Cavebound is a 2D retro pixel platespinning/monster avoiding game, conceptually not so different than games like Five Nights at Freddies, where you have a number of controls/machines you have to look after as you count down the clock on your shift. Unlike a haunted robot pizza parlour, this takes place in a lazy, badly designed 2D retro pixel coal mine, and you get attacked by a magic worm. It's evident from this that as much serious effort went into conceptual design as the actual technical implementation... none whatsoever.
A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result.
There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics.
Bewilderingly, the game doesn't include proper audio controls, so you can't turn off the annoying background music, you'll need to alt+tab out and stop the music using the Windows sound mixer. This is obviously not okay and it's unclear why the developers chose not to include this basic feature.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
Cavebound is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend. If this is the kind of game you really want to play, just go play Freddies.
