When does Cave Digger VR get good?

Hooks you right away. 70% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (70%). 71% of owners got the first achievement.

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Cave Digger VR

May 9, 2018 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 71% of owners

Steam reviews 76% positive of 348

What the data shows

70% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (70%).
71% of owners got the first achievement.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 351 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 62 reviews: 2.9h for positive, 0.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (70.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (28)

I Have The Power Use only a pickaxe for the duration of a run 100%
Blind Pass Toss a valuable into the bin without looking 88%
Explode In Hand Let an explosive explode in your hand 28%
My Preciousss Bring a valuable with you to a new run 27%
Frutti Di Spelunca Eat a mushroom 25%
Mine Everything Mine every valuable from a single floor 22%
End: Apocalypse You brought about nuclear war. Great job! 20%
Careful With That Candle Eugene Poke yourself in the eye with the candle 13%
End: Chaos Gauntlet Become a new deity 9.2%
End: Useless Tech Unlock Self referential irony mode 7.6%
Choooo! Choooo! Unlock the Train 7.1%
Feed me with treasures Find the pet 6.1%
Luck With The Drill Drill an oil pocket without scanning 5.8%
Using cactus from now on Drop the toilet paper in the chasm 5.1%
Mr. Conductor Drive 5km on the train 4.4%
Fetch, girl! Feed Mimi a dynamite 4.1%
End: Unlock the Mystery Vault Find the 4 keys and unlock the ultimate secret 3.5%
I got the cash baby Reach 20k monies 3.1%
To rule them all Find a hidden Magic Ring 3.0%
End: Space Elevator Launch yourself into space 2.7%
End: Nuke the overworld Trigger the nuke in the saloon 2.5%
Party in the caves Fully upgrade sound systems on train 2.4%
End: Dimensional War Send the nuke into another dimension 2.4%
It buuuuurns Die by poison 2.3%
All maxed out Buy all the upgrades to town 2.1%
End: Groovy Ending Groovy, man 2.0%
Space whaling Spend all your money for no return 2.0%
End: Annunaki Meet the makers 1.1%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.