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A Dark Cave Survive a cruel world, build and expand your village, and descend into the darkness below. Gather resources, make hard choices, and uncover the unspeakable truth buried deep within the cave in this dark, text-based incremental game.
Public builds
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Counted once we have watched for 90 days (since 21 Oct 2026)
Distinct builds deployed to a game's public (default) Steam branch, as Steam's client network describes them.
Checked within minutes of each Steam change. Observed since 21 Oct 2026.
Source: Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch. Full methodology
Latest public build
Build 26503075
Update posts
3 postsPosts announcing an update, tagged or not
Posts in a game's official Steam news feed that announce an update: tagged as patch notes by the developer, or plainly about a patch or a released update.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamNews/GetNewsForApp. Full methodology
Typical gap between builds
47 hoursMiddle gap across the last 7 builds we saw
Public Builds| Build | Went live | Patch notes |
|---|---|---|
| 26503075 | Speedrunning and UI Improvements | |
| 26478739 | Turkish Localization and Insight Delay | |
| 26413099 | Cruel Mode and Pacts Update | |
| 26365688 | None posted | |
| 26296345 | None posted | |
| 26277460 | None posted | |
| 26227181 | None posted |
From Steam’s client network, last checked . Builds before 21 Oct 2026, when we started watching, aren't listed. Patch notes are the developer’s update post from an hour before to a day after the build. Not every build gets one.
Earlier UpdatesNo update posts from before 21 Oct 2026 found yet.
Steam keeps no record of past build numbers, so before 21 Oct 2026 a game’s update history comes from its own Steam news: posts tagged as patch notes, and untagged posts that plainly announce a patch or a released update. Older posts are still being read in, most played games first. How we count
