2026-07-01 00:51 UTC · Community Announcements · ty
Welcome to the Cave Story+ Community hub blog update. New build is up with lots of little improvements. See changelog below! In addition to the usual bugfixes, this update brings improved performance as well as new features for modders. Oh Yeaah!!! Fixes: - Nemesis Challenge not unlocking after trading for the Nemesis - Challenges not being unlocked by items/arms which have been obtained previously - Bushlands ambush triggering without a delay - DualShock 4 V1 incompatibility (V2 already worked) - Multiple frames of input latency - Crash which could occur when unplugging a controller - Challen
2026-06-14 14:25 UTC · PC Gamer · Chris Donlan
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by:.. Read more.
2026-06-10 10:10 UTC · GamingOnLinux
The highly rated action-adventure platformer Cave Story+ now has the massive "Cave Story+ Update 2026" available but they dropped the Native Linux version. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/06/cave-story-2026/
2026-06-09 00:59 UTC · Community Announcements · ty
The long-awaited public release is here! Cave Story+ 2026 is now available to all players by default, with no need to opt-into a special branch. Once again, a huge thank-you to everyone for providing invaluable feedback and bug reports, which helps to give Cave Story the polish that it deserves!Fixes: Organya soundtrack fixesSome songs using the wrong percussionNotes ending prematurely upon the song loopingBoss Attack fixesMusic fading out at the start of the Igor battlePlayer spawning on the wrong side of the Red OgreBoulder Chamber Balrog spawning in the wrong spotCorrects him jumping early
2026-04-16 00:00 UTC · PC Gamer · Shaun Prescott
side from helping shape what we nowadays consider an indie game, Cave Story revitalised the platformer, and specifically the metroidvania, when it hit PC in 2004. Creator Daisuke Amaya's artistic influence is obvious on the likes of Celeste and VVVVVV, for example, but Cave Story's real impact is how it demonstrated that one person could make a fun game in their spare time, and that it could get huge by word of mouth alone... Read more.
2026-04-13 10:17 UTC · GamingOnLinux
Cave Story+ is a true classic and the developers have given the PC release an absolutely massive upgrade with tons new for the game including 2-player. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-absolute-classic-cave-story-has-a-huge-free-upgrade-on-pc/
2026-04-11 02:27 UTC · Community Announcements · ty
The branch and password needed to access all the new content is:Branch name: ModdersDelight Branch Password: ModPizzaParty Oh Yeaah!!! The massive Cave Story Steam update today, adds a ton of new features and upgrades including 2-player mode, mod support, enhanced visuals, and much more!This update finally brings all of the later console-version additions to the Steam version of the game, including 2-player co-op mode. Venture back into the caves – but this time, bring a friend!You’ll see many visual elements have been overhauled with this update, with the addition of animated dialogue portrai
2023-09-01 14:59 UTC · PC Gamer · Rich Stanton
This week's free Epic Game Store giveaway is a small slice of gaming history: Cave Story+, an enhanced version of what the publisher calls "arguably the most well-known indie game of all time." Cave Story comes from solo developer Daisuke Amaya, and the original game was released for free in 2004 after five years of work ( and is still available ). A Metroidvania about a robot trying to save a bunch of oppressed rabbits, it's an unforgettable ride, brutally tough, and can ultimately be a pretty heart-rending journey... Read more.
2023-08-31 16:59 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Cave Story is probably one of the most prolific and best indie games out there, and now you can grab your own copy of this slice of history as a free game to keep. A 2D platformer inspired by Metroid and Castlevania, Cave Story comes from the mind of solo developer Daisuke 'Pixel' Amaya, and rose to become one of the most talked-about games online around the time of its original release in 2004 for its memorable characters and story, its beautiful retro art design, and its rewarding gameplay systems. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This week's free game from Epic is the indie clas
2022-05-17 11:07 UTC · PC Gamer · Rich Stanton
Daisuke 'Pixel' Amaya, the creator of the original Cave Story, worked on the game for five years before releasing it as freeware in 2004. The game is a deeply charming, tough and imaginative Metroidvania-style adventure that ever since release has been something of an indie touchstone: a great example of what one person can achieve by making exactly the game they want to make... Read more.
2020-11-26 22:20 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Natalie Clayton)
A fan-made enhanced edition of Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya’s seminal indie platformer Cave Story has been slapped with a DMCA takedown. Publishers Nicalis have accused Cave Story Engine 2 of using code stolen from the original game’s source – code that they, as developers of Cave Story +, own. But while fears that the publisher planned to wipe all free versions of the game off the internet for good seem to have been misplaced, contention remains over whether Nicalis actually owns the rights to code used by the now-shutted fan game. (more…)
2020-11-26 19:55 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
December 3, 2020 Cave Story+ is now free to claim on the Epic Games Store. This week's freebie from Epic is Cave Story+, the classic indie platform game from Daisuke Amaya. It's now live, so hurry on over - next week, it'll be replaced by a pair of excellent Obsidian RPGs. In Cave Story+, you wake up in a cave with no memory of how you got there. You quickly meet the Mimigas, an innocent race of rabbit-like creatures who are being threatened by a mad scientist. It's up to you to explore the caves and figure out a way to save the Mimigas - and along the way you'll have to fight some 20 bosses a
2018-08-28 12:42 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
I settled a ‘Dracula vs. Frankenstein’ debate the other day by referring to the authority on power rankings: Top Trumps cards, where Dracula trounces Frankenstein. Granted the debate was about the books rather than a monsterfight, but it’s still fun to throw fictional folks together to see who’d win a rumble. Enter Blade Strangers, a crossover fighting game released today. Along with pugilists from previous games by developers Studio Saizensen, it draws characters from games including Shovel Knight, The Binding Of Isaac, Azure Striker Gunvolt, and Cave Story. But whic
2018-05-10 16:59 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
2018-03-21 17:19 UTC · PC Gamer
Welcome to our round-up of the best Metroidvania games. That slightly awkward portmanteau refers to a hybrid genre inspired by Metroid and Castlevania. They tend to be 2D platformers that have you exploring dungeons, defeating bosses, and picking up items that unlock new zones of the map. Within this simple format there is plenty of room for variation and, it turns out, lots of gorgeous art.  A few of the games on the list have been lovingly crafted by small teams and even individuals over the course of a decade or so. Others, like Dead Cells, experiment with fusing the metroidvania with
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