There Was A Caveman

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 Continue option at the main menu, just 'Start Game' which restarts from Level 1. Should've refunded when I first got it, but I put it down years ago hoping to start fresh. Still just as frustrating as...

23 found this helpful, 2022-08-13

I was having so much fun with this game. But I came back the next day and had to start over. Not bad since i was still in the caves, hadnt made it very far. Played again, made it way farther, had hearts and other stuff, but then I paused the game for a minute to do something, unpaused and the whole thing reset my progress. Tried restarting the game and still didnt have a save file. This game does respect the...

12 found this helpful, 2017-09-09

Its a good plataformer, challenging enough but with a sense of fair play, all of the bosses become easier to do as you learn their patterns and learn to use your movements better and in some cases, where to position yourself.

4 found this helpful, 2025-11-06

It's the very definition of average, and it's not as challenging as the description claims. Everything from controls, to enemies, to the basic animation is just okay. Run-of-the-mill. Even the music is a bunch of forgettable loops. You can imagine this game being on any disappointingly short NES cartridge. It's MEHtro. But it's still not bad so cheers to the dev, I guess.

7 found this helpful, 2016-08-19

I'm sorry, fans. This game sucks. I get it. You like the concept. You like retro platformers like this. You like the love story between the caveman and his dead wife, and you like the challenge. But there's a good way and a bad way to do challenge, and this game does it badly. Floaty controls, unfair level design, bad hitboxes, and punishing difficulty don't make a game fun. They make it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I'm not going to...

50 found this helpful, 2017-02-22

There Was A Caveman is a fun throwback to old platformers, where you attempt to save Cavekind! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS-mtiXKeqw First, you'll notice that the game has quite an authentic look and feel to the era it's trying to portray. The controls are quite simple. You can double jump, swing your weapon, dash, and throw different projectiles that you find. I found that the game did a very good job at...

22 found this helpful, 2015-10-08