Honestly have to say that this is probably the best action/platformer I've ever played!

The story leaves nothing to be desired with a trio of different endings and quite a bit of dialogue.
Plenty of different weapons to choose from which gives you lots of room for developing your own playstyle.
Plenty of boss fights!

This is a "new, updated" version. While I really enjoyed the higher quality graphics and SFX I did prefer the original dialogue a bit better. The story is the same but disscussions seem to be oversimplified.

Bottom line: Get this game. It will give you hours of button mashing enjoyment and is worth several playthroughs to see all the endings. It also has a few easter eggs which is a nice bonus :D

I don't know where to start with this .. The mother of all indie games, first succesfull and with a very good reason. It's the game that has it all, from the awesome story, caring characters, hard bosses, different endings, one of the most amazing chiptune scores, perfect gameplay and it's all made by just one guy. It's a game trying to pay homage to the nintendo games that were so difficult and kept you playing for hours and hours. If you think you've played a very difficult game, just play Cave Story's best ending on easy. And the hard mode ... a nightmarish joy. I can't recomend enough this game.

I thought I had already recommended this one... guess not. Anyways, I already played this game a few years ago, but bought it again on Steam when it came out because, well, it's just that good. For fans of old-school 2D action-platformers, this game is for you. It has frantic shooting elements similar to action games like Contra and Gunstar Heroes, but it's done in the exploratory 'Metroidvania' style. The gameplay is spot-on fantastic, and it's full of cool characters, maps, puzzles and secrets. It's also a tough challenge, especially if you want to go for the secret "true" ending. For fans of the genre, this game is a must-have. Pick it up, especially on sale. Note: I highly recommend using a gamepad. Think twice if you don't have one.

About a year ago, I actually recommended Cave Story+ to my friends. It was probably the longest recommendation I ever made. What I basically said was that it was the best version of Cave Story that you can get, with everything being perfect aside from one issue, which I will get to later. The reason why I've deleted the recommendation and made a new review is because I really don't think I did the game justice. I would go as far as to say that Cave Story is in my top 3 favourite games of all time, and considering my other two favourite games are exclusive to consoles, and that I believe this is the best version of Cave Story there is, I might go as far as to say this is my favourite Steam game of all time.

If you want an explanation of what Cave Story is, I’ll tell you as much as I can without either spoiling your or me getting bored. You begin playing as a mute… “boy” that is suffering from amnesia, and just woken up in a cave. From there, you find a variety of different characters, amongst them is a race of rabbit-puppy creatures called Mimiga’s. They are suffering because there is a man known as “the doctor” who has come to their Mimiga Village to kidnap them individually. I won’t go into any more detail because, as the title implies, the “Story” in Cave Story, and finding out who this “Mysterious amnesia boy” actually is, is a huge strongpoint of the game.

This game isn’t just full with amazing storytelling either, the gameplay is amazingly fun too. It’s a Metroidvania that doesn’t focus on backtracking… most of the time (IM LOOKING AT YOU, GRASSTOWN!). Your main weapons are the guns you find along your journey, and how they work is actually really interesting and fun. The way that I would explain it is that it’s kinda like an RPG, as your guns can gain experience to make them more powerful. This may sound broken, but your guns can’t actually go any higher then level 3, and if you get hit while your gun has high experience, you will actually start to lose some of those points. It may sound annoying and tedious, but it’s actually extremely fun, and it’s a great punishment for getting hit a couple of times.

Now that we got how everything in Cave Story works, I want to go into comparing Cave Story+ to the original Cave Story. Most of Cave Story’s fame not only comes from that it’s an amazing game, but the whole of the original was made by one person, and he actually released the game for FREE (This may not sound like much now, but remember this game originally came out in 2004). Now you may be thinking “But if the original version is free, why should I bother with this one?” That’s an easy answer, BECAUSE IT’S BETTER IN EVERY WAY. The original game was very 8-bit inspired, something that’s usually looked down on indie developers nowadays, but back then people would say that it’s a great call-back to old NES games. Cave Story+ turns the original 8-bit game into more of a 16-bit feel, and it actually makes the game better for it. Of course, you can change the options so that it’s like the original, but the new version is so much better. That’s not the only thing they added either, there are new gameplay modes that add new levels that you can play, or a boss rush mode, and many, many more.

