Indie · August 8, 2013

Spelunky (2013)

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Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure. You'll have complete freedom while you navigate the fully-destructible environments and master their many secrets. To stay or flee, to kill or rescue, to shop or steal... in Spelunky, the choice is yours and so are the consequences! Key Features 'Roguelike' Platforming - Randomly-generated, fully-destructible levels are dense with danger. Quick thinking and a deep understanding will keep you alive along the knife's edge! Fill Your Journal - Track your progress with a dusty explorer's journal given to you by Yang, your mentor from another age. Local Co-op - Up to 4 players can join up to help or hinder in madcap cooperative play. Deathmatch - Unlock 72 diverse, deadly arenas to wage battle in against friends or bots. The Daily Challenge - Each day a new set of levels is generated for the Daily Challenge, a unique mode where you only get one chance per day to compete online against the rest of the Steam community. A Colorful Cast - A roster of 20 squishy explorers (16 unlockable) are waiting for you to make their greedy dreams come true! Tough Love - You're going to die in all kinds of painful, hilarious, and surprising ways. But with each mistake you'll learn more about how Spelunky works and get that much closer to solving its deepest mysteries!

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume16.3k Steam reviewsTop 17% in Indie
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 41%
Metacritic90/100Genre average 77 — top 7% of Indie titles
Engagement hours26 h averageTop 23% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Platformer · 880
  • Rogue-like · 741
  • Action Roguelike · 720
  • Indie · 664
  • Difficult · 513
  • 2D · 446
  • Local Co-Op · 441
  • Replay Value · 381
  • Procedural Generation · 339
  • Arcade · 226
  • Addictive · 214
  • Action · 194
  • Perma Death · 160
  • Singleplayer · 132
  • Adventure · 130

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Indie releases from 2013

16 Indie titles launched in 2013 — top 6 by review volume.

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on Phone

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 16.3k reviews

15.0k positive · 1.3k negative

Metacritic

90/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.4/10

Curator recommendations

14.5k

Press Quotes

“Somewhere during the journey you realize you’ve gained skills, your perception’s changed, and there’s a science to the way you navigate. It’s no longer about just making it through, but making it through well.” 9/10 – IGN “Sure, you swap anecdotes - it is hard to play Spelunky without something brilliant happening - but the richer conversations are the ones where you learn about the deeper systems as they begin to poke through the skin of each person's experience.” 10/10…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

26h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

28h

Current engagement

Achievements

20

Steam unlocks available

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 8, 2013
DeveloperMossmouth
Base price$3.74 -75%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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