The Cave

The Cave

Developers
	Double Fine Productions
macOS (OS X)	Edward Rudd
Linux	Edward Rudd
Publishers
2013-2018	Sega
2018-present	Double Fine Productions
Engines
	Buddha
Release dates
Windows	January 23, 2013
macOS (OS X)	January 23, 2013
Linux	February 20, 2013
Reception
IGDB	70
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Comedy

The Cave is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view adventure game.

General information

Official support knowledgebase

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Mac App Store
Steam		Verified as DRM-free for Linux only.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\screen.dat
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/thecave/screen.dat
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/thecave/screen.dat

In the Steam version, the Steam user ID is added to the path.

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\TheCave\*.save
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/thecave/*.save
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/thecave/*.save

In the Steam version, the Steam user ID is added to the path.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		Cloud sync is not cross-platform.

Video

Display settings.

Visual settings.

WSGF multi-monitor screenshot.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Fan translation Play in Arabic.
Czech				Fan - 1
Polish				Fan - [1]
French
German
Italian
Russian				Fan translation by «R.G. MVO»
Slovak				Fan - 1
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		3	Co-op 3 players are supported via three controllers, but only 1 player can be using the keyboard and mouse controls at any one time.
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Black screen

Can be caused by connecting via HDMI to a TV or projector that does not support the display mode. Note that the below fix does not work for all users.

Edit screen.dat

Go to the configuration file location. Create an empty text file called screen.dat if it does not exist. Edit screen.dat. The format of the file should look like the following, but change the details to meet the capabilities of your display: fullscreen = true width = 1920 height = 1080 refreshrate = 60 vsync = false If this doesn't work, you can try to edit the screen.dat file with Vsync ACTIVATED, that is, replace the last line with vsync = true This may be useful, apparently, mostly to laptop users and/or people whose PCs (especially the GPU) are slightly outdated. It solved the problem on a 15.6' HP Pavilion DV6000 laptop with a Geforce Go 7400 (256 MB, DX9.0c) and 1280x800 resolution.

Strange visual artifacts on rocks

Caused by MSAA being forced externally.

Set 'use application defaults'
Set MSAA settings to 'use application defaults'.

Brake pedals do not rest in neutral position

Unplug controller

White flickering

Caused by Depth of Field effect, particularly OS X machines with Intel cards.

Disable Depth of Field

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL2	Linux only.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3		7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz Dual Core		Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 Intel HD Graphics 2000 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce GT 220 ATI Radeon HD 4550 Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo		Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 Intel HD Graphics 3000 256 MB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 ATI Radeon HD 4670 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 3850 Intel HD Graphics 4000 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible