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Games like Cave Crawler 2
Evan Youssef · 2024 · Windows
Steam: 90 % positive of 165 reviews, as of Oct 28
Cave Crawler 2 is a retro-inspired 2D side-scroller. Escape a series of winding caves full of strange creatures and treacherous platforming challenges.
24 games that play like Cave Crawler 2 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Cave Crawler, Hollow Knight and Dungeon Escape.
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Plays and looks like Cave Crawler 2
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Cave Crawler 2
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Cave Crawler
95 % positive of 3,124
Shared: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Hollow Knight
96 % positive of 507,562
Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · 2D
Dungeon Escape
80 % positive of 671
Shared: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
Spelunky 2
93 % positive of 19,832
Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
Deep the Game
76 % positive of 946
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
Cave Story+
92 % positive of 5,268
Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Dungreed
92 % positive of 9,012
Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
SteamWorld Dig 2
95 % positive of 5,746
Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · 2D
ANIMAL WELL
94 % positive of 23,014
Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · Retro
Super Dungeon Maker
81 % positive of 392
Shared: Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Level Editor
Spelunky
91 % positive of 14,696
Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · 2D
Hargrave
92 % positive of 267
Shared: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer
More matches
- Crystal Caves HD97 % positive of 327Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
- ORCS81 % positive of 381Shared: Side Scroller · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- Super Dungeon Boy77 % positive of 172Shared: Side Scroller · Platformer · Action-Adventure
- You Have to Win the Game92 % positive of 5,731Shared: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · Platformer
- I Wanna Maker95 % positive of 5,120Shared: Precision Platformer · 2D Platformer · Platformer
- Quarion94 % positive of 172Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Underground
- Primal Light80 % positive of 330Shared: Precision Platformer · Side Scroller · 2D Platformer
- Öoo98 % positive of 6,776Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Linear
- Squirm95 % positive of 163Shared: Precision Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
- Caveblazers85 % positive of 3,436Shared: 2D Platformer · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
- Upside Down83 % positive of 413Shared: Platformer · 2D · Action
- Platformines76 % positive of 150Shared: Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 2D
By look
Looks like Cave Crawler 2
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Cave Crawler
95 % positive of 3,124
Downwell
95 % positive of 7,942
Squirm
95 % positive of 163
LOVE
92 % positive of 828
Gato Roboto
94 % positive of 4,404
OVERWHELM
84 % positive of 219
VVVVVV
96 % positive of 6,703
Time Thief
96 % positive of 219
Derelict Star
93 % positive of 166
Mute Crimson+
88 % positive of 133
MotionRec
99 % positive of 442
Magicube
99 % positive of 204
More matches
- Slider96 % positive of 650
- Environmental Station Alpha81 % positive of 1,512
- Mini Ghost93 % positive of 377
- Garlic87 % positive of 323
- Micro Mages93 % positive of 359
- Samurai GUNN94 % positive of 355
- Astronite - Landing on Neplea83 % positive of 187
- Froggie92 % positive of 152
- LOVE 2: kuso96 % positive of 178
- Princess Remedy 2: In A Heap of Trouble96 % positive of 352
- Apple Slash95 % positive of 204
- Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt96 % positive of 2,925
At a glance
What games like Cave Crawler 2 have in common
- The tags they share most often with Cave Crawler 2: Platformer (20 of 24), 2D Platformer (13) and Side Scroller (10).
- They came out between 2011 and 2025, 2 of them after Cave Crawler 2 (2024).
- Best rated by Steam players: Öoo (98 % positive of 6,776).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.