Crystal Caves

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Crystal Caves

Short description

Enter an underground world of treasures and traps in Crystal Caves, a colorful EGA game that rivals any commercial game with its arcade quality, puzzles and graphics. As Mylo Steamwitz, enter cave after cave of adventure, gathering teasures and evading countless hazards.

Developer
Apogee Software
Publisher
Apogee Entertainment
Release
Mon, May 05, 2014
Price
$4.99
Reviews
82
Positive
98%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action
Features
Partial Controller Support
Tags
Action Platformer Classic Retro 2D 1990's
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$18ksomewhere between $8k and $31k · roughly 2K–7K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $4.80, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 4% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$18k → ~$18k
Reviews 82 → 82
Positive reviews 97.6% → 97.6%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 142 further data points reach back to May 1, 2015 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $0.49 on Nov 22, 2022.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around Crystal Caves is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

±?? Action + Platformer + Classic

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