Download Spelunky Classic

Version 0.1.19 of the port, as a desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux. It's free, and it updates itself: it checks once a day, between runs, and asks first. Or play in your browser.

macOS

macOS 11 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Also as a disk image: Universal dmg (30.2 MB).

Installing

  1. Open the zip (Safari opens it itself), or the disk image, to get Spelunky Classic.
  2. Move it to Applications (the disk image has it beside a link to drag it onto), and open it. It's signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens as any app does.

Windows

Windows 10 or later.

Installing

  1. Extract the zip (right-click it, Extract All) to a folder of your own, such as your Documents: not Program Files, where the app can't update itself.
  2. Run spelunky.exe in it. The app isn't signed, so SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

Linux

glibc 2.31 or later (Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11 and later), with ALSA and Vulkan.

Also as tarballs: x64 tar.gz (17.6 MB), ARM64 tar.gz (16.7 MB).

Installing

  1. Make it executable: chmod +x spelunky-0.1.19-linux-x64.AppImage, or tick "Allow executing file as program" in its properties.
  2. Run it. On a system without FUSE, run it with --appimage-extract-and-run.
  3. Or extract a tarball (tar -xzf spelunky-0.1.19-linux-x64.tar.gz) and run spelunky in its folder. That copy doesn't update itself: it tells you when there's a new version, and links its release.

Other files and versions

Every earlier version is on GitHub: 0.1.19's release notes and files, and all releases.

To check a download, each file's SHA-256 is in the release's SHA256SUMS, with its notes.

Saves

The apps keep your stats, highscores, settings and levels apart from the app, for each user, so an update or a new download keeps them: in ~/Library/Application Support/Spelunky Classic on macOS, %APPDATA%\Spelunky Classic on Windows, and ~/.local/share/spelunky-classic on Linux. A browser's saves stay in the browser.

Credits and license

Spelunky is by Derek Yu, Copyright © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. This port is a modified version of the Spelunky source, made by fans: it isn't official, and isn't affiliated with Mossmouth.

It's distributed under the Spelunky User License v1.1b, and may not be sold. Each download has the license, a notice and its third-party licenses beside the game. Source: github.com/851-labs/spelunky.