventure puzzles as you learn the truth behind why they are here. Share the cave exploring adventure with friends in local co-op. Unlock all the secrets of the cave – Replay the adventure with a new set of characters for a whole different experience including unique story, puzzles and areas of The…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Cave is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Remote Play Together, and is associated with Adventure. SteamPulse's latest observation records 6 players at 10 September 2026 - 16:05:19 UTC, a tracked peak of 2,279, and 87% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventurePlatformerPuzzleLocal Co-OpComedyCo-opLocal MultiplayerIndieFunnySingleplayerDark HumorPuzzle-Platformer2DAtmosphericController

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