Games like CaveFiction
If CaveFiction is your kind of game, the closest matches are Weirdo, 乌合之罪 and UFO — picked from the ranked list below. 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 CaveFiction: "Cave Fiction" is a self-developed "game" that is actually a monstrous creation born from the author's sad, arrogant, and foolish consciousness. Its name is derived from a classic metaphor in Plato's philosophy, making it a manic modern story within a classical narrative framework.
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Steam players who put hours into CaveFiction also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Weirdo
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Top pick for CaveFiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
Parallel-Weirdo is a Japanese manga-style visual novel set in DYL High School. It follows Wang Zhe, an ordinary and frail boy, who tries to win the hearts of girls and complete his experiments. He gets entangled in bizarre events, plunging into darkness. Each choice you make determines his fate.
恶灵退散 Go Back to Hell
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Ranked #4 for CaveFiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
This is a click game with horror theme to find hidden items. Players play exorcists and go to all kinds of gloomy and terrible scenes. Please be sure to find every suspicious place, otherwise ghosts will suddenly appear!!!
Sunset High
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Ranked #5 for CaveFiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
Your crush is missing. They texted you last night. And now you’re reliving the same day over and over. Welcome to Sunset High — where drama, dilemmas, and time loops collide in this narrative-driven, 2D adventure.
Macro Data Refinement Simulator
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Ranked #7 for CaveFiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with CaveFiction.
The game is a simulator of the Macro Data Refinement terminal - a mysterious console where you have to find the right numbers and collect them in groups of 9. The completing the game requires completing 100% refinement of data files. Can you do it?
Lazarus A.D. 2222
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Ranked #8 for CaveFiction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
The final part of the Sons of Welder game series, set in a dystopian universe, which uniquely combines games from the Magnus series. A game that you can experience on two levels. Hand-drawn motion comics. A metaphorical journey into oneself. A mystical experience with a touch of good humor.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CaveFiction at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
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 ~50% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CaveFiction.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~67% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~75% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with CaveFiction.
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 ~50% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with CaveFiction.
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 ~50% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CaveFiction.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~67% under CaveFiction on Steam right now. Shares Casual with CaveFiction.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CaveFiction.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CaveFiction.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CaveFiction.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with CaveFiction.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
A Date with Death
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CaveFiction.
Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with CaveFiction.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Frequently asked about CaveFiction
- Does CaveFiction run on Steam Deck?
- CaveFiction is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does CaveFiction cost?
- CaveFiction is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CaveFiction?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CaveFiction are Weirdo, 乌合之罪, UFO.
- Who developed CaveFiction?
- CaveFiction was developed by jiangli, GooodMon and published by GooodMon.
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