Cave Crawlers

Cave Crawlers

Heroic Pyxel LLC · July 10, 2023 · Dwarves, RPG, Dungeon Crawler, Action Roguelike, Action

Cave Crawlers is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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About Cave Crawlers

✦ AI summary

Cave Crawlers is a cooperative dungeon crawler where up to 10 dwarves delve underground to battle themed bosses, discover loot, and survive in darkness using limited light sources and over 100 customizable talents. What sets it apart is its permanent death mechanic, dynamic difficulty scaling with group size, and deep build variety where every weapon unlocks unique talents to forge your own playstyle.

In Cave Crawlers you and your friends play as Dwarves searching for glory, power, and loot in the form of armor, weapons, potions, and items hidden underground from the world above. Your player has a fun, complex talent and stat system that you will use to fight powerful bosses and enemies. You'll find all kinds of mysteries along your journey, exploring different biomes, mobs, and items along the way.

As a dwarf searching for treasure and glory, you'll find that your journey can be quite tough without some allies at your side. Each player uses their own personalized talents, spells, and items to help defeat treacherous bosses.

CO-OP UP TO 10 PLAYERS

Crawl through the caves alone or with a group of friends! Cave Crawlers supports up to 10 players in one game. You must rely on the great strength and wit of your teammates to defeat the threats deep in the caves. Be careful though, the power of the caves grows as more dwarfs adventure together.

BIOMES

As you explore, players will find complete environment changes, new enemies, and new items in each biome. In these biomes, you may stumble upon trapped rooms that contain magnificent rewards.

BOSSES

Biomes will include their own themed boss. Each boss has its own challenging mechanics that must be overcome to gain access to the next biome. Bosses drop their own unique loot.

DEATH

At the beginning of your journey, you create a new character and begin that character's journey. Each character has its own set of items and expertise talents. When a character dies, they are permanently dead.

LIGHT

The caves are extremely dark, players must make use of their limited light. Torches burn out over time, yet players may use their flint and steel in the darkest of situations.

TALENTS, SPELLS, PERKS

Choose your character's path with over 100+ weapon-specific talents at your disposal. Will you ravage enemies with an axe? Swing extremely fast with a dagger? Heal allies with a torch? Become a tank and block attacks? Try each path and forge your own builds.

ITEMS

Many unique and powerful items can be found throughout your journey. Each weapon has its own unique talent effect tied to it, helping you defeat increasingly difficult enemies.

Cave Crawlers — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online co-op
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

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

Recommended Sep 22, 2026
Cave Crawlers
Recommended Sep 21, 2026
funny pixel game
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
good
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
Overwhelming
Not recommended Sep 20, 2026
Garbage balancing
Recommended Sep 20, 2026
just a fan of the game all around i would have to say the only thing i don't like is saving the game kicks you out and you have to reenter. other then that small discomfort the game is great

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