Cave-In Crew privacy policy

Effective 26 October 2026 · Irby Works LLC

The game sends nothing until you say yes. The first time you play, it asks once whether to share anonymous crash reports and play statistics. You can change either choice at any time in the pause menu (Esc), and the game works the same either way.

What we never collect

Your name, email address, Steam ID or account details.
Your IP address. Our stats server does not store it, and our crash-report project is set to discard it.
Your save file, your Windows user name or folder paths, or anything you type into the game.

Play statistics (if you opt in)

At the end of each play session the game prepares one short summary and sends it the next time you start the game:

A random install ID created by the game (not linked to you or your device), a random session ID, the game version and whether it is the demo.
Your operating system name, the date the session started (no time of day) and how long it lasted.
Progress at the start and end of the session: planet, deepest depth, cash, Core Shards, number of Collapses and total upgrade levels.
How many times things happened (dives, sales, purchases by upgrade, crates, Collapses and so on), when milestones were first reached in the session, and the last few game actions before it ended.

We use this only to see where players get stuck, how long the game holds their interest and what to improve. Summaries are stored on Cloudflare (United States) and deleted automatically after 12 months.

Crash reports (if you opt in)

When the game hits an error or crashes it sends a report to Sentry, a crash-reporting service. A report holds the error and where in the game's code it happened, the game version, your planet and depth, recent game actions, your operating system and graphics card, and an anonymous ID Sentry's software generates. We remove your Windows user name and home folder from error text before sending. Sentry keeps reports under its own retention policy.

Bug reports you send yourself

The pause menu's Copy bug report button copies the game version, your system and the end of the game's log to your clipboard. Nothing is sent; you decide whether to paste it into a message to us.

Your choices

Turn either option off in the pause menu at any time. Turning play statistics off also discards any summary that has not been sent yet.
To have your play statistics deleted, find your install ID in the bug report (Copy bug report) and send it to us through the contact form at irby.works. We delete every summary with that ID.

Children

The game does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes we will update this page and its date. Questions: the contact form at irby.works.

Irby Works LLC, the developer of Cave-In Crew, is responsible for this data.