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Castle In The Darkness

Castle In The Darkness

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

Mostly Positive
$9.99
Feb 5, 2015
Steam ↗
Reviews
1,185
Mostly Positive
Positive
76.0%
901 positive
Followers
6.5K
Est. WishlistsestiProxy: followers × 12 (industry heuristic)
77.5K
Est. OwnersestiBoxleiter method: reviews × 32
37.9K
Est. RevenueestiEst. owners × ~62% of list price
$234.9K
Price (US)
$9.99
Release
Feb 5, 2015
About
One dark and gloomy night, the kingdom of Alexandria is attacked by an evil sorcerer and his army of darkness! Despite their best efforts to protect their king and their princess, the royal guard falls, one-by-one, to the forces of evil. One knight, unconscious but still alive, awakens on the throne room floor to find that the princess is nowhere to be seen! What's more, the entire city had been overrun by monsters! With sword in hand, he embarks on a death-defying mission to find his princess and to restore peace to the kingdom!

  • A game by Matt Kap, the lead artist behind The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • A large world heavily inspired by the golden era of video games
  • Level up your knight with wildly different abilities
  • An arsenal of over 100 weapons, armor, items and magic to collect and use!
  • Over 50 bosses to find and slay
  • More than 100 different enemies
  • Fast-paced chiptune soundtrack

Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
★ Reviews
76%
Mostly Positive
1,185 total reviews
901 positive (76.0%)284 negative
Features
Family SharingPartial Controller SupportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards
Tags
2DActionAdventureDifficultGreat SoundtrackIndieMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsPlatformerRetroRPGSingleplayer
Publisher
Platforms
Estimates — owners use the Boxleiter method (reviews × 32), wishlists proxy followers × 12, revenue uses ~62% of list price × est. owners. These are rough industry heuristics, not official data.
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