Colossal Cave Adventure

Explorer Edition - Text Adventure for Mobile
Coming Soon

Rediscover Colossal Cave, the legendary text adventure that defined a genre — now enhanced for mobile with modern features that improve accessibility and gameplay.

Whether you’re exploring twisty little passages or hunting for all 350 points, the app includes Explorer Mode for additional commands, maps and progress indicators to help new players experience the entire cave.

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Explorer Edition

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Enhancements

Classic & Modern

Colossal Cave, also known as Adventure, is the pioneering text adventure originally written by Will Crowther and expanded by Don Woods. This mobile edition preserves the classic gameplay and parser while adding modern accessibility features like 2D and 3D maps, a minimap, touch‑optimized controls, and autosave.

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App Features

Select below to see:

  • 3D Map
  • Configurable UI
  • Minimap
  • Touch-Optimized Controls
  • Progress Indicators
  • Explorer Mode - Extra Commands
  • Continue Where You Left Off

And more:

  • Warnings
  • Exits in map
  • Exits in text
  • Save/load slots

Explorer Edition

See It In Action

Watch the Explorer Edition in action — navigate twisty passages, consult the 3D map, and discover all 350 points with touch-optimized controls.

Coming soon

Three screenshots of Colossal Cave mobile app features
Underground cave background image
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