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Castle of no Escape 2 cover art

Castle of no Escape 2

D. E. X. Team · Xitilon · 2016-12-21

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 26, 2020 (Xbox One), Nov 22, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 28, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.

Castle of no Escape 2 is a free-to-play Action, Indie and Free To Play game released in 2016, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 461 reviews).

1
playing now
77%
positive of 461 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
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.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-10-29) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
671Dec 2016Jul 2025Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 101Jun 2017 — avg 3 · peak 22Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 129Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 15Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 13Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 109Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 20Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 176Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 16 · peak 112Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 6 · peak 80

▲ +4 avg players vs prior month — Jul 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002016-12-222026-10-092016-12-22 — best price $5.992017-02-27 — best price $6.662017-05-01 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-07-18 — best price $6.662017-09-18 — best price $6.662017-11-22 — best price $1.532018-01-04 — best price $6.662018-03-03 — best price $3.332018-07-05 — best price $6.662018-09-30 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-12-19 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-03-09 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-07-24 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-03-12 — best price $0.792020-05-11 — best price $0.792020-06-25 — best price $0.792020-08-31 — best price $7.992020-10-27 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $0.492022-01-05 — best price $4.992022-06-13 — best price $0.492022-07-07 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $0.492023-08-24 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.792024-08-26 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.792025-07-10 — best price $4.992026-08-28 — best price $6.992026-09-18 — best price $6.992026-10-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
10.7%
earned "Armor 2.0"
5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

32 supported languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Italian, French, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,49442%41
PS4 (PlayStation)1,73599%12
Windows (Xbox)1,63287%25
PS4 (PlayStation)830100%12
PS4 (PlayStation)80799%12
Steam (Steam)4359%21
PS5 (PlayStation)132100%12
PS5 (PlayStation)10997%12
PS5 (PlayStation)94100%12
PS5 (PlayStation)60100%12
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieRetroActionDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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