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There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. Get ready to die and die a lot.
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107 reviews
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- Languages:
- Developer:
- Nauris Amatnieks
- Release date:
- 08 October 2015
- Genre:
- Recent Steam reviews:
- Not specified
- All Steam reviews:
- Mostly Positive (107)
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Description
There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. Get ready to die and die a lot.
The world has been overrun by dinosaurs. The last living caveman, is left alone in his cave, with every other living thing he knew dead. But he does not want to give up the world to these ferocious beasts. So with what little hope he has left, he will venture out of his caves, to find the only thing, that could save the world as he knows it - A female specimen to rebuild the cavemen civilization. But doing that won't be easy as the world is full of these dangerous creatures and other deadly hazards!
Game Features -
- Challenging gameplay that will keep you on your toes.
- Crisp pixel graphics and smooth animations.
- Strong core game mechanics, with stable platforming, dashing, variable jumping, friction etc.
- Lots of various areas to go through, like dark caves, forests or even the insides of a huge dinosaur.
- Dangerous dinosaurs and other creatures to fight, including Pterodactyls, Diplodocus and overgrown squid!
- Challenging boss fights, that will test your skills to the max.
- Secondary throwable weapons
- Swimming and underwater areas.
- Lots of hidden things, and secret places to discover.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS *:
- Windows XP
- Processor:
- Intel® Pentium 4
- Memory:
- 512 MB RAM
- Graphics:
- 128MB
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0c
- Storage:
- 100 MB available space
recommended*
Not specified
User reviews
Kitty
Not recommended | 13 Aug 2022
3.1h played
Unnecessarily punishing in all the most un-fun ways: Insta-death spikes/pits in all zones, lost currency on deaths, lost max health on deaths, and whole game seemingly needing to be completed in one sitting, since no
Helpful: 23
hcp
Not recommended | 11 Aug 2023
6.7h played
This is a very disappointing "good" game. The controls needs a huge tweak. You keep dying coz you can hardly control where your caveman lands. Felt like a cheap way to add gametime to a 30minutes game.
Helpful: 1
Christimmaculate
Not recommended | 23 Oct 2018
46 min played
If you’re having trouble getting this game to work with your controller, try this as a fix - Game's properties>GENERAL>Steam Input-Per Game Setting is "Forced Off" Sadly, finally being able to use my controller didn’t
Helpful: 10
xxadonisxx
Recommended | 22 Oct 2025
11.8h played
There Was a Caveman, developed and published by Nauris Amatnieks, is a retro-inspired 2D action platformer that channels the spirit of classic side-scrolling games from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its premise is
Helpful: 1
Obey the Fist!
Not recommended | 16 Jul 2020
6.8h played
There Was A Caveman is one of literally thousands of 2D retro pixel platformers infesting Steam. Control a caveman and jump around retro pixel platformer levels, avoiding prehistoric animals and making paleontologists
Helpful: 3
Nucular
Not recommended | 13 Apr 2025
14.5h played
There Was a Caveman is not a bad game, but it is no Prehistorik or Joe & Mac. It is a decent platformer on the surface, but the controls and the level design result in numerous unnecessary deaths and near constant
Helpful: 0