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Games like Crystal Caves

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  • Updated May 4, 2026

Players who liked Crystal Caves also play

The closest matches to Crystal Caves: Secret Agent HD, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Hocus Pocus, Cave Story+, and Cosmobreeder Yiffai. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Same retro mood as Crystal Caves.

    • $1.19 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2021
  2. Rank 03

    Why this

    Same nostalgic mood as Crystal Caves.

    • $0.84 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • 2014
  1. Rank 04

    Cave Story+

    • $11.24 (Price checked Oct 8)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2011
  2. Rank 05

    Cosmobreeder Yiffai

    Why this: Shares cheat codes with Crystal Caves.

    • $11.99 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2025
  3. Rank 06

    Black Jewel

    Why this: Shares pixel perfect jumping with Crystal Caves.

    • $0.77 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • 2017
  4. Rank 08

    Aggelos

    • $3.74 (Price checked Oct 3)
    • 2018

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Crystal Caves

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  1. 1
    Secret Agent HD

    Same retro mood as Crystal Caves.

    • 98% of 133 reviews
  2. 2
    Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure

    Genres: Action, Adventure

    • 97% of 86 reviews
  3. 3
    Hocus Pocus

    Same nostalgic mood as Crystal Caves.

    • 89% of 98 reviews
  4. 4
    Cave Story+

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 92% of 3,688 reviews
  5. 5
    Cosmobreeder Yiffai

    Shares cheat codes with Crystal Caves.

    • 86% of 105 reviews
  6. 6
    Black Jewel

    Shares pixel perfect jumping with Crystal Caves.

    • 67% of 55 reviews
  7. 7
    Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

    Genres: Action

    • 91% of 94 reviews
  8. 8
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    Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie

    • 76% of 280 reviews
  9. 9
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    • 93% of 1,061 reviews
  10. 10
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    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 9,963 reviews
  11. 11
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    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 98% of 881 reviews
  12. 12
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    • 94% of 67 reviews
  13. 13
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    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 87% of 142 reviews
  14. 14
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  15. 15
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  16. 16
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    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 54% of 114 reviews
  17. 17
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    Genres: Action, Indie

    • 85% of 82 reviews
  18. 18
  19. 19
    Earthion

    Genres: Action

    • 97% of 295 reviews
  20. 20
    Abathor

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 89% of 171 reviews
  21. 21
    Mega Man Legacy Collection

    Genres: Action

    • 87% of 2,216 reviews
  22. 22
    1001 Spikes

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 386 reviews
  23. 23
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  24. 24
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    • 95% of 63 reviews
Crystal Caves — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2014
  • Developer: Apogee Software
  • Price: $0.84−83%checked Oct 8
  • 97% of 63 reviews
  • Genres: Action
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Cheat codes add speedrunning appeal
  • Levels can be played out of order
  • Local highscores drive replay
  • Challenging
  • Lighthearted
  • Nostalgic

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About Crystal Caves

The closest matches to Crystal Caves: Secret Agent HD, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Hocus Pocus, Cave Story+, and Cosmobreeder Yiffai. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Crystal Caves is your kind of game, the closest matches are Secret Agent HD, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Hocus Pocus — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, lighthearted and nostalgic, and single out its cheat codes and crystal collection. 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.

About Crystal Caves: Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering teasures and evading countless hazards.

Is Crystal Caves worth buying?

  • 97% of 63 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • On sale: 83% off, now $0.84 (checked Oct 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 6 h when they wrote their review.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

People who play it also play: Secret Agent HD, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Hocus Pocus

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Frequently asked about Crystal Caves

Can I run it?

How much does Crystal Caves cost?

Crystal Caves is listed on Steam at 0.84 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to Crystal Caves?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crystal Caves are Secret Agent HD, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Hocus Pocus.

Who developed Crystal Caves?

Crystal Caves was developed by Apogee Software and published by Apogee Entertainment.