Cave Story
Cave story has had a myriad of ports, and re-releases over the years as the creator handed the source code to many people back in the mid to late 2000s before being bought by NiCALiS who released Cave Story+ on multiple platforms.
The best way to play Cave Story is split between Cave Story: Tweaked, A mod of the Cave Story Decomp CSE2 with various QoL, and Cave Story+ with the Aeon Genesis Translation Patch (AGTP).
| Cave Story: Tweaked | Cave Story+ | |
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| Cost | ✔ Free
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– $14.99
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| FPS | ✔ 50/60fps toggle
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✔ 50/60fps toggle
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| Graphics | – 1X res included with 2X+ res support
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– 1X and 2X res included
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| Content | – Base game
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✔ Extra Challenges
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| Soundtrack | ✔ Original + support for extras
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✔ Original + remaster, switchable
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| Translation | ✔ AGTP translation
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✘ NiCALiS translation
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| Patches | ✔ None required
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✔ AGTP Translation
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In order to source the alternative soundtracks for Tweaked, you can simple drag-drop the data/Soundtracks folder Most of these soundtracks are freely avalible via official sources, but some have to be ripped from copies of CS+ to obtain.
- "WiiBalanced" - Yann van der Cruyssen and SoloMael
- Arranged - DM Dokuro
- Remastered - Danny Baranowsky and Dustin Kulwicki
- Ridiculon soundtrack - Ridiculon
- Famitracks - RushJet1
- SNES - livvy94
Similarly, if you want the 2x res graphics, they can be copied into the data folder for Tweaked from a copy of CS+.
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The new features of Cave Story + are only available via a branch and password needed to access all the new content in the 2026 update:
Branch name: ModdersDelight
Branch Password: ModPizzaParty
for a (nearly) complete list of every Cave story port check out the ports page at cavestory.org