Cave Runner

Cave Runner (2017)

BadCat Studios · December 26, 2017 · Side Scroller, Precision Platformer, 2D Platformer, Puzzle Platformer, Runner

Buy the Cave Runner key for Steam from Eneba at $0.87 — the cheapest of 3 stores we compare.

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Mixed44% · 50 📉 Recent reviews down 31%
Best price 51 Good deal
$0.87-93%
lowest tracked $0.49
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Where to buy Cave Runner — official stores

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Standard Edition · Steam
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Cheapest Cave Runner keys — keyshops

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Standard Edition · Steam
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Standard Edition · Steam
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Cave Runner price by region

Cave Runner costs €0.79 in Europe (EUR), $0.87 in the United States, $0.87 in Georgia (USD), £9.29 in the United Kingdom, CA$13.49 in Canada, NZ$15.49 in New Zealand, A$16.95 in Australia, R$24.89 in Brazil and zł43.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Cave Runner offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €0.79 −92% €9.99 €0.79 2
United Statesyour region $0.87 −93% $11.99 $0.87 3
Georgia (USD) $0.87 −88% $6.99 $0.87 3
United Kingdom £9.29 £9.29 — 1
Canada CA$13.49 CA$13.49 — 1
New Zealand NZ$15.49 NZ$15.49 — 1
Australia A$16.95 A$16.95 — 1
Brazil R$24.89 R$24.89 — 1
Poland zł43.99 zł43.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Cave Runner

Tired of the simplest platformers? I came to break your keyboards and check your nerves! It's not just "another game," it's a challenge, and I'm throwing it to you!
  • 50 challenging levels
Each movement will have to be perfected, before the level can be completed.
  • Complicated management
The usual control scheme is complicated by the presence of inertia and the physical size of the character. You will have to calculate each subsequent action.
Cards and online table of records in the next updates.

Cave Runner — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players criticize the game for its terrible control scheme that only supports arrow keys without gamepad support, combined with frustratingly tight time limits and unfair hit boxes that make levels require numerous attempts. While the core concept of navigating tight spaces is present, the overall experience is hampered by poor controls and excessive difficulty spikes, leaving most players frustrated and unable to recommend it.

Not recommended Dec 10, 2018
The controls are terrible ( ゚Д゚)<!!
8 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 15, 2019
This is your typical game of [i]Don't Touch The Walls[/i] with tight time limits included. In each level you find a match and then fly to the lantern. There's no story otherwise. The bat is relatively enormous and the hit boxes are unfair. Levels typically require at least a couple tries to complete. However, half a dozen levels have super tight time limits, where I had to try tens of times to get just a tiny fraction of a second off the time to complete the level. [h1]About controls[/h1] An important caveat is due to the controls. First, it only supports arrows - no WASD or native gamepad (though I wouldn't recommend even trying it with a gamepad!). Second, keyboard limits the movement to the eight cardinal and inter-cardinal directions, which renders the narrow caves difficult to maneuver through. You often also have to make a tight turn, which especially in a diagonal direction is easy to mess up (read: you hit a wall and start again). As a minor issue, the music stopped working half-way through the game. A minor issue though, since it's not particularly enticing to begin with. [h1]Conclusions[/h1] I beat the game in about 20 minutes. Others have taken longer, depending …
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 7, 2022
I do not recommend
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Mar 22, 2023
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Recommended Nov 2, 2020
Bat Souls
Not recommended Apr 21, 2020
Really frustrating and hard, bad control scheme and too short time to do the levels with annoying collision mechanics.

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