About the Game
The Cave Diver is equal parts rage-game, psychological horror, and folklore nightmare.
A rage-inducing descent into darkness, built around unconventional hand-based controls and a story buried deep beneath the earth.
The suffocating rocks of the caves are slowly closing in to claim another soul.
Keep crawling... You're almost there...
Crawl through claustrophobic tunnels and unforgiving detours.
Cave dive through a labyrinth of crushing stones and constricting passageways. Branching tunnels will lure you into claustrophobic passages where turning back seems physically impossible.
Map out your descent.
Hammer crude signs into the stone to track your descent into the caves. With every new body, the cave grows familiar. The marks of those who came before remain…
Don't get stuck.
The caves are no place for the living. Getting stuck means dying alone, entombed in rock. No one is coming to save you. When you return as a new cave diver, you might stumble upon your predecessor's decayed remains - if you can reach them.
Learn to move through physical puzzles.
Master the movement and grip of your two hands to carefully navigate obstacles and overcome physics puzzles. Every movement is perfected through failure. Only the obsessive, the patient, and the insane make it deeper.
Discover what horrors lie deep underground.
For generations your family has told stories of a rare flower that grows at the bottom of these caves. They say the flower can cure any ailment - even paraplegia of the legs . But every man who's entered the caves has failed to return... Some say the cave itself takes them... Others speak of something ancient that stirs below - an evil older than man himself...
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Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Release Update #1: Version 1.0.6.1
Release Update #1: Version 1.0.6.1
This is the first patch update to the game which addresses general quality issues surrounding softlocks, achievements, pathing, physics issues, and general player feedback.
Full Fix List:
- Rocks and level shape altered in last section of caves to prevent soft-locking issues of rocks blocking the path forward.
- Achievements now unlock when triggered in-game instead of on the game being closed.
- Completing the game no longer deletes your save file, giving players the option to see both endings without replaying.
- Visual clarity added to level 500 of the mines to help direct players to the locked gate.
- Mine level signs now all have more info to guide players through puzzles and improve player direction. Level 500 now clearly states "No Access without key"
- Ore chute on level 400 now has a sign to direct players away from tryng to enter.
- Changed geometry surrounding the Orb resting location to direct players to move the orb to the left back down the tower.
- Right side of the Ruins tower now has some invisible colliders to help the orb path correctly down to the bottom in the event that people choose to throw it down that side.
- Colliders changed on mine lift lever base to prevent physics glitching.
- Added invisible barrier in tutorial section to stop planks from entering tight tunnel under bridge collapse
Thanks everyone for playing! Please let me know on the steam discussion or discord if you run into more issues. I will continue to keep on eye on players streaming and providing feedback.
- Adjusted some slippery rock placement in the mines
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Uploaded Aug 15, 2026
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How to Install
The_Cave_Diver.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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