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 CSE2-Tweaks, A mod of the Cave Story Decomp with various QoL, and Cave Story+ with the AGTP translation patch, due to the inaccuracies/changes with the bundled NiCALiS translation.
| CSE2-Tweaks | 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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| 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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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
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for a (nearly) complete list of every Cave story port check out the ports page at cavestory.org