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Cave Story

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85%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
85% User Score Based on 126 reviews
Critic Score 85%Based on 2 reviews

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About Cave Story

Cave Story is a single player shooter game with fantasy, drama and science fiction themes. It was developed by Pixel Studios and was released on December 20, 2004. It received positive reviews from both critics and players.

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 own pursuit for power.

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Looking for games like Cave Story? Here are top shooter recommendations with a fantasy, drama and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with OVIS LOOP, A Crooked Heart or The Voyager.

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85%Audience ScoreBased on 126 reviews

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85%Critics’ scoreBased on 2 critic reviews
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Cave Story is a shooter game with fantasy, drama and science fiction themes. Common tags for Cave Story include science and indie.

Cave Story is available on PC, Mac OS, Linux, Nintendo 3ds and others.

Cave Story was released on December 20, 2004.

Cave Story was developed by Pixel Studios.

Cave Story has received positive reviews from players. Most players disliked Cave Story for its graphics.

Cave Story is a single player game.

Similar games include OVIS LOOP, A Crooked Heart, The Voyager, Ghatika, Chronal Stasis and others.