Ever watched 'Advanced Mining Vehicle' by Gemini Home Entertainment? This is basically a playable version of that. Analog horror, body horror, found footage (no FMV, sorry) and so on. It's a complete walking sim (with 'scanning' of story objects) and completely story-orientated (no chases, fights, or so on).

It's suitably creepy and snappy enough to keep your attention, despite fairly obvious and predictable scares. It's not long at all, but it's priced suitably for the amount of content (around a half hour's worth). Writing quality is unfortunately more comparable to The Mandela Catalogue than Gemini Home Entertainment's grand cosmic horror, but it's passable and not too cringe-worthy.

drone in da cave❗ drone in da cave ❗ drone in da cave❗

Impressive little indie game with a horror atmosphere, I've enjoyed it!

Saw this game of Tiktok and gave it a try. Genuinely a good horror game that reminds me of one of those indie games you would find for free on a website for free games completed it in less than an hour. This game is worth every sent and made for some short-term fun!

Man, this is what indie games are all about. Embracing the limitations and turning them into something artistically amazing.

This is basically a walking simulator but in the form of investigative tapes and you control the state of the art drone (for the 90s). The story is solid; while an overused subject, I liked this interpretation. The graphics and display all work in favor of a found footage collection.

This is a pure work of art. This is why I play indie games. This is also why I particularly like indie horror. Expect a good 35-45 minutes.

Easy 9/10 BRAVO!! BRAVO!!!!

A short and sweet horror game that reminded me of Iron Lung. Caves are scary.

It is extremely rare I do any reviews, but I've been following the development of this game for quite a bit, and honestly, it is one of my favorite indie horror games i've played. Anyways queue the rambling from your local indie horror fanatic!

If you've enjoyed things such as Iron Lung, and other games that give you that looming feeling that something is following you, you'll love this one. The atmosphere is great, and along with the early PS1 style graphics, it makes for more second guessing if you actually saw something or if your eyes are playing tricks on you.
Even without constant in your face scares, this game creates such a tense environment (I found myself stalling a few times because I was afraid to turn the camera or go down a cave passage).

I always admire a really put together story with horror games, as you can get more immersed and feel things closer to home- and this story did just that even coupled with the unnerving out there aspects of the story. Some games leave you on too much of a cliff hanger and don't really provide enough information for you to piece together theories, but this one allows for so much theory-crafting! (Lore nerds, you'll enjoy this one!)

Mechanics and sound made everything so much more eerie, there is something about dated technology that just adds to the horror element all together!

I could go on, but this is seriously a good short solid play! I had such a blast streaming this with my chat, and they got a few good scares too!

Wish there was a crystal with my name on it

Fun, short, and definitely made me jump a few times! The story was, according to my wife, very "Magnus Archives". It definitely kept me hooked to see what happened next.

Cave Crawler is one of those cheaply priced horror games that last about an hour at most and are quite indie. It reminds me a lot of the Youtube found footage stuff, such as Gemini Home Entertainment. Its like paying for short movie that you control and, sorta like the last one I got (I Live Under Your House), I recommend this one as well. I'd rather have more bite sized games like this than some broken AAA thing.