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Castle Crashers® cover art

Castle Crashers®

The Behemoth · 2012-09-26

SteamXbox

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 03, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Aug 27, 2008 (Xbox 360), Sep 26, 2012 (Mac), Sep 26, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Castle Crashers® is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 140689 reviews).

275
playing now
96%
positive of 141k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (342 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (2.6k downloads)
6.3h
to beat · rushed 4.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Castle Crashers is a beat 'em up video game developed and published by The Behemoth for the Xbox 360. It was originally released on August 27, 2008 by Microsoft Game Studios via Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade. A PlayStation 3 version was released in North America on August 31, 2010, and November 3, 2010, in Europe via the PlayStation Network. A Microsoft Windows and OS X version, exclusive to Steam, was released on September 26, 2012. The game is set in a fictional medieval universe in which a dark wizard steals a mystical crystal and captures four princesses. Four knights are charged by the king to rescue the princesses, recover the crystal, and bring the wizard to justice. The game includes music created by members of Newgrounds.

Trailer

Castle Crashers® trailer thumbnail

Castle Crashers - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈398,300 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 275 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,397 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~800/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 5.6M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.2k4.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,535 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 635 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 619 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,316 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,920 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,423 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,272 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 724 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,605 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,264 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 540 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,640 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,017 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,154 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,694 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,082 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 835 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,238 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 719 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,267 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2162026-09-15 11:00 — 372 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 638 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 650 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 445 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 847 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 705 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 216 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 420 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 693 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 542 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 421 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 573 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 353 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 795 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,073 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 647 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 673 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 657 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 624 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 525 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 979 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 660 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 275 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.9k196Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 310 · peak 824Mar 2013 — avg 349 · peak 1,093Aug 2013 — avg 591 · peak 1,661Jan 2014 — avg 467 · peak 1,517Jun 2014 — avg 2,107 · peak 15,960Nov 2014 — avg 546 · peak 2,011Apr 2015 — avg 369 · peak 752Sep 2015 — avg 386 · peak 795Feb 2016 — avg 477 · peak 893Jul 2016 — avg 964 · peak 2,799Dec 2016 — avg 1,305 · peak 3,766May 2017 — avg 386 · peak 766Oct 2017 — avg 555 · peak 2,633Mar 2018 — avg 443 · peak 857Aug 2018 — avg 396 · peak 653Jan 2019 — avg 624 · peak 1,694Jun 2019 — avg 506 · peak 1,625Nov 2019 — avg 724 · peak 1,895Apr 2020 — avg 846 · peak 3,373Sep 2020 — avg 406 · peak 689Feb 2021 — avg 834 · peak 2,396Jul 2021 — avg 1,248 · peak 3,000Dec 2021 — avg 742 · peak 1,729May 2022 — avg 436 · peak 745Oct 2022 — avg 357 · peak 693Mar 2023 — avg 684 · peak 2,768Aug 2023 — avg 524 · peak 824Jan 2024 — avg 639 · peak 1,530Jun 2024 — avg 1,002 · peak 10,293Nov 2024 — avg 584 · peak 3,244Apr 2025 — avg 504 · peak 941Sep 2025 — avg 853 · peak 2,878Feb 2026 — avg 728 · peak 1,580Jul 2026 — avg 1,255 · peak 2,674Aug 2026 — avg 619 · peak 1,081
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
45452026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 12 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 28 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 7 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 29 new positive2026-10-04: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 22 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 18 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 19 new positive2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-12: 45 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$44.97$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-02-14 — best price $3.742015-06-15 — best price $3.742015-11-02 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-07-08 — best price $14.992016-07-14 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-09-05 — best price $14.992019-11-12 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-11-16 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-29 — best price $14.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-09-06 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-02 — best price $14.992025-10-13 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3731532026-05-30 — 209 pageviews2026-06-03 — 193 pageviews2026-06-07 — 248 pageviews2026-06-11 — 154 pageviews2026-06-15 — 162 pageviews2026-06-19 — 241 pageviews2026-06-23 — 224 pageviews2026-06-27 — 278 pageviews2026-07-01 — 373 pageviews2026-07-05 — 299 pageviews2026-07-09 — 269 pageviews2026-07-13 — 272 pageviews2026-07-17 — 226 pageviews2026-07-21 — 230 pageviews2026-07-25 — 228 pageviews2026-07-29 — 169 pageviews2026-08-02 — 207 pageviews2026-08-06 — 180 pageviews2026-08-10 — 201 pageviews2026-08-14 — 199 pageviews2026-08-18 — 186 pageviews2026-08-22 — 195 pageviews2026-08-26 — 212 pageviews2026-08-30 — 188 pageviews2026-09-03 — 249 pageviews2026-09-07 — 238 pageviews2026-09-11 — 218 pageviews2026-09-15 — 183 pageviews2026-09-19 — 223 pageviews2026-09-23 — 204 pageviews2026-09-27 — 251 pageviews2026-10-01 — 286 pageviews2026-10-05 — 202 pageviews2026-10-08 — 191 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

44102026-09-30 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 441 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
46.7%
earned "Melee Is Best"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2012-09-26, latest 2025-08-06 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyActionCartoonyMedievalAdventureBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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