Games like Crystal Caves HD
If Crystal Caves HD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Secret Agent HD, The True Slime King and Dashbounce — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its level editor fuels replayability, challenging and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Crystal Caves HD: Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
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Secret Agent HD
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Shares level editor and a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Top pick for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
The True Slime King
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Second-strongest match for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
An evil presence has emerged in the kingdom… but is it you or is it them? Play as a fallen king and somewhat immortal slime to conquer an onslaught of obstacles and puzzles in a quest to reclaim your fallen kingdoms. Smooth and simple controls for the ultimate experience in 2D precision platforming!
Dashbounce
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Third-strongest match for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
A 2D Speedrunning Puzzle-Platformer about going fast and intentionally abusing physics quirks! Seek the goal in each level before the clock hits zero - but watch out, you can't jump! You'll have to use your surprising speed and bouncy body to turn every object and obstacle into an advantage!
Comit Legends
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Ranked #4 for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Comit Legends is a remake of the first five Comit games, built from the ground up with a new engine. Replay Comit's fight against the evil space pirate Krater and the universe conquering leader of the Star Knights, Cosmo Knight.
Kid Hallow
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a nostalgic mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Ranked #5 for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Wear different costumes to get past different challenges in this precision puzzle platformer. Then build your own challenges in the level editor!
Grocket
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Ranked #6 for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Grocket is a minimalist, precision-based adventure and puzzle game. To survive in space, you not only have to escape numerous dangers, but also prove your skills at playing with and against other players.
Star Aegis
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Ranked #7 for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
A shmup without shooting. Reflect the bullets with one of your two shields. Bite-sized arcade action. Cover humankind's retreat and make it count.
Easy
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Ranked #8 for Crystal Caves HD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
▎Easy- 2D dynamic platformer, made in the style of minimalism and has a creative approach to level design, each level becomes a real challenge and gives a lot of emotions. Discover new tactics and approaches to completing the game. Be smart and enter the top players of the game "Easy"!
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Commander Keen
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Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.
Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition
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Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
The great action-crazed, guns blazing, shoot ‘em up game comes back straight out of the ‘90s. Raptor: Call of the Shadows and its futuristic world are ready to challenge your flying skills.
Monster Bash
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Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Johnny Dash's bash 'em and smash 'em adventure takes him into the evil Under World of Count Chuck. The story starts when Johnny's dog Tex is kidnapped by the Count, along with hundreds of other pet dogs and cats.
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
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Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
Alien Carnage / Halloween Harry
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Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Starring hero "Halloween Harry", Alien Carnage is an impressive game with no detail overlooked. Professional musical soundtrack, brilliant full-VGA graphics, non-stop animation and huge start-game and end-game cinematics. If Duke Nukem has a twin separated at birth, it's got to be Halloween Harry!
Major Stryker
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Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
In the not-so-distant future, the calamity of World War III led to eventual world peace. But, it didn't last. Earth was invaded by alien marauders - the Kretons. Earth's united military force, still depleted after the mighty onslaught of WWIII, was not nearly sufficient to repel the numerous Kreton attacks.
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Become a mercenary of the future and pilot the super-tech Raptor. Embark on interplanetary missions to knock off top competitors of MegaCorp, battle against hordes of relentless enemies and spend the bounty to expand your devastating arsenal, which can be upgraded with 14 hardcore weapons!
Secret Agent HD
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves HD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crystal Caves HD at current Steam store prices.
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~44% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~88% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~88% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~63% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~63% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Streets of Rogue
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Priced ~50% under Crystal Caves HD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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More from Emberheart Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Emberheart Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Wizordum
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a whimsical mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Crystal Caves HD. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Wizordum is a retro FPS that puts you in the role of a Mage on a quest to track down the source of Chaos. With a wide arsenal of spells and magic items, battle your way through the world of Terrabruma in this unique blend of classic 90s shooters and modern gaming elements.
Secret Agent HD
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Crystal Caves HD. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Return to the remote island classic world of rewards and traps in the HD remake of Secret Agent! Guide 006 through puzzles & arcade challenges of your favorite missions, then uncover the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards & help 006 finally defeat DVS!
Courier of the Crypts
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Crystal Caves HD.
Courier of the Crypts is a 2D puzzle adventure game where you have to survive as a Courier on his first errand to the ominous crypts. Main tool to achieve the mission is a Magic Torch which you use to illuminate your path, defend from darkness and solve puzzles - it must never run out!
Monster Bash HD
WHY THIS
Shares level editor and a retro mood with Crystal Caves HD.
Another title from Emberheart Games, the studio behind Crystal Caves HD. Shares Action with Crystal Caves HD.
Apogee's bash'em and smash'em adventure plunges Johnny Dash into the evil Underworld of Count Chuck, when his dog Tex is kidnapped by Count Chuck along with hundreds of other dogs & cats! Guide Johnny through the Count's gruesome schemes, rescue all the pets, and end this nightmare once and for all!
Frequently asked about Crystal Caves HD
- How much does Crystal Caves HD cost?
- Crystal Caves HD is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Crystal Caves HD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crystal Caves HD are Secret Agent HD, The True Slime King, Dashbounce.
- Who developed Crystal Caves HD?
- Crystal Caves HD was developed by Emberheart Games and published by Apogee Entertainment.
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