Cave Story+
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Developer: Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel Publisher: Nicalis, Inc.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie
Languages: English, Japanese
Tags: Exploration (687), Metroidvania (678), Difficult (677), Platformer (672), Shooter (643), 2D (636), Cute (635), Story Rich (633), Multiple Endings (632), Action (627), Anime (620), Pixel Graphics (618), Sci-fi (614), Adventure (611), Old School (607), Retro (600), Singleplayer (592), Multiplayer (588), Indie (582), Remake (533)
Category: Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, DualShock Controller Support, DualShock Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, DualSense Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Release date: Nov 22, 2011
Price: $14.99
Score rank: 97% Userscore: 92% Old userscore: 92% Metascore: 83%
Owners: 500,000 .. 1,000,000
Ownership data: 2026-11-11 (UTC)
Followers: 17,981
Peak concurrent players yesterday: 19
Playtime total: 04:05 (average) 02:31 (median)
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Hollow Knight
Psychonauts
Freedom Planet
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Sonic Adventure DX
Out There Somewhere
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