Cave (company)
CAVE's headquarters in Meguro, Tokyo | |
Native name | 株式会社ケイブ |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| TYO: 3760 | |
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | June 15, 1994 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Kenichi Takano (Representative Director, President and CEO) Tsuneki Ikeda (CCO) Shinobu Yagawa (Programmer, Director, Designer) |
| Products | Bullet hell shoot 'em ups |
| Total assets | JP¥ 1,094,000,000 (FY 2020) |
Number of employees | 97 (2020) |
| Subsidiaries | Beads Mania (merged with Cave on June 1, 2008) Mini4WD Networks Co., Ltd. (44.8% stake) Declease ltd. 2014 (9.2% stake) |
| Website | cave.co.jp |
CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game company founded in 1994 by former employees of Toaplan following its bankruptcy. They are known primarily for their "bullet hell" shoot 'em ups; from 1995 up to 2013, CAVE was one of the most prolific shoot 'em up developers in the Japanese market. Alongside this, CAVE has produced a variety of other types games for arcades, home consoles, PCs, and smartphones, also dating back to 1995.
"CAVE" is an acronym for "Computer Art Visual Entertainment".