# Cave Survivor

> Cave Survivor (iPhone/iPad app by YoungHo Choi.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cave-survivor/id6756478497 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [YoungHo Choi](https://appshunter.io/developer/1860801558)
- Category: Games, Action, Adventure
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 313 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-01-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cave-survivor/id6756478497/reviews.md

## What is Cave Survivor?

Cave Survivor is an action survival game where you become a small plush guardian protecting your owner from invading nightmares.

Every night, dark and dangerous dream creatures appear and threaten your owner’s peaceful sleep. As a brave plush companion, your mission is to defeat these nightmares and keep the dreams safe for as long as possible.

Control your character with simple and intuitive controls, defeat endless waves of nightmare monsters, and grow stronger by collecting and upgrading various equipment. As time passes, the nightmares become faster and more powerful, testing your reflexes and strategy.

Game Features:
- Unique concept as a plush guardian protecting dreams
- Endless survival-style action combat
- Simple controls with challenging gameplay
- Equipment collection and character growth
- Increasing difficulty for constant challenge
- Designed for both short play sessions and long-term play

Cave Survivor supports online features for game data synchronization. Optional in-app purchases are available, but all core gameplay content can be enjoyed without making any purchases.

Protect your owner’s peaceful sleep, defeat the endless nightmares, and become the ultimate dream guardian.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daily Equipment Package | $9.99 | one-time |
| Daily Equipment Package | $19.99 | one-time |
| Daily Enhance Package | $19.99 | one-time |
| Daily Equipment Package | $4.99 | one-time |
| Daily Enhance Package | $9.99 | one-time |
| Daily Enhance Package | $4.99 | one-time |
| Weekday Popup Package | $9.99 | one-time |
| Weekday Popup Package | $4.99 | one-time |
| Weekday Popup Package | $49.99 | one-time |
| Weekday Popup Package | $19.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.3 — 2026-01-29

Ranking Mode Balance Adjustment

- Reduced enemy stat scaling in Ranking Mode to improve long-term playability.

- Enemy HP and Attack growth per wave have been adjusted to scale more smoothly over extended runs.

- Difficulty spikes in late waves have been eased to provide a fairer and more consistent challenge.

- This change aims to better reward player skill, build optimization, and endurance rather than raw stat pressure.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-01-19

No release notes.

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-19.*