Cave Story+

Item: Cave Story+
Rating: 72
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-12-27

Summary

Engaging and deep storytelling experience
Highly polished and enjoyable gameplay
High replayability with multiple endings
Extreme late-game difficulty spikes
Floaty and slippery platforming controls
Poorly optimized and buggy port issues

Emotions

Frustration19%Nostalgia13%Disappointment10%Admiration9%Satisfaction8%

Sample precision
Helpful reviews: 37%
Unhelpful reviews: 59%
Protest reviews: 4%

72%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
28%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 534
Negative points: 310
Gameplay points: 451
Perf. points: 30
Rec. points: 111
Misc points: 52

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging and deep storytelling Description The game features a highly praised narrative with unique, touching, and complex storylines, multiple endings, and well-developed characters. Players consistently highlight its emotional depth and immersive storytelling. Importance 98%	The game features a highly praised narrative with unique, touching, and complex storylines, multiple endings, and well-developed characters. Players consistently highlight its emotional depth and immersive storytelling.	98%
Highly enjoyable and polished gameplay Description The gameplay is frequently described as engaging, well-crafted, and balanced, with a strong focus on combat, platforming, and exploration. Players appreciate its tight mechanics and variety of scenarios. Importance 87%	The gameplay is frequently described as engaging, well-crafted, and balanced, with a strong focus on combat, platforming, and exploration. Players appreciate its tight mechanics and variety of scenarios.	87%
High replayability with multiple endings Description The game offers significant replay value through multiple endings, hidden secrets, challenge modes, and diverse weapon choices. Players are encouraged to explore different playstyles and outcomes. Importance 78%	The game offers significant replay value through multiple endings, hidden secrets, challenge modes, and diverse weapon choices. Players are encouraged to explore different playstyles and outcomes.	78%
Nostalgic and timeless appeal Description The game evokes strong nostalgia for classic platformers and retro-style games, with many players noting its enduring quality and emotional connection, even decades after release. Importance 62%	The game evokes strong nostalgia for classic platformers and retro-style games, with many players noting its enduring quality and emotional connection, even decades after release.	62%
Influential indie masterpiece Description The game is recognized as a pioneer in the indie game scene, with many players and critics considering it a classic or masterpiece that set standards for the genre. Importance 31%	The game is recognized as a pioneer in the indie game scene, with many players and critics considering it a classic or masterpiece that set standards for the genre.	31%
Well-executed remaster and visuals Description The remastered version is praised for its improved graphics, redrawn visuals, and enhanced soundtrack while retaining the charm and artistic style of the original game. Importance 27%	The remastered version is praised for its improved graphics, redrawn visuals, and enhanced soundtrack while retaining the charm and artistic style of the original game.	27%
Exceptional soundtrack and audio Description The soundtrack is widely praised for its emotional depth, memorability, and cohesive integration with the game’s atmosphere. Players highlight its melancholic, epic, and catchy compositions. Importance 27%	The soundtrack is widely praised for its emotional depth, memorability, and cohesive integration with the game’s atmosphere. Players highlight its melancholic, epic, and catchy compositions.	27%
Challenging and satisfying boss fights Description Boss battles are noted for their strategic depth, fairness, and variety. Players enjoy the challenge and the requirement to adapt weapon choices and tactics to overcome them. Importance 23%	Boss battles are noted for their strategic depth, fairness, and variety. Players enjoy the challenge and the requirement to adapt weapon choices and tactics to overcome them.	23%
Charming and memorable characters Description The game’s characters are consistently described as cute, engaging, and well-designed, with strong personalities and dialogue that enhance the overall experience. Importance 21%	The game’s characters are consistently described as cute, engaging, and well-designed, with strong personalities and dialogue that enhance the overall experience.	21%
Single-developer passion project Description The game’s creation by a single developer is highlighted as an impressive feat, showcasing creativity, technical skill, and dedication across all aspects of development. Importance 15%	The game’s creation by a single developer is highlighted as an impressive feat, showcasing creativity, technical skill, and dedication across all aspects of development.	15%

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