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The Cave

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4.1/5

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4.1

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The Cave
Description
Welcome to The Cave, an adventure game from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Ron Gilbert, and Double Fine Productions, the award-winning studio behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and s...
Genre:
Adventure - Puzzle - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Atmospheric, Puzzle, Classic, show 6 more... Female Protagonist, Casual, Funny, Point&Click, Platformer, Good Old Game
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4.1/5

( 20 Reviews )

4.1

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Product details
2013, Double Fine Productions, ESRB Rating: Teen...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz dual core CPU, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 9.0c, 1....
DLCs
The Cave: Soundtrack
Time to beat
4.5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
14 h Completionist
6.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Welcome to The Cave, an adventure game from Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator Ron Gilbert, and Double Fine Productions, the award-winning studio behind Psychonauts and Brütal Legend.

Assemble your team of three from seven unlikely adventurers, each with their own unique personalities and stories, then descend into the mysterious depths to explore locations including a subterranean amusement park and a medieval castle, not to mention a fully armed and ready-to-launch nuclear tipped ICBM. The Cave awaits.

Key Features:

  • Seamlessly Spelunk – Explore a ginormous completely seamless cave-world presented in astounding cross-section that will blow... your... mind.
  • Assemble a team of 3 explorers – From the Hillbilly to the Time Traveller; all 7 characters have their own unique personalities, special talents and a dark and secret reason for descending The Cave.
  • A Cave like no other – If you enjoy spelunking and dark rocky caverns then be prepared to be disappointed. Your first clue The Cave is a place like no other will be when you stumble across the subterranean amusement park or the medieval castle, not to mention the fully armed and ready to launch nuclear tipped missile.
  • Let’s work together – Switch between the 3 characters, in cooperation with each other, and solve physical and adventure puzzles as you learn the truth behind why they are here. Share the cave exploring adventure with friends in local co-op.
  • Unlock all the secrets of the cave – Replay the adventure with a new set of characters for a whole different experience including unique story, puzzles and areas of The Cave, plus hidden treasures (not redeemable for cash) and collectables.
  • Watch the Cave come alive – Experience the detailed, stunning art style and humor that only Ron Gilbert and Double Fine can dream up.

Please note that achievements are only available on Windows.

The Cave, Double Fine Productions and the Double Fine logo are the exclusive trademarks of Double Fine Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. FMOD Ex Sound System Copyright © 2001-2012 Firelight Technologies Pty, ltf. All rights reserved. Uses Scaleform GFx © 2012 Scaleform Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Time to beat
4.5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
14 h Completionist
6.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - Puzzle - Platformer
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Atmospheric, Puzzle, Classic, show 6 more... Female Protagonist, Casual, Funny, Point&Click, Platformer, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (10.12+)
Release date:
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Company:
Double Fine Productions / Double Fine Productions
Size:
1.2 GB
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Rating:
ESRB Rating: Teen (Fantasy Violence, Blood)
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Changelog (13 November 2024)
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User reviews

Posted on: June 17, 2024

koluben

Verified owner

Games: 50 Reviews: 1

If you cannot load the game...->

For anyone like me having problem running the game on Windows 10 (1909). Located the executable (Cave.exe) in gog games folder. Tried to run it and got the error "the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)". Such error occurs due to erroneous library .dll installation version lying to your system folder, need 32bit instead of 64bit and vise versa. Using procmon tool, located such case and d3dx9_43.dll 64bit file was located in my windows/system32 folder (although installed directx proper version, problem persisted). Changed it with the 32bit and fortunately game can load perfectly.

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Posted on: March 30, 2025

goovokk

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Games: 533 Reviews: 3

very funny

very funny, but some glitches. What I really enjoyed was the fact, that you can play it at least twice and play different levels.

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Posted on: October 3, 2024

RicoForgione

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Games: Reviews: 2

Great game!

Great game, funny, interesting stories and atmosphere, good puzzles, very unique. Not too short not too long.

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Posted on: September 28, 2025

papikit1010

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Games: 7 Reviews: 1

the cave

cracking game, another Ron Gilbert special

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Posted on: October 7, 2025

usahorn

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Games: 1379 Reviews: 1

FUN and really funny

Fiendish puzzles with a GREAT sense of humor!!

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