Cave Story+ Steam Version Gets Major Update With Co-Op, Mod Support, and Fixes
The update brings console features and mod support to the Steam version of a classic indie game that had not seen a significant patch in roughly 15 years.
Key Facts
- Nicalis released a major upgrade for Cave Story+ on Steam on June 9, 2026.
- The update adds two-player co-op, animated conversation portraits, a jukebox function, and mod support.
- The patch fixes sound and boss-related bugs and optimizes CPU usage.
- Cave Story+ first hit Steam in 2011, based on Daisuke Amaya's 2004 freeware original Doukutsu Monogatari.
- The update incorporates console-exclusive content from the Nintendo Switch version.
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Nicalis released a major upgrade for Cave Story+ on Steam on June 9, 2026, incorporating console-exclusive content, two-player co-op, animated portraits, a jukebox, mod support, and numerous bug fixes. The update draws from the beta branch and adds Switch version elements to the PC release after about 15 years.
Nicalis announced on June 9 that the Steam version of Cave Story+ has received a major upgrade, pulling in content from the beta branch and adding console-exclusive features. The 2D action-adventure game, based on Daisuke Amaya's 2004 freeware original Doukutsu Monogatari, first hit Steam in 2011 with graphical upgrades and remastered music. The new patch adds two-player co-op, animated conversation portraits for all characters, a jukebox function, and mod support. It also fixes sound and boss-related bugs, reassigns the 2P controller switch trigger to the F11 key to avoid conflicts with the Steam overlay screenshot function (F12), enables some cheat codes outside developer mode, and optimizes CPU usage. Cave Story+ is available on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG.com, as well as Nintendo Switch.
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