Crystal Caves HD
Worth it · Action · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $7.99, a BANGER if it drops to $6.74.
- Length
- 5.1h 13.2h to 100%
- Value
- $1.57/hr
- Reviews
- 99% of 335 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.74 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.
The value story
29 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 10 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $6.74 BANGER line 25 times.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 99 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Moonleap ($8.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition ($9.99, scores 55).
More about Crystal Caves HD
Of the 304 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 5.1 hours; clearing it takes 13, which is 2.6 times the campaign.
The drop-off
74% start to 6% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 6 when we last checked, on Oct 5, 01:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Having never played the original, this was a new experience for me although I had played Secret Agent HD. Crystal Caves and Secret Agent both use the same engine. Thus, the experience was similar to Secret Agent HD. Crystal Caves HD is puzzle 2D platformer that you can play casually. The story is almost nonsensical and really only the gameplay matters in this game. In many levels you have to find the correct way to...
2 more reviews
It's a DOS era puzzle platformer, where most levels have a 'correct' path through and the player is expected to die a few times trying to execute on it perfectly. This HD remake addresses the biggest problem with the original (which I have played way too much): Everything loads and reloads WAY faster. Hardly groundbreaking, but I enjoyed it a lot, and the new achievement system and stats add a little extra 'keep...
10/10 Fully restored remaster of the 1991 MS-DOS platform game. This is type of modern versions of the old titles we all want to see - it feels like new game while maintaining the original atmosphere point to point. Everything here is highly polished and improved without any downsides and this is a lifesaver because original incarnation of the CC is absolutely rusted and it's hard to enjoy it. You get 3 classic...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Crystal Caves HD scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1330890/crystal-caves-hdReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.