Cave Story+ Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-10-27
- Interesting and well-written story
- Charismatic and memorable characters
- Multiple endings boost replayability
- True ending requires guide
- Port is poorly made
- Slippery and clunky controls
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 8,380
- Positive
- 7,77792.8%
- Negative
- 6037.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 615,242
- Estimated revenue
- $9,222,478
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1261.50%
- Estimated copies lost
- 9,251
- Estimated revenue lost
- $138,672
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment Ă— Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1271.5% Avg playtime 0.7h | 5266.3% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 4755.7% Avg playtime 16.2h | 7,25186.5% Avg playtime 24h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 135.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 5,450.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
8,379 total
Organic purchasers5,26462.8%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations3,11537.2%
Voted up: 94%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
8,327 total
First impression0-2h95611.4%
Voted up: 84%
Mid game2-10h3,55242.4%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h2,17325.9%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+1,64619.6%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
87.3%
Global baseline 92.8%
71 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 8,380 total.