
A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...
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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...
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.
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…
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.
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.
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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English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
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超棒的探洞氛围!作为一个受苦游戏,其实并不刁难人,不需要高精度的操作,存档点的设置和分布也非常人性化,如果能接受这种玩法,其实整个流程还是蛮有成就感的。地图和关卡设计不错,能循序渐进地引导玩家掌握各种操作技巧。缺点在于一些操作和物理效果的细节还有待打磨,尤其是搬运物品,(不知道是我没找对方法还是怎么的了)感觉有点抽象。 [spoiler] 剧情上倒不觉得特别哲理吧,总的来说就是“苦苦追寻的梦只是幻影,转而接受已然拥有的一切才是生活的真谛”;不过我倒是觉得,结果其实不那么重要,追寻的过程才是意义所在,说实话我也并不在意最后究竟能不能找到那个花,完成这段旅程本身就很有意义了,而这也正是这个游戏能带来的,对吧?不是想要这种艰苦爬行的体验又何必进入这个洞穴呢? [/spoiler] 总的来说,如果你喜欢探洞题材,又能接受这种受苦玩法,这个游戏是非常值得一试的。
It's like if a rage game wasn't trying to make you mad and a cool story.
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Hours played at review time, across 134 reviews with recorded playtime.
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이걸 뭐라해야하냐 패드 조작하는 재미는 있는데... 게임자체가 별로.... 겜경험 ㅈ도없는 겜알못이 만든 느낌 캐릭터 무게중심부터 조작 매커니즘이나 부분 부분 짜임새는 좋은데 그냥 만들줄은 아는데 재미를 모르는 사람이 만든 것 같아 캡 씌워라, 엄지손가락 지문 갈린다 앵간하면 하지마 후회함. 샀다가 니가 진짜 후회할 부분은 적지도않음
Absolutely recommend this game, it's art and soundtrack are fantastic! The dev(s) could add a map, that would make exploring way more fun in my opinion. (Obviously I mean a map that shows where you went and where you came from and not a map of the whole unexplored parts.)
I can't recommend this game if you have any wrist issues. I am unable to play games like this for very long (hence my playtime) But I do not gaf about that, so i will keep subjecting myself to it. I like this here gaming experience for what I've played so far :)
Интересная игра. Если вы боитесь замкнутых пространств, вроде тех же узких пещер, то Вы явно испытаете кучу эмоций))) Для меня же игра стала чем-то расслабляюще-вызывающим, хотя я и не прошла её до конца на данный момент Механика специфичная, но быстро привыкаешь
imagine if baby steps had an overwhelming dread of being stuck in a crack miles under the earth with no way out
very good, tense atmosphere and a relatively robust physics engine that lets you get out of most pickles you find yourself in given enough time and effort. very spooky so far, 5 stars (:
The game is great, I wouldnt call it a "rage game" alot of those games, when you mess up you lose your progress, not here. The game does a good job of letting you experience cave diving in the early levels. As you progress in the story it changes alot but its refreshing. The dev, Ovsko, held an open playtest in their discord so most of my hours are there. If you enjoy those cave videos, you know the ones, pick this up. If you enjoy games with foddian like controls, pick this up. If you're looking for something replayable or an engaging story, this might not be the game for you.
This game is very hard, but very beautiful. Scary and wonderful. The message is clear and speaks volumes. When a time comes in life where you find yourself in the pitch black pit, you can either dig and burrow into that darkness, or cling and climb out into the light. God bless you.
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