YOUR DESCENT. YOUR CREW.
One game.
Your way down.
Start with just YOU against the monsters. Add up to three computers, choose their colors, or Invite Friends when you want an online room. The same setup handles every game.
Computer + keyboard + mouse
Enter your name, choose your players, and press Play. Entering Cave appears while graphics prepare, then the game begins. If your browser asks, click Enter Cave to control your view. WASD moves, your mouse aims, left click fires, Space jumps, and E uses gates. Hold right mouse to scope the Rotary Carbine. Escape releases your mouse; F8 opens feedback.
Solo and computer games need no game server. Invite Friends creates an online room; Join opens an existing room. The host must keep the game open. Same-color players are allies; different colors are opponents.
Four colors. Simple teams.
Choose Amber, Cyan, Violet, or Green for each player. Names and colors identify your team; there is no separate mode selector.
- Four different colors: everyone against everyone.
- YOU in Amber, three computers in Cyan: one against three.
- YOU + one computer in Amber, two computers in Cyan: two teams of two.
- All players in one color: clear the monsters together.
Monsters stay part of your descent unless you switch them off for a competitive game.
Inviting and joining friends
Click Play, enter your name, and use Invite Friends in the game setup. Copy the room link after the room opens. Friends use your link or paste the room code into Join.
Same-team crews can accept friends during play when a human slot is open. Games between opposing colors fill their lobby before starting. If a room is full or has ended, the game tells you. Browser rooms use a secure WSS connection; a host leaving ends the room.
The online service allows 1,000 new rooms per UTC day. Solo and computer games do not use this allowance. There is no match time limit.
Live scores and My Records
The live frag table separates the current floor target from cumulative scores. Reach the floor target to advance; the cumulative player or team leader wins after the final selected depth.
Open My Records in the game for private match history and solo clear/exit times, deaths, attempts, and personal bests. Computer, human, and mixed matches stay separate. Leaving or disconnecting before the final result does not award a win.
Records save on this device and sync when connected. Save your private recovery code from My Records to restore synced history on another device. An optional email is unverified and cannot recover records.
Windows download · the same game
Version 0.5.2 reuses bullet-trail materials to reduce browser stutters during gunfire. Browser and Windows retain the same graphics and gameplay.
See the dated performance investigation for measured results and test limits. The same game joins the same online rooms. Browser and Windows keep their own local settings and solo saves.
- Download Cave Dwellers 2 v0.5.5 and choose Extract All.
- Open the extracted folder and run Cave-Dwellers-2.exe. Keep its PCK file beside it.
- Enter your name. Start solo, add computers, or choose Invite Friends, then Copy Invite Link.