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Crystal Caves

Apogee Software, 1991

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Publisher:
Apogee Software
Developer:
Apogee Software
Release year:
1991
Category:
Platform
License:
Shareware
Language:
English

Crystal Caves is a platform game from 1991, published by Apogee Software, and it’s one of those shareware titles many people first got on floppy disks ordered from a catalog in the early nineties.

The idea is simple and very addictive. You work your way through cavern after cavern full of strange and often pretty silly creatures, jumping from ledge to ledge, shooting whatever gets in your way and grabbing every one of the colorful crystals. There are lots of levels to get through, and the game loves to play tricks on you, so stay alert. If you’ve played other Apogee games from that time, you’ll feel right at home.

This is the shareware version, so you can play Crystal Caves online for free in your browser with nothing to install, or download it and play offline. Log in to keep your savegame in the cloud and pick up exactly where you stopped, on any computer.

Game controls:

- Move
Ctrl - Jump
Alt - Fire
Esc - Menu

Rating & comments:

Based on 11 ratings

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I've played this game since it first came out. Still love it.

Diana Oct 19, 2026

One of the best games ever :) <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Matija Golub Apr 20, 2026

used to play with my brother. its exactly like i remember. thank you developers for taking me back to the wonderful universe of CC :)

tyler Dec 8, 2025

Excellent and nostalgic game!

Christopher Kiessling Nov 14, 2025

Great game with lots of levels. Played it years ago. Still a favorite. Similar to other Apogee games.

Martha Mar 24, 2025

Love this good old game!!!

kim Sep 28, 2024

its so good i forgot about it a long time ago but i open a new tab in google and i see it! my dad showed it to me a long time ago but i forgot about so im back!

sephiroth Oct 20, 2022

A mind-bending game. Constantly toying with the player's perception of what's conceivable. A plethora of wacky characters inhabit these zany caverns in which our main protagonist will go to any lengths to acquire those gorgeous multi-coloured crystals.

Pedro Etchepare Behncke May 22, 2022

very good game

horia Apr 2, 2022

We bought Crystal Caves and a few other games on 5.25" discs from a shareware catalog in the early 1990s. My parents were fairly strict about the time we spent on the computer--no more than one hour per day, and we had to log what we did during our time. Crystal Caves was my most frequent entry for months on end. My brothers and sister played a lot, too. I was bored one day and trying to remember some of the games we used to play and found this site--what fun!

Pamela Holt Aug 16, 2020

Back in the 90'es I was a music-teacher, and dedicated to use computer with my keyboards. The first computer we bought had installed Crystal Caves by one of my young students; Stefan. It stole my nights. I had trouble explaining why I did not come home after work. When I was supposed to practise my skills as a musician, I jumped around, shooting and collecting diamonds in Crystal Caves. I am still music-teacher. Stefan got a job in Hewlett Packard.

Martin Gerup Jul 2, 2018