Cave Story+ — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$4.46Mest

grossAtFullPrice $4.46M · promo blend

Net to developer

$2.87Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

297,240▼ 100.0%

0 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$00% of LTD

0 units · $0.00 ASP

Confidence

high±18%

Based on 4,954 reviews collected over 14.5 years; English-dominant audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

00.0%

Tail · units

297K

297,240100.0%

Launch · gross

$00.0%

Tail · gross

$4.46M

$4.46M100.0%

Net to dev

$2.87M

$2.87M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier B · ▼ 73 7d

DCB ●AS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

83%

→ 116

Score history · 30d retention

33 (14d ago)116 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Cave Story+ · 53 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 116

You Have to Win the Game5.7K reviews · 92% pos · Minor Key Games · 2014

+3.5

DuckTales: Remastered6.5K reviews · 88% pos · WayForward · 2013

+3.4

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition2.6K reviews · 93% pos · Drinkbox Studios · 2014

+3.2

Castle of Illusion3.3K reviews · 90% pos · SEGA Studios Australia · 2013

+3.2

Mega Man Legacy Collection3.7K reviews · 87% pos · Capcom · 2015

+3.1

NiGHTS Into Dreams2.0K reviews · 86% pos · SEGA · 2012

+2.8

Mega Man X Legacy Collection3.9K reviews · 79% pos · CAPCOM CO., LTD · 2018

+2.8

Sonic Origins4.8K reviews · 76% pos · Sonic Team · 2022

+2.8

Blaster Master Zero1.0K reviews · 93% pos · INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2019

+2.8

Mega Man Legacy Collection 21.5K reviews · 85% pos · CAPCOM CO., LTD · 2017

+2.7

+ 14 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+28.7

03 Cave Story+’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Hollow Knight: Silksong

89%371K

#2Hollow Knight

96%483K

#3The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

90.2%cohort 71%

4,510 pos · 491 neg

Total reviews

5.0Ktracked

5,001 crawled

Velocity · 30d

3 / dayest

76 this month

Steam-purchase rate

70.6%flat

29.4% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

25 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

72.9%3,64589%

ESSpanish

4.8%23997%

KOKorean

4.1%20694%

ZHSimplified Chinese

4.1%20589%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

4.0%20294%

RURussian

2.8%13889%

ESLatin American Spanish

1.5%7597%

ITItalian

1.0%5096%

FRFrench

1.0%4984%

DEGerman

0.9%4691%

JAJapanese

0.9%4473%

PLPolish

0.7%3792%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 320

73%positive

6.4% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 2,228

89%positive

44.6% of reviews

10-100h 2,396

93%positive

47.9% of reviews

100h+ 57

100%positive

1.1% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 4,510Negative 491

316237158790

15·0216·0717·1219·0520·1022·0323·0825·0126·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

5,001 reviews

Free product

78/ 5,001

1.6% of total95% positive

Early access

0/ 5,001

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

1,390/ 5,001

27.8% of total89% positive

Steam Deck

52/ 5,001

1.0% of total90% positive

Steam purchase

3,533/ 5,001

70.6% of total90% positive

Recommended

4,510/ 5,001

90.2% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

491/ 5,001

9.8% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

5,001/ 5,001

100.0% of total90% positive

4,954 reviews · 92% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.