Cave Story
A side-scrolling platformer in which a robot traverses a strange world that has been thrown into disorder due to its violent history and a doctor that is attempting to exploit the inhabitants to aid him in his…
Cave Story is an adventure developed by Studio Pixel, released 20 December 2004 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi, Wii and Linux. The main story takes about 8.6 hrs to finish.
What Cave Story is
Cave Story is an adventure game developed by Studio Pixel and released in 2004. It was published by Nicalis, Inc.. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSi, Wii, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player character awakens in a cave with no memory of how he came to be there. He finds a village of Mimigas, who are being persecuted by the Doctor. The Doctor's servants Misery and Balrog are looking for Sue Sakamoto, a girl who had been transformed into a Mimiga. Not finding her, they mistakenly abduct another Mimiga named Toroko instead. The player finds Sue in the Egg Corridor, where she discovers the eggs of a Sky Dragon, which could allow her to escape the floating island if hatched. Sue attempts to rescue her brother Kazuma, but King, the leader of Mimiga Village, captures her and holds her responsible for Toroko's kidnapping. Sue tasks the player with retrieving Kazuma from…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 76 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Cave Story holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 135 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Solo, 128 MB RAM and 64MB RAM. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Cave Story launched on 20 December 2004, within three weeks of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Gran Turismo 4 and The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Gran Turismo 4, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cave Story yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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