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24 alternatives to A Cave in the Woods

A Silly Text Adventure about Desire

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
The Forest▲61
When an open-world, survival game meets Minecraft.
2015 · survivetheforest.com · its alternatives →
2
The Forest▲81
An open world survival horror game
2018 · endnightgames.com · its alternatives →
3
Where Shadows Slumber▲83
A dark puzzle game where shadows can make objects disappear.
2018 · whereshadowsslumber.com · its alternatives →
4
Sender Unknown: The Woods - Text Adventure▲71
Text adventure written by professional writer
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
Adventure - Collossal Cave▲61
Port of the 1977 text game Adventure as a Facebook Bot
2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
6
Hopeless: The Dark Cave▲76
Survive by fending of monsters in this cute & funny game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
7
Forest Home▲56
All the animals are lost, and only you can guide them home.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Dream▲62
Exploration game taking place within the subconscious mind
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
9
Stairs▲62
A first-person atmospheric horror game based on real events
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
10
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, an indie horror game written in Clojure▲10
2015 · sisyphus.rocks · its alternatives →
11
Doors▲67
A first person puzzle game set in mystical world
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Night in the Woods▲78
A new game by Alec Holowka, Scott Benson, and Bethany Hocken
2015 · nightinthewoods.com · its alternatives →
13
Message Quest▲72
Point-and-click adventure set in a stained glass window
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
14
Woodland Way▲62
Hop your way across the platforms.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
The Cave▲66
A beautiful, funny, and engaging point and click adventure
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
16
A Dark Cave – Minimalistic Graphics in the Age of AI Slop▲12
Almost a year ago I started building A Dark Cave, a dark text-based browser game. The game intentionally avoids visuals and embraces minimalism. I use only text, symbols, and sounds to create atmosphere and spark the player's imagination. From time to time, I think about adding graphics to my game, since it is one of the most common requests I get from players. I even made a post about what I call the AI Slop Temptation: https://www.reddit.com/r/incremental_games/comments/1tcs8ou/... From the comments, it seems that players prefer no graphics at all over…
May 2026 · a-dark-cave.com · its alternatives →
17
Where Is Cat?▲70
An adorable hidden object game.
2015 · onemorelevel.com · its alternatives →
18
The Secret Door▲114
Enter the door to visit a random place in the world
2015 · safestyle-windows.co.uk · its alternatives →
19
Blank - Room Escape Game▲95
Blank is a unique escape room, text based adventure game
2021 · playblankgame.com · its alternatives →
20
The Trail▲66
A frontier journey
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
A Day in the Woods▲78
Sneak past the big bad wolf and Red Riding in Granny's house
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Das Überleben▲65
Co-op cave jumping survival game with a techno OST.
2015 · teknopants.com · its alternatives →
23
The Cave of Lights - A Puzzler-Adventure Game▲3
An original puzzler-adventure game full of secrets.
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
24
Pursuit of Light▲52
An action adventure game set in a mysterious dream world.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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