The Cave (2013)

Double Fine Productions

Android · Linux · Mac · Ouya · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Wii U · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · iOS

3.28 from 473 ratings

1793 members have it in their collection · 39 playing now · 804 backlogged · 237 wish listed

How long? Main story 6h · with extras 10h (from 14 logged playthroughs)

SEGA of America Inc. and Double Fine Productions have joined forces with legendary game designer, Ron Gilbert, to create The Cave. In this 2D puzzle action and adventure game, players will assemble a team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and stories. From there, you will descend into the mysterious depths to explore locations … Read more
SEGA of America Inc. and Double Fine Productions have joined forces with legendary game designer, Ron Gilbert, to create The Cave. In this 2D puzzle action and adventure game, players will assemble a team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and stories. From there, you will 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. Read less

Details

Developers
Double Fine Productions
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
Themes
Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jan 22, 2013 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox 360
  • Jan 22, 2013 (North_America) PlayStation 3, Wii U
  • Jan 23, 2013 (Europe) PlayStation 3, Wii U
  • Jan 23, 2013 (North_America) Xbox One
  • Feb 15, 2013 (Europe) Mac
  • Aug 28, 2013 (Japan) Wii U
  • Oct 03, 2013 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Nov 01, 2013 (Europe) iOS
  • Dec 18, 2013 (Worldwide) Android

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Rating distribution

5 stars
43
4 stars
151
3 stars
193
2 stars
69
1 star
17

Community All Reviews Statuses

maeday

Status maeday Jan 15, 2025

I started writing game fanfic again just for my own amusement. Here's the first chapter of my series based around "The Cave". Enjoy. Maybe buy something at my shop if you like this.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Dec 26, 2021

So.... I finished the game. It's fine. Cool style, serviceable gameplay. I think it expects me to play it again with different characters. I started a new game expecting some changes (such as not playing the souvenir part or different voice-over) but it seems that it's basically the same?

It would be nice being able to skip all the common …

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So.... I finished the game. It's fine. Cool style, serviceable gameplay. I think it expects me to play it again with different characters. I started a new game expecting some changes (such as not playing the souvenir part or different voice-over) but it seems that it's basically the same?

It would be nice being able to skip all the common areas and only play the character-specific ones.

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killerstar

Status killerstar Dec 25, 2021

Quick impressions after about an hour of play under the influence of the third jab

The writing and voice-acting is the usual top-shelf Double FIne quality. Puzzles are fun, although there's a bit too much back-tracking and juggling of characters. It would be nice to have a "summon character here" button.

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Pale

Status Pale May 14, 2013

Retiring The Cave for now after playing through it with every character. Bummed to discover we did a "bad end" for every character and there are so many trophies left, but we have to move on. :)

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Pale

Status Pale May 11, 2013

Finally continued our third playthrough of The Cave yesterday. Pretty paranoid we are going to miss one of those story slides...

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 22, 2013

Finished off our second playthrough of The Cave over the weekend. Got a couple more trophies. Need to do Twins and Adventurer next.

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 18, 2013

We continued our second playthrough of The Cave yesterday. Only did parts that were do-overs, so it was kind of lame.

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 12, 2013

We started our second play through yesterday. Going with Knight, Scientist, and Time Traveler this time.

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 11, 2013

Finished our first play through of this yesterday after being saved by PS+'s cloud backup. It's so easy to erase your save in this game! We're enjoying it though. :) Played the first round as Time Traveler, Monk, and Hillbilly.

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 9, 2013

Played through the Monk's area yesterday. Probably the most awesome area yet. I think we are close to finishing our first playthrough! :)

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Pale

Status Pale Apr 7, 2013

Started this one with Heather. Humor is pretty great. Execution is a bit lacking.

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peter

Status peter Feb 14, 2013

Valentines Day consisted of us going to a dive bar for dinner and playing The Twin's puzzle in The Cave afterwards. We're something else.

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peter

Status peter Feb 5, 2013

Finished the first play through last night. I think we're going to play it again to see all of the character's stories and puzzles.

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peter

Status peter Feb 4, 2013

I think we're at the beginning of the final puzzle of the game. We've gone through all of the character specific puzzles for our party. Other than all of the hard locks, we've had fun playing together and solving puzzles.

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peter

Status peter Feb 3, 2013

Finally got past the hard lock and played through the Time Traveller's puzzle.

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