Games like Crystal Caves
If Crystal Caves is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Bash, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure and Secret Agent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its local highscores drive replay, challenging and lighthearted. 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: 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.
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Monster Bash
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Top pick for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Second-strongest match for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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.
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Third-strongest match for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.
Hocus Pocus
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crystal Caves.
Ranked #4 for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Terexin, leader of the Council of Wizards, is sending the young sorcerer, Hocus, on a special mission to prove his worthiness.
Bio Menace
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his own way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants and your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Ranked #6 for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.
Math Rescue
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Ranked #8 for Crystal Caves fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A bone-chilling crisis has struck the world! Reports are pouring in from all corners of the globe: Missing numbers! Drivers on streets are in dangerous peril because the speed limit signs have gone blank! On Wall Street, stockbrokers are throwing up their hands in despair. The Dow Jones isn't down, and it isn't up - it's gone!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Crystal Caves
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Commander Keen
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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.
Hocus Pocus
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Crystal Caves.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Terexin, leader of the Council of Wizards, is sending the young sorcerer, Hocus, on a special mission to prove his worthiness.
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You are agent 006 - top agent of the government's secret organization committed to protecting the world against terrorists and power-mad criminals. Your mission: to parachute into a high -security island outpost and secure the plans to the ultimate satellite laser weapon, which was recently stolen from the government.
Secret Agent
WHY THIS
Shares a lighthearted mood with Crystal Caves.
Reviewers of Crystal Caves cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The family of our protagonist -- Mikage Jin -- are descendants of a line of ninjas responsible for national security since the Edo era. Jin was born and raised to follow in the footsteps of his secret agent mother as a ninja in training. He's been ordered to infiltrate Touka Academy undercover...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crystal Caves at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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.
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
"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
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Priced ~80% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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!
STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004)
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Priced ~50% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Fight the greatest battles in the STAR WARS universe any way you want to. The choice is yours.
Kill It With Fire
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Priced ~48% under Crystal Caves on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Play as Chelshia the chimera in this platforming beat-em-up adventure into the wonderful world of monster girls!
Super Crate Box
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
You Have to Win the Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
The Big Catch: Tacklebox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.
King's Quest
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
Super Blue Boy Planet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.
Shadow Warrior Classic (1997)
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
Strap on your combat sandals...Lo Wang is coming to the Land of the Rising Sun to turn out the lights. Experience total blood immersion. If you can't touch, kill or drive something...then blow it away! Whether you're wielding shurikens, an Uzi, or a freshly plundered Guardian head...you've got your work cut out for you.
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More from Apogee Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Apogee Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Another title from Apogee Software, the studio behind Crystal Caves. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
The HUNT Returns... AGAIN! Play the original Cult Classic '90s FPS remastered in 4K Ultrawide with UNLIMITED frame rates, RESTORED content, NEW episodes, a LEVEL EDITOR, online MULTIPLAYER, LUDICROUS gameplay options and MORE. Make 'em EAT LEAD or they'll bury you in a lunchbox!
The Apogee Throwback Pack
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Another title from Apogee Software, the studio behind Crystal Caves. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Rise of the Triad: Dark War
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Crystal Caves.
Another title from Apogee Software, the studio behind Crystal Caves. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
You are part of an elite group of operatives called HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce), and you must stop a maniac cult leader from killing millions of people. You are equipped with high-tech weaponry and magical instruments that defy description to invade the monastery and stop the madness.
Monster Bash
WHY THIS
Another title from Apogee Software, the studio behind Crystal Caves. Shares Action with Crystal Caves.
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.
Frequently asked about Crystal Caves
- How much does Crystal Caves cost?
- Crystal Caves is listed on Steam at 4.99 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 Monster Bash, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure, Secret Agent.
- Who developed Crystal Caves?
- Crystal Caves was developed by Apogee Software and published by Apogee Entertainment.
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