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Cave Story

3DS · 2010 · NTSC-U · Shooter

Floor

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Live

sealed listings

Range

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Recent

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Activity feed · live

Activity feed builds as the eBay snapshot history accumulates and comp data flows in. First events surface within hours of a fresh cache cycle; full velocity within seven days.

Pulse · Sealed

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7-day trendBuildingHistory accumulates after each fresh eBay refresh

Available now

Live listings

Active tier · Sealed. Aggregated from eBay US. Refreshes every 6 hours.

Market depth

What it's actually worth

The three-tier spread, verified comparable sales, and where this title sits inside its cohort. Live snapshot lives above in Pulse; this is the time-and-context layer.

Three-tier spread · log scale

The same game at three prices — Loose, CIB, and Sealed on one ruler. The scale is logarithmic: each gridline step is 10×, so the distance between bars shows the size of the jump between tiers.

Premium structure

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Verified comparable sales · by tier

Sealed · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Complete in Box · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Loose · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

Cohort context · sealed floor vs. cohort medians

vs. console cohort

Same console, same tier

-100%below cohort median

Cohort median €40 · 183 titles

vs. era cohort

Same console, year ±2

-100%below cohort median

Cohort median €27 · 136 titles

vs. publisher cohort

Same console + publisher

Insufficient cohort data.

Cohort widens as the catalog enriches.

Sealed · price history

Price history is building — daily snapshots accumulate here.

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Why this title

Why collectors care

The cultural context, the production lineage, the place this artifact holds in its console's history.

ave Story is a 2004 Metroidvania game for Microsoft Windows. It was developed over five years by Japanese independent developer Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya in his free time. Cave Story features 2D platform mechanics and is reminiscent of the games Amaya played in his youth, such as Metroid and Castlevania. After its initial self-published release, the game slowly gained popularity on the internet. It received widespread critical acclaim for many polished aspects of its design, such as its compelling characters, setting, story, and gameplay. Cave Story is considered by many as a quintessential indie game because of its one-person development team and influence on the video gaming world.

Oonaki WWWStudio Pixel2010Shooter

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Released alongside · 2009–2011

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

2011

Shantae: Risky's Revenge

2011

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

2009

Sealed €103.48

Dead or Alive: Dimensions

2011

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

Hardware specimen

First print documented: No
Regional / language names: Doukutsu Monogatari · Cave Story (2004)

Authentication

Is what you're holding real

Documented variants, identifying marks, and the print-vs-reprint discriminator. Pick a variant to focus the walkthrough; the Companion can talk you through your own copy.

Documented variants · 1

Reference

Production reference

No production variants are documented for this title yet. The identifying marks below cover the title's first-print and reprint signals across all tiers.

Focused walkthrough

Production reference

No production variants documented for this title yet. Identification reads against the title's known print signals across all tiers.

Sealed indicators

No documented marks for this tier yet.

Complete in Box indicators

No documented marks for this tier yet.

Loose indicators

No documented marks for this tier yet.

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Adjacent

Where else this lives

Five cuts of what surrounds this title — switch the axis to drill into the same-console catalog, the series, the era, the publisher, or ask the Companion for a personal recommendation.

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