Indie · August 17, 2017

Castle Story (2017)

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An epic adventure awaits you in Castle Story , a strategy game where you command friendly creatures called Bricktrons. Have them explore, carve, dig and gather resources from vast, spectacular floating islands, reshaping the voxel-based world to your desire! Design and build any structure you can imagine! From mighty and legendary castles to sprawling Bricktron villages. Beware, your Bricktrons will have to take arms and defend themselves against mysterious creatures, the Corruptrons. Build catapults and hurl explosive barrels at the invaders, or lure them into strategically placed traps! The physics system will also challenge the sturdiness of your architecture! A tower whose foundation is destroyed will crumble to the ground realistically. Castle Story is also a multiplayer experience! Challenge your friends to a round of Conquest or join forces with them to repel the enemies in the Co-Op Invasion gamemode. Of course, you can also group up in sandbox and build together! The maps in Castle Story are meticulously hand-crafted by the developers and we’re giving you access to the same tool we use! Create your own worlds with our awesome World Editor, share them with the community and try out other player-made maps!

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Indie releases from 2017

20 Indie titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.1k Steam reviewsTop 26% in Indie
Positive rating64% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 97%
Engagement hours18 h averageTop 35% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Colony Sim · 446
  • Strategy · 429
  • Building · 422
  • Sandbox · 360
  • Multiplayer · 248
  • Survival · 242
  • Open World Survival Craft · 232
  • Indie · 206
  • Singleplayer · 167
  • Tower Defense · 165
  • Open World · 163
  • Crafting · 159
  • Co-op · 144
  • RTS · 120
  • Simulation · 105

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • LAN PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor

Press Quotes

“Its promised blend of building and strategy looks great, the kind of thing to rekindle the very fondest of childhood memories...” Kotaku “... I’m having a nostalgia rush [...] Castle Story is the first new game that I shall be observing by means of a spyglass each morning throughout 2012.” Rock Paper Shotgun

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 17, 2017
DeveloperSauropod Studio
Base price$2.49 -75%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

18h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

Achievements

12

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

64%Mixed · 10.1k reviews

6.4k positive · 3.6k negative

Curator recommendations

9.0k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (2)

  • English
  • French

Editions & Packages

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