Castle In The Darkness overview

Overview

Castle In The Darkness comes from Matt Kap, Nicalis, Inc. and is published by Nicalis, Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Feb 5, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Castle In The Darkness's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 3 October 2026 - 15:36:22 UTC, with a tracked peak near 263. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 76% positive across 1,271 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Castle In The Darkness is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Castle In The Darkness has sold up to 59,913 units and has 1,185 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $329,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Castle In The Darkness overview details

Castle In The Darkness combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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!

SteamPulse editorial summary

Castle In The Darkness is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 3 October 2026 - 15:36:22 UTC, a tracked peak of 263, and 76% positive reviews.

Overview tags

MetroidvaniaIndiePlatformerActionDifficultAdventurePixel GraphicsRPGRetro2DGreat SoundtrackSingleplayer

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Support and legal notes

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