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Castle Crashers®
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
37 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Fun solo game but even better playing with friends”
“Fun. A classic. Lovely to play local co-op, especially with children.”
“Absolute classic. I didn't grow up with it but I picked it up because it was cheap and I could convince friends to play it. Though the combat gets repetitive on multiple play throughs, I still enjoyed it for a couple of…”
34 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game holds a very special place in my heart; I’ve loved it ever since I was a kid. Its true beauty lies in its simple story that takes you on a fun journey without any complexity, and what makes it even better is…”
“Very fun to play with friends and the mods/DLC is amazing”
“Fun solo game but even better playing with friends”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Endless amounts of playing for $15 dollars is insane. The best part is that it suits the differences for me and my friends' playtimes because there are so many characters to chose from.”
“only thing keeping me from playing this game everyday is the fact that arena is super dead. would go for 32 gold skulls again tho saracen/10”
“Castle Crashers was a fundamental part of my childhood and still holds