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Becastled cover art

Becastled

Mana Potion Studios · 2025-10-22

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IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Oct 23, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 23, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 23, 2025 (Xbox One)

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

42
playing now
82%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 298 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (935 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 112k–252k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,598 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $10.04 at GOG (2022-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 25 of 49 observed days · $9.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
78678620212026Week of 2021-02-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

111112026-08-07 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 53 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 35 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 99 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 57 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 111 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 68 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$10.042021-02-082026-08-302021-02-08 — best price $13.492021-08-16 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $11.242022-06-06 — best price $10.042022-08-15 — best price $11.992022-11-16 — best price $14.992023-01-24 — best price $10.042023-03-20 — best price $11.242023-05-02 — best price $10.042023-07-04 — best price $14.992023-08-29 — best price $10.042023-11-06 — best price $10.042023-12-13 — best price $10.042024-01-25 — best price $10.042024-03-14 — best price $11.992024-05-07 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-08-26 — best price $11.992024-10-07 — best price $14.992024-11-18 — best price $14.992025-01-11 — best price $14.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-04-14 — best price $14.992025-05-14 — best price $14.992025-07-23 — best price $14.992025-09-16 — best price $10.042025-10-29 — best price $19.992026-01-03 — best price $13.392026-02-28 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $13.392026-07-17 — best price $13.392026-08-25 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
21.7%
earned "A humble beginning"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

27 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4642%39
PS5 (PlayStation)1223%39
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)300%38
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSWarIndieEconomyBuildingMedievalMilitaryStrategySurvivalTactical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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