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A compact 2.5D puzzle-platformer where a trio of quirky adventurers with unique abilities explores a mysterious cave across branching paths and multiple endings.

Colossal Cave
A cozy 3D adventure of exploring a magical cave and solving challenging puzzles, with about 8 hours of playtime for reviewers.
2023-01-19
- Action
- First person

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Games like The Cave

A compact 2.5D puzzle-platformer where a trio of quirky adventurers with unique abilities explores a mysterious cave across branching paths and multiple endings.

Colossal Cave
A cozy 3D adventure of exploring a magical cave and solving challenging puzzles, with about 8 hours of playtime for reviewers.
2023-01-19
- Action
- First person

Puzzle

Adventure

Strategy

Fantasy

Point-and-click

Crystal Caves HD

A single-player 2D puzzle-platformer remake of the DOS-era original, featuring dark underground treasure levels, trial-and-error puzzle execution, arcade challenges, and a reviewer-reported playtime around 10 hours.

2020-10-15

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Side view

Caves of Lore

A quirky old-school pixel-art RPG focused on deep combat, lore, and humor, with a median 7-hour reviewer playthrough.

2023-01-21

Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

What Lies in the Multiverse

A dimension-shifting puzzle platformer with a bleakly funny multiverse story, praised for fresh mechanic-driven puzzles and a roughly 10–13 hour playthrough.

2022-03-04

Action
Comedy
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Pode

A cute puzzle adventure about two characters Glo and Bulder, playable solo or in local co-op, with a heartwarming story lasting about six hours.

2020-04-03

Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Indie
Side view
Mystery

The Plucky Squire

A single-player, ~8-hour action-adventure set in a storybook world, where charming heroes jump between 2D and 3D realms to save friends, though reviewers note it's easy and limits experimentation.

2024-09-17

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Fantasy
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Side view
Kids

Cave Crawler

A short, simple 2D side-scrolling action platformer in caves, with fun enemies and platforming, playable in roughly half an hour.

2022-01-23

Shooter
Action
Platform
Adventure
Fantasy
Indie
Side view

Puzzle Compound

A casual online co-op puzzle adventure for 2-4 players about gathering clues, exploring varied locations, and escaping, with a roughly five-hour campaign.

2023-05-25

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Party

Deep the Game

A short pixel-art cave-exploration platformer featuring ancient ruins, single-player adventure, and local PvP.

2020-01-11

Action
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view

Kalimba

A bright, mind-bending puzzle-platformer with character switching and flying, offering solo and local co-op in a short but challenging campaign.

2015-04-22

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Indie
Side view

Chronology

A short steampunk time-travel platform-adventure about an Old Inventor and a Snail solving puzzles by shifting and freezing time.

2014-05-12

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie

The Swapper

A challenging sci-fi puzzle platformer set on a space outpost, built around cloning and teleportation, with a philosophical story and claymation visuals that typically takes about 8.5 hours.

2013-05-30

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view
Mystery

Colossal Cave