Genre PlatformerReleased Nov 22, 2011

Cave Story+

Developed by Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel · Published by Nicalis, Inc.
Estimated lifetime revenue
$1.06M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$743.6K
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
135.6K
≈ 16 sales per review
Confidence
Medium
Based on 8,373 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
8,373
Very Positive93% positive
Playing now
24
14-day peak 24 · low 18
New reviews, last 14 days
+18
≈ 1 a day since Oct 3

History

Oct 3 – Oct 17

8.4K8.4K8.4K8.4K
Oct 3Oct 10Oct 17

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Platformer →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Platformer games on Steam

Outearns 13% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$4.30M
28,868 reviews
Top 10% start at
$25.75M
This game
$1.06M
2nd pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Developer
Nicalis, Inc., Studio Pixel
Publisher
Nicalis, Inc.
Genre
Platformer
Released
Nov 22, 2011
Steam app ID
200900
Data updated
Oct 17, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.