Games like Cave Crawler
If Cave Crawler is your kind of game, the closest matches are I MUST FIND HER, EarWorm and Invasion of The Halloween Fiends — 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.
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I MUST FIND HER
WHY THIS
Top pick for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
April 27, 1986 — during the mass evacuation of the city of Pripyat, a bus convoy with residents of the city disappears. Oleg Suvorov goes in search of the missing convoy to FIND his little daughter, who was on one of the missing buses
EarWorm
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You are an Earworm. You are an underworld contractor who hacks memories for a living. Dive into the memories of your victims in order to unlock the security questions to their bank account.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Invasion of The Halloween Fiends is a First-Person Retro horror game that takes place on Halloween Night. Strangers keep visiting you looking for candy. Some of them may not be so friendly. Will you be able to survive Halloween Night?
Clink
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You are a lonely woman, secluded in a house with your cat... and the secrets of the past. What hides within your mind — illness, or something otherworldly? Nightmares and reality intertwine… everything is so foggy. Do you have the courage to remember what happened?
Fatal Midnight
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
During the night, Dan is awakened by unusual sounds coming from deep inside the house. Concerned about his sister's condition, he decides to check on her. Upon entering her room, he discovers that she has disappeared. Fear grips him, and he starts rushing around the house looking for her.
Silent Nights
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Silent Nights - A short horror game with realistic graphics, touching storyline and scary moments.
Silent Still 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Silent Still 2 is a first-person psychological horror that traps you in the paralyzing nightmare of sleep paralysis. Helpless and unable to escape, you’ll face unspeakable entities that watch, whisper, and move when you can’t. Blurring the line between waking and something far worse
CALLUS
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Cave Crawler fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Callus is a short psychological horror (~30 minutes) in the walking simulator genre, featuring jump scares and themes of cruelty and overprotection. It was released as a transitional project between larger releases, with an intentionally simple story and concise gameplay.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cave Crawler at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
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?
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Orbt XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Cave Crawler on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.
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 with Cave Crawler.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Technomancy Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Technomancy Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Suits: A Business RPG
WHY THIS
Another title from Technomancy Studios, the studio behind Cave Crawler. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Corporations control the entire global government. Injustice has inspired a revolution in Suits City. Follow the journey of a businessman's descent into corruption...
Suits: Absolute Power
WHY THIS
Another title from Technomancy Studios, the studio behind Cave Crawler. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
A business planet full of mystery, relics of power, dangerous jobs and terrifying monstrosities. Will your company defy the toxicity of this environment or will you find yourselves courting the power of corruption itself, in absolution.
Shot In The Dark
WHY THIS
Another title from Technomancy Studios, the studio behind Cave Crawler. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Shot in the Dark is a multiplayer arena FPS that takes place in a dystopian future where multiple factions have sent their agents to kill for sensitive government information. You take control of one of these agents in an attempt to survive this low-light arena skirmish... in the dark.
Kitsune Kitchen
WHY THIS
Another title from Technomancy Studios, the studio behind Cave Crawler. Shares Indie with Cave Crawler.
Play through the story of a young man’s quest to create the ultimate BLT sandwich.
Frequently asked about Cave Crawler
- Is Cave Crawler verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Cave Crawler is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Cave Crawler cost?
- Cave Crawler is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Cave Crawler?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cave Crawler are I MUST FIND HER, EarWorm, Invasion of The Halloween Fiends.
- Who developed Cave Crawler?
- Cave Crawler was developed by Technomancy Studios.
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