Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure. You'll have complete freedom while you navigate the fully-destructible environments and master their many secrets. To stay or flee, to kill or rescue, to shop or steal... in Spelunky, the choice is yours and so are the consequences!

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System Requirements

Minimum

OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHz or equivalent processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D graphics card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Xbox 360 controller or other XInput-compatible controller

Other Games of the Series

Spelunky 2

Gamer Reviews

12038 Reviews

9.14

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0 review

Paralyzed

Jan 31, 2021

8.10

newuser5

Sep 21, 2021

8.00

Rafael Gazola Ghedini

Jun 18, 2020

9.50

Μοντσενίγος Ευάγγελος

May 25, 2020

8.00

Luke Judy

Sep 30, 2019

9.50

Aggregate Gamer Reviews

Critic Reviews

10 Reviews

9.31

The Escapist

10.0

Johnathangrey Carter—Jul 27, 2012

The game features up to four-player local co-op, it's frantic fun for the first few levels, but there's a delicate balance to the single player that's lost when you've got four people throwing bombs all over the place. It's still really good fun, but the punishing nature of the game makes keeping a four-player group from turning into a four-player brawl difficult. The deathmatch mode is a fun, but shallow diversion. Spelunky is a game best enjoyed alone.

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Attack of the Fanboy

10.0

Craig Daveson—Sep 03, 2013

If you are the kind of masochist who enjoys the hardest and most punishing of games I would recommend Spelunky to you in an instant. The feeling of achievement when you conquer a cave system is unmatched by games which constantly hold your hand and throw health at you every step of the way.

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Polygon

10.0

Chris Plante—Jul 02, 2012

The beauty of Spelunky is how constantly it encourages learning by doing; it does not tell, show or coddle. Spelunky is an elaborate series of mechanisms that react not just to you, but one another. It has the precise input/output feedback of Tetris, but with the breadth of gameplay of Super Mario Bros.

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