# Caves of Lore

> Solo Dev RPG

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6449979034](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6449979034)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6449979034`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TILTGames
- **Category:** Roleplaying
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (191 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.9.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-31
- **First published:** 2024-01-30
- **Size:** 701 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/caves-of-lore/id6449979034)
- **Website:** [http://cavesoflore.com](http://cavesoflore.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.tilt.games/privacy-policy](https://www.tilt.games/privacy-policy)

## Description

Caves of Lore is a turn-based, pixel-art fantasy CRPG that blends environmental exploration, dialogue, and tactical grid-based combat. It’s a self-taught solo developer project built over six years while balancing a full-time job and family, progressing in five-minute daily sessions.

Explore a world full of humor and dark lore, with hidden secrets and highly customizable party options. With a 6-character party, 65+ spells, 65+ abilities, and 65+ traits, players will face 50+ monsters, meet 40+ NPCs, complete 30+ quests, and explore 20+ areas across hundreds of items and thousands of enchantment combinations for rich replay value.

## Rankings

- #104,121 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the game's deep lore, open exploration, and satisfying old-school RPG combat, boosted by a responsive solo developer and great replayability. Common drawbacks center on stability issues, a challenging UI/UX, and tedious stat management. Overall, strong world-building and commitment from the developer stand out, with technical hiccups and interface quirks as the main caveats.

### Pros

- Deep story and lore with rich world-building and dialogue/books
- Open exploration with many secrets and quests
- Fluid combat with multiple playstyles and spell-learning from books
- Dedicated solo developer who is responsive to feedback and free of ads/microtransactions
- High replayability and strong value with many ways to overcome challenges

### Cons

- Stability and performance issues (crashes, frequent exits) on some devices
- Save/load problems and needing to back up progress around fights
- Interface/controls and navigation can be unintuitive; learning curve and hidden interactables
- Some players find combat progression tedious due to heavy stat management and lack of respec
- Occasional device-specific problems and rough edges

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