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Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Cave Story+ is a platformer, metroidvania and indie game developed by Nicalis, Inc. and Studio Pixel and published by Nicalis and Inc..
Released on November 22nd 2011 is available in English on Windows and Linux.

It has received 7,644 reviews of which 7,105 were positive and 539 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.52€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Cave Story+ into these genres:

Platformer Metroidvania Indie Great Soundtrack Pixel Graphics Action Adventure 2D Singleplayer Retro Classic Exploration Replay Value Difficult Story Rich Shooter Remake Cute Sci-fi Anime

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *:Windows XP
  • Processor:Intel Core Solo
  • Memory:128 MB RAM
  • Graphics:64MB RAM
  • Hard Drive:200 MB HD space
Linux
  • OS:Ubuntu 10.04 and Newer
  • Processor:Intel Core Solo
  • Memory:128 MB RAM
  • Graphics:64MB RAM
  • Hard Drive:200 MB HD space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
I love when Cave Story Guy said "It's Cave Storying time" and Cave Storied all over the place. That was at the hardest part of the game, I don't regret buying at all. Peak gameplay
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Feb. 2025
This game is good, really good but the development for this version has been abandoned, as shown by the Mac version being broken by default, and missing features from the Switch release. If you don't mind not getting achievements, I recommend downloading "doukutsu-rs" on github, Its a faithful remake of Cave Story with all the upgrades from the switch version.
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Dec. 2024
I love this game to bits but just download the freeware version 20 years and still a classic, one of my personal favorites, but I say just download the freeware version instead, [url=https://www.cavestory.org/download/cave-story.php]preferably an NXEngine port for modern systems , for the reasons below: - this version adds updated graphics (including animated portraits and proper widescreen support) and two new music soundtracks (one is from the Wiiware release), controller support as well as some challenge modes based on fan-made levels. That's all pretty neat but whether it's "15 bucks for a free game" neat is up to you. - the Switch release from a few years back added multiplayer as well as some graphics updates and QoL changes. You would expect the older Steam release to get an update with these features but that still hasn't happened yet. There's always the chance Nicalis might fix this but they've had about 7 years now so don't get your hopes up. - there are rumors that the creator, Daisuke Amaya/Studio Pixel isn't being paid for the Nicalis ports of the game because they stole the rights to the IP from him. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccwVdj8dYQQ]This doesn't appear to actually be the case though. In fact, [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aQEGFrOkJ8]they're still keeping in touch with each other as of writing. That being said, Nicalis is still a crappy publisher so you might not want to support 'em regardless. I could go on and on about Cave Story any day, which is why I flagged this as a positive review, but unless Pixel works with a new publisher to release another version of the game (fat chance lmao) you won't be seeing that there.
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Dec. 2024
Everyone should play Cave Story. It’s an absolute classic, and you can even snag it for free at cavestory(dot)org. My first time playing Cave Story coincided with my decision to binge the Chris Chan documentary. The crushing difficulty of Cave Story paired with the unrelenting cringe of the Chris Chan’s saga seared both into my memory forever. If endurance is the measure of greatness, then I’m officially a legend after surviving that week.
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Sept. 2024
I've replayed this game over 50 times probably and it never gets any less fun. its freeware though and should be played as such, please dont support Nicalis and their treatment of pixel
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Frequently Asked Questions

Cave Story+ is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Cave Story+ is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Cave Story+ received 7,105 positive votes out of a total of 7,644 achieving an impressive rating of 9.00.
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Cave Story+ was developed by Nicalis, Inc. and Studio Pixel and published by Nicalis and Inc..

Cave Story+ is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Cave Story+ is not playable on MacOS.

Cave Story+ is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Cave Story+ is a single-player game.

Cave Story+ does not currently offer any DLC.

Cave Story+ does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Cave Story+ does not support Steam Remote Play.

Cave Story+ is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Cave Story+
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Developer
Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel
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Nicalis, Inc.
Release 22 Nov 2011
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