Cave Story+
Explore a hidden world through platforming and shooting as an amnesiac hero drawn into the Mimiga's plight. Weapons change through leveling, and decisions influence the story's path toward different endings.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.6 / 10
About this game
Cave Story+ follows a protagonist who wakes without memories and encounters the rabbit-like Mimiga, whose lives are threatened by the Doctor. You explore the world through platforming and shooting, passing through areas with enemies and boss encounters as the story unfolds. Most weapons can gain levels, increasing their damage or changing the way their attacks behave. Your decisions affect the story's development and lead toward different endings. Alongside Story Mode, challenge stages offer time-attack objectives. Story difficulty can be set to Easy, Original or Hard, and the soundtrack style is selectable. The adventure combines its shooting and exploration with visuals and audio shaped by the conventions of classic 16-bit games.
Collected in series
Cave Story centres on Studio Pixel's adventure of jumping, shooting and exploring a mysterious underground world. Its rabbit-like Mimiga also appear in a separate holiday spin-off built around sneaking and puzzles.
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AI review
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A plausible fit for players who want shooting and platforming tied to a branching adventure.
Weapon growth gives combat a changing set of tools, while consequential choices give the journey another focus beyond clearing obstacles. Time-attack challenges may also appeal to players who want to refine execution separately from following the story.
Strengths
- Weapon levels can change attack behavior, offering a reason to learn how individual weapons develop.
- Story choices and time-attack stages support different interests: following consequences and refining execution.
Who it is for: Players interested in action exploration, evolving weapons and discovering how decisions affect a story.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension A branching story and separate time attacks give narrative curiosity and execution practice distinct places in the game's structure. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combining jumps and gunfire with changing weapon patterns may reward players who enjoy learning their tools as well as navigating hazards. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The 16-bit-inspired audiovisual approach may appeal most to players who enjoy a visibly retro adventure, with soundtrack selection offering some control over its musical character. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Selectable Story Mode difficulty provides a concrete way to choose the level of challenge, though it does not establish how demanding any setting will feel to an individual. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- NicalisStudio Pixel
- Release date
- 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- Linear LevelsMain Story 10–20 HoursInvestigationSlow BurnThird PersonStory-driven3D GraphicsExplorationSolo-friendlyPuzzle Solving
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Side view
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwide2004
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2017
- Nintendo 3DSWorldwide2004
- WiiWorldwide2010
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
- www.nintendo.com