iPhone / Independent adaptation
A Dark Cave: Local Edition
Fire. Settlement. Survival.
Tend a fire, gather supplies, and guide a fragile settlement through a dark world. New possibilities appear as the original game reveals its secrets.
Player supportiPhone edition in preparation.
The experience
One fire. An uncertain world.
Keep the fire alive. Put resources to work. Balance the needs of a settlement and send expeditions beyond the familiar.
- Tend the fire and manage supplies
- Guide work and expeditions
- Keep local progress and JSON backups
For adult players. Includes simulated gambling with earned gold, horror, violence and mature text.
Your progress
A little care for your save.
Open the native Settings controls to export a JSON backup through Files. Import validates a compatible backup, asks before replacement, and keeps a local safety copy when the current save can be read.
Does this need an account?
No app account or developer-operated cloud-save service is enabled. Progress stays on your iPhone.
What happens while I’m away?
Progress uses the original local-edition rules. Keep a separate backup before reinstalling. No cloud account, online save service, ads or real-money purchases are enabled.
Is it available now?
An independent iPhone adaptation of the original full local edition. The iPhone edition is in preparation and is not available to download.
Keep playing
A little help.
Backup guidance, privacy information and a place to report a problem.
Original A Dark Cave by Julian Bauer. This is an independent iPhone project; no original-creator endorsement is claimed. Visit the original game.
An independent iPhone adaptation of the original full local edition. The iPhone edition is in preparation and is not available to download.