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Castle Break cover art

Castle Break

Pauloondra · 2019-02-19

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Breakout game + physics + shooting + building. Use your mouse like in air hockey to kick enemy bombs back into the evil Black Castle! Destroy enemy towers rockets and lasers. Build your base to protect your little dudes - you need them to win

Castle Break is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 749 reviews).

1
playing now
85%
positive of 749 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 27,780 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 749 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2020-05-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220192026Week of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
410Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2024 — avg 41 · peak 262Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 7 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 12Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002019-02-202026-08-192019-02-20 — best price $2.542019-06-25 — best price $3.342019-09-16 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-02-24 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $0.742020-10-05 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.242021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $1.242021-08-02 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $1.242022-01-17 — best price $4.992022-05-09 — best price $0.742022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-10-31 — best price $0.742022-12-12 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $0.742023-04-03 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $0.742023-10-30 — best price $4.992023-12-22 — best price $0.742024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.742024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-17 — best price $0.742025-05-03 — best price $4.992025-08-03 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-06-22 — best price $4.992026-08-19 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "Tragedy"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,14119%18

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

Player tags

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Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.