
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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Reviews
I like it its fun
cavendish
A staple of Metroidvania and Indie Games for a reason--despite what my hours say, I've played through this game 3 times (twice when it was free on Epic) and finally bought it on Steam to grind for the true ending. Definitely a recommend for anyone interested in Metroidvanias (or for fans of Terraria, it's basically a moral obligation out of respect). And of course if you're broke, the original game is completely free, which is quite the good deal imo :)
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Languages: English, Japanese
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
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7/10 good OG indie game minus 3 points because of who made this remake
I F***** LOOOOVE THIS GAAAMEE RAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!11!! Note: This version of the game is just a fancier cave story, you can download for free the og one at Pixel´s site. Only downside to this one is Nicalis (and no HUZZAAAH! from Balrog). PS: Love you Pixel, father of Indie games.
its a story about a cave. its almost like its a cave story.
Really good game with a really good story, just two things that bother me, it doesn't use Steam Cloud despite it says it does, and you have to use community setups to have it work with an Xbox Controller, even on Steam Deck
This game is like cool because like your in a cave and like you meet people in the cave then you like have to put some doctor in his place but you'd probably wanna save curly brace.
Como amante de los juegos indie, en algún momento tenía que venir aquí a probar el, digamos, "padre" de este tipo de juegos. En pocas palabras, me ha encantado: un metroidvania brillante, con un estilo en píxeles muy carismático, una banda sonora excelente, unos bosses variados y no demasiado complicados (excepto los últimos, la madre que los parió) y una colección de personajes espectacular. Sip, así queda esto: amo Cave Story, lo he disfrutado de cabo a rabo, y espero que más gente le de una oportunidad. Aunque ya tenga sus años y algunos controles puedan parecer burdos o incómodos (cuidado con la inercia del personaje, es bastísima), no creo que desmerezca en absoluto lo bueno que tiene que ofrecer. Aviso: ahora que me he pasado por fin tanto el final Normal como el Mejor final, tengo que prevenir a la gente de la última parte de ambas rutas. En el Normal seguramente sudarás, y en el Mejor te cagarás en la madre del desarrollador por no poner puntos de guardado intermedios (los japoneses son unos puñeteros masoquistas, de verdad). Suerte. 10/10
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