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Cave Story+ cover art

Cave Story+

Nicalis, Inc. · 2011-11-22

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreAmazon

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 13, 2011 (Linux), Nov 22, 2011 (Mac), Jun 20, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 22, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

22
playing now
93%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (97 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

You wake up in a dark cave with no memory of who you are, where you came from or why you're in such a place. Uncovering Mimiga Village you discover that the once-carefree Mimigas are in danger at the hands of a maniacal scientist. The Mimigas’ only hope rest squarely on the shoulders of a quiet, amnesiac boy who can't remember his own name.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 403 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~50/week).
  • · Review velocity up 116% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 332k–664k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,303 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 19 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11011020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

52102026-08-06 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 36 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $10.042015-11-02 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $4.942016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $11.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $9.892019-05-13 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $9.892020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $5.992020-12-10 — best price $11.992021-03-31 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-19 — best price $7.492022-06-29 — best price $10.042022-10-18 — best price $7.492022-11-21 — best price $3.742023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-08-31 — best price $0.002023-11-29 — best price $14.992024-02-23 — best price $7.492024-05-10 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $9.892025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "Pea Shooter"
22.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35,9721%76
Switch (Nintendo)2040%0
Switch (Nintendo)230%0
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionClassicAdventureDifficultPlatformerStory RichExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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