Cavern of Dreams

Buy92%

Very Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Bynine Studio · Old School · Oct 19, 2023

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Price
$12.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
2
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Cavern of Dreams?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 59 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise18% are divided27% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay is a blend of inventive ideas, but sometimes it seems like the developers aren’t quite sure what to do with the difficulty.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It feels closer to Yoshi's Story than to a traditional adventure game: cute, simple, with surprisingly dark undertones and never intrusive.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
59 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The modeling is great, the colors and lighting feel vibrant and appealing, and the general style of the world really does call back to the N64 collectathon games of old.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Higher = Great audio also to make it clear its just the sound design overall, from even any voice acting or just sound effects of stuff etc, but not including any music or atmospheric tracks bellow is the score for the music.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game runs well on Linux too so for those with Steam Deck, the game might be an even better investment for on the go platforming.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The character design/art is very charming, and the initial movement challenges feel quite inviting, but the level and world design becomes incredibly gated and linear very quickly, to the extent that there is basically no room for player expression.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay96 reviews
Story61 reviews
Graphics59 reviews
Audio26 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
90% still recommend
Interface
100% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
81% still recommend
Controls
90% still recommend
Bugs
44% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$12.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.19.

6 points recordedtoday · $12.99

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