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The Castle

Point & Pixel Adventures · 2019-08-25

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Evil has taken over a small town. But a group of courageous adventurers has decided to organize an expedition to end the feared vampire. Recruit a group of characters to enter the castle and fulfill your mission. But get ready because the castle hides many surprises.

The Castle is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (90% of 41 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 41 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2021-01-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 66 of 97 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320192026Week of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Aug 2019Dec 2024Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Dec 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2024

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

Price history

$5.99$2.672019-08-272026-10-142019-08-27 — best price $5.992021-01-29 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-08-15 — best price $5.992022-11-29 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $5.992023-06-15 — best price $5.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-11-13 — best price $5.992023-12-20 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $3.592024-05-24 — best price $5.992024-07-12 — best price $5.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-11-19 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $5.992025-05-08 — best price $2.992025-06-10 — best price $2.992025-08-01 — best price $2.992025-09-23 — best price $5.992025-10-09 — best price $2.992025-11-06 — best price $2.992025-12-08 — best price $4.992026-01-23 — best price $2.992026-03-08 — best price $2.992026-03-27 — best price $2.992026-05-17 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-15 — best price $5.992026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $2.992026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-07 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
50%
earned "I was just passing by."
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Italian, German

Player tags

1980sIndieRetroComedyPuzzleAdventureDifficultNonlinearDark HumorSingleplayer

Census log

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

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