The only complaint I have for this game is its controls. Believe it or not, even though the game originally came out for PC, the CONSOLE CONTROLS are actually better! If you don’t like using the arrow keys to move, or pressing “up” to jump (which sickens me to think about), you’ll have to change the controls for a bit so that they match up with how you play.

So please, PLEASE buy Cave Story+. If you’re really not sure, you can download the free version on the Cave Story website (you will have to add the English attachment to play it in English though), but buying the one on steam is so much better. I’ve spent way too long making this review, but trust me, it’s worth it. This game is amazing.

(Also excuse me for my horrible grammar in this review)

Check it out ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s you can actually review games on steam now, so here's my book report miss, my dad helped me with the really long words, i even spell checked it and


Cave Story was a freeware game made by some japanese guy in his spare time over the course of 5 years as an homage to the classic vidya he'd played as a kid, like Metroid. After being released in 2004, the game recieved a cult following and was ported to the Wii and 3DS, and also to Steam with some new features, which is the version I'm reviewing right now. You play as a dude who wakes up in a cave, convieniently afflicted with amnesia, and well you run around figuring out what that you're doing on this cave which IS ACTUALLY A FLOATING ISLAND INHABITED BY CUTE RABBIT PEOPLE AND RULED OVER BY SOME CRAZY DOCTOR GUY WHO WANTS TO BRAINWASH THEM AND GET THEM TO FIGHT WARS FOR HIM SO HE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD

♥♥♥♥, ♥♥♥♥ER, SUDDENLY YOU'RE RUNNING DOWN THIS CORRIDOR FIGHTING ELEPHANTS WITH A BB GUN TO TRY TO HATCH SOME DRAGON EGGS AND THEN YOU'RE TELEPORTING AROUND THE ISLAND ON RESCUE MISSIONS AND ♥♥♥♥, THEN YOU GET THIS GUN THAT SHOOTS BUBBLES DONT WORRY ITS REALLY GOOD AND AHH DONT SHOOT THAT YOU'LL BLOW UP THE ISLAND NOOOO

It's really fun, yeah. And the story is decent too, look, there's these cute anthropomorphic rabbits you can talk to and stuff, I don't care what you search on paheal after you're done with this game, it's all cool, man.

But the thing that put me off the game when I tried to play it a couple of years ago is the fact that there's multiple endings. Yeah, that's okay, I do like it when you get some clear cut paragon/renegade options for a good/evil end or if there's some stupid decisions you can make that'll get other main characters killed (and, as such, you can avoid making them), that's fantastic. But in Cave Story, without spoiling too much, the 'good' ending is sort of a secret path that you can only take after you've either beaten the game once and wondered, 'huh, let's try that again but I'll do that differently and see if something else happens', or if you look up a strategy guide. There is one bit that really irked me in which the game shows you something kind of important and you have to make a DELIBERATE EFFORT to avoid investigating i-okay, I'll shut up now, but the key thing that you've got to expect with this game is that you're going to '♥♥♥♥ up' in a sense on the first playthrough, and the best ending is more of a...hidden ending. But it's great. Play through it more than once, definitely, so you can try out the different weapons and stuff.

I say this in all of my recommendations but well I really ♥♥♥♥ing dig 8bit soundtracks and this game has one of the best. Pixel (the aforementioned one japanese guy) definitely did a spot-on job of capturing the feel of OLD SCHOOL VIDEO GAME BEATZ, and if THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU, then the Plus version comes with a couple more versions of the soundtrack; a 'New' one, which is made by Nicalis and is, honestly, ♥♥♥♥ing awful, and a 'Remastered' one which is composed by none other than Danny mother♥♥♥♥ing Baranowsky, and if you don't know who that is then ♥♥♥♥ you, it's the Super Meat Boy, Canabalt and Binding of Isaac guy.

So play through once with the classic soundtrack and get the decent ending, and then play through it again with the remastered one and get the 'true' or whatever ending and the super secret ultra gun and stuff. It's really, really fun. (I don't know if it showed up in the sale yet but if it does, you know what to do)