Cave Crave

Cave Crave is a cave exploration game with three modes. In Story Mode, you follow Jake as he retraces the steps of his father, a famous spelunker, and uncovers family secrets while descending deeper into the caves. The main sources of fear are managing your headlamp battery and your own nerves, rather than jump scares.

Game modes

Horror Mode sends you into unpredictable cave systems where the darkness feels alive. You face shifting psychological and environmental horrors designed to trigger deep-seated phobias.

Tourist Mode takes you through the infamous Nutty Putty cave with audio commentary from Brandon Kowallis, a real-life rescuer from the tragic 2009 incident and the original cartographer who mapped the cave’s passages before it was closed forever.

Cave exploration

Caves have irregular, natural layouts rather than repeated or tiled environments, with steep climbs, narrow tunnels and slides. You can move rocks, observe dripping water and interact with reactive surroundings. There is no built-in map, so you mark trails with chalk as you explore.

You use ropes and a headlamp to navigate the darkness, and maintain your gloves to keep them reliable. Free climbing lets you climb any surface with pitons and choose your own routes, without predefined climbing paths. You also manage your breathing in tight passages and use tools to break stalactites, remove debris and clear blockages.