# Cave Story

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Cave Story and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a classic platformer that runs well in unusual setups, including full-screen remote rcpu sessions, and can be played all the way through.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs perfectly in remote sessions (1 comments): "It plays perfectly over an rcpu session at full screen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50119294))
- Playable all the way through (1 comments): "with the final scheme I was able to play all the way through" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48217922))
- Cited as a classic benchmark (1 comments): "If the Touhou games or Cave Story were released today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48851870))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Celeste](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste.md): 19 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Super Mario Odyssey](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-odyssey.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cave Story", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).