Canyon Capers

Canyon Capers (2014)

CrazyMoo Games · April 25, 2014 · Indie, Casual, Action, Platformer, Retro

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Where to buy Canyon Capers — official stores

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Canyon Capers price by region

Canyon Capers costs £0.20 in the United Kingdom, $0.22 in the United States, $0.22 in Georgia (USD), €0.23 in Europe (EUR), zł1.28 in Poland, CA$7.79 in Canada, NZ$8.59 in New Zealand, A$9.49 in Australia and R$12.99 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Canyon Capers offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.20 −96% £4.99 £0.20 4
United Statesyour region $0.22 −97% $6.99 $0.22 6
Georgia (USD) $0.22 −96% $4.99 $0.22 5
Europe (EUR) €0.23 −96% €5.99 €0.23 5
Poland zł1.28 −95% zł25.49 zł1.28 2
Canada CA$7.79 CA$7.79 — 2
New Zealand NZ$8.59 NZ$8.59 — 1
Australia A$9.49 A$9.49 — 2
Brazil R$12.99 R$12.99 — 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 Canyon Capers

✦ AI summary

Guide DinoJr and friends through ancient canyon ruins to recover the legendary Golden Mollusk across 50 increasingly challenging levels with simple controls but rewarding mastery. This retro platformer brings back old-school arcade fun with multiple completion paths, unlockable characters, hidden secrets, and a finely tuned difficulty curve that rewards skill and memorization.

Do you have fond memories of playing old style platform games, where you didn't have to learn a hundred button combos to play it successfully? Canyon Capers is just for you if that's the case.

Canyon Capers is a retro style arcade platform game for all ages, created by the authors of the 1992 original.

Starring DinoJr and his many friends as they venture through the canyons and caverns of ancient ruins in historical locations, to reach the ultimate goal, retrieval of the Golden Mollusk, source of all universal power and a mighty fine trophy at that.

With a finely tuned difficulty curve, from nice and easy, all the way to rock hard, just like old school platforming used to be. Canyon Capers will make you rely on your wits, your memory and at times, seat of the pants twitch gaming.

  • Simple to play, hard to master classic retro platform gaming
  • Full steam support... achievements, stats, leaderboards, and cloud support
  • Trading cards, emotes, backgrounds and badges to earn
  • 50 levels each with 3 levels of completion, each with many ways to complete... find your best path to fame and riches
  • Race to the end, collect all the items and unlock the unique bomb levels
  • Unlock new characters, each with their own unique abilities as you complete canyons and worlds
  • Tongue in cheek nods to your favorite classic retro games
  • Tons of secrets and collectibles

Canyon Capers — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Canyon Capers is a retro-styled platformer with catchy music and a collectathon design that aims for classic arcade appeal, but players consistently report that sluggish controls, punishing knockback mechanics, and poorly placed enemies and traps make the experience frustrating rather than fun. The tension between time limits and star-rating requirements creates conflicting goals that discourage both careful play and speedrunning, and cheap level design—including respawning directly under hazards—leads many to feel the game punishes rather than challenges fairly.

Not recommended Sep 2, 2026
I grabbed this in a bundle and I get why the reviews are split, but for me it lands on the wrong side. The collectathon setup is fine on paper, gather your gems or chests, portal opens, run for it, except the jump is short, the movement is sluggish, and every hit knocks you back into whatever you were trying to avoid. What really killed it was respawning directly under a swinging axe on a late level while the clock kept ticking, which happened enough times that I stopped blaming myself. The time limits also fight the star ratings, so you either creep along carefully and run out of clock or rush and tank your health score. The music is genuinely catchy and the achievements are easy if that's your thing, but there are far better retro platformers to spend an evening on.
Recommended Mar 7, 2026
Canyon Capers, developed by CrazyMoo Games and published by Sunset Sugar Studios, is a retro-styled 2D platformer that pays homage to classic arcade adventures while introducing modern features such as unlockable characters, collectibles, and replayable levels. The game traces its roots back to an earlier project from the early 1990s created by the same developer, and the Steam release represents a revitalized version of that concept designed for modern players. Rather than attempting to compete with contemporary platformers that emphasize complex mechanics or cinematic storytelling, Canyon Capers focuses on capturing the spirit of old-school platform gaming through simple controls, colorful visuals, and levels built around exploration and collectible hunting. The story provides a lighthearted backdrop for the adventure but remains intentionally simple. Players embark on a quest to recover the legendary Golden Mollusk, an ancient artifact believed to hold tremendous power. Along the way, players guide the main hero—DinoJr—and a growing roster of companions through a series of dangerous environments filled with traps, enemies, and hidden treasures. The narrative itself plays only a…
Not recommended Feb 8, 2026
One of the worst games I've ever played and only launched out of a morbid curiosity (from a random bundle I got ages ago). By far the worst thing about this game is the poorly designed levels. Absolutely frustrating enemy and trap placements, almost as if it were designed with the intention to hurt you rather than provide meaningful challenge. The levels don't flow very well and it'll put you at odds with the timer for each level. Combine all that with the poor hurtboxes and awful knockback you experience when you take damage, and it's an exercise in frustration. If you want to study characteristics of a bad platformer or simply a bad game, this is one of them.
Not recommended Dec 16, 2025
The player looks like logan if he was made from precum, i dont like it
Not recommended Sep 16, 2025
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Recommended Jun 6, 2025
It's a fun little euro-platformer, collect all the scoring items!

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