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CastleStorm

Zen Studios · 2013-07-29

SteamXbox

ActionIndieStrategy

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

Releases: Dec 26, 2013 (Wii U), Aug 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 29, 2013 (Xbox 360), Nov 05, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Sep 23, 2014 (Xbox One), Jul 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.

CastleStorm is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 1633 reviews).

0
playing now
89%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

CastleStorm is a 2013 game developed by Zen Studios for Xbox 360, Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and Wii U. A remastered version titled CastleStorm: Definitive Edition was released in 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A free-to-play mobile version titled CastleStorm: Free to Siege was released in 2014 for Amazon, Android, and iOS. The game also received a virtual reality adaptation for Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and PlayStation VR. A sequel titled CastleStorm 2 was released on July 31, 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 65k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,633 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$0.99-90%
GreenManGaming$1.64-84%
GamersGate$2.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 62 of 83 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-12-23 — best price $3.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-05-13 — best price $9.992021-06-12 — best price $9.992021-08-31 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $3.392024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $3.492025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492026-02-12 — best price $1.742026-02-27 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $2.002026-04-16 — best price $0.992026-05-01 — best price $9.992026-05-21 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $1.542026-06-15 — best price $5.942026-07-14 — best price $1.492026-07-29 — best price $9.992026-08-06 — best price $2.492026-08-17 — best price $1.492026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $2.002026-09-18 — best price $0.992026-09-23 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3392026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 20 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 26 pageviews2026-06-22 — 25 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 23 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 14 pageviews2026-07-24 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 20 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 27 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 20 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 19 pageviews2026-09-10 — 31 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-18 — 24 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 16 pageviews2026-09-30 — 18 pageviews2026-10-04 — 27 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews2026-10-12 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "It's About to Get Real"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TV2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2013-07-31, latest 2013-09-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)15,0052%46
Steam (Steam)8,6312%46
PS4 (PlayStation)2,5633%15
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndieActionCasualComedyFantasyMedievalStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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