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The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves

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App ID 490690
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher NLB project
Franchise NLB project
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 39323160
Last Record Update 29 September 2026 – 23:07:35 UTC ()
Release Date 10 February 2017 – 00:52:03 UTC ()
❓ 68.19%
83 reviews
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In-Game
🗺️ Adventure 📚 Visual Novel 👊 Violent 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🧞 Choices Matter

The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves is an adventure visual novel about the heroic feats of the intrepid warrior Ragnar. Now you can become the famed adventurer Ragnar and bravely seek out all-new original adventures in this exciting game. Delve into the mysteries of the caves and discover what lies in waiting below.

Additional Information

Developer NLB project
metacritic_name The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher NLB project
Store Release Date 10 February 2017 – 00:52:14 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/nlbproject/
https://x.com/nlbproject
https://www.youtube.com/nlbproject/
Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 10 February 2017 – 00:52:03 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 3 November 2019 – 15:38:02 UTC () (1572795482)
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review_percentage 75
Detected Technologies Lua SDK, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 2
  • test_timestamp: 28 May 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4235684
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Content Descriptors Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 10 June 2016 – 20:20:11 UTC (), in changelist #2024840
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🗺️ Adventure 🌱 Indie 📚 Visual Novel 👊 Violent 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🧞 Choices Matter 👤 Singleplayer 📚 Interactive Fiction 🔚 Multiple Endings 〰️ Nonlinear 🔄 Replay Value 🖱️ Mouse Only 🍑 Nudity 🔞 Sexual Content

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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last_modified13 January 2024 – 10:35:26 UTC
timestamp13 January 2024 – 10:35:26 UTC

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timestamp 7 February 2017 – 12:40:27 UTC

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
490691 Windows 32-bitThe Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves Content 300.48 MiB 288.02 MiB
490692 macOS The Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves OSX 347.25 MiB 289.31 MiB
490693 Linux 32-bitThe Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves Linux 297.72 MiB 286.70 MiB
490694 Linux 64-bitThe Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves Linux64 297.55 MiB 286.64 MiB
490695 Windows 64-bitThe Barbarian and the Subterranean Caves Windows64 304.54 MiB 289.38 MiB

Redistributables

ID Configuration Size DL.
228986 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist No size

Total size on disk is 1.51 GiB and total download size is 1.41 GiB.

Total size on disk is 605.02 MiB and total download size is 577.40 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Built Time Updated
public 4235684 27 September 2019 – 12:30:47 UTC 27 September 2019 – 12:32:07 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, Russian
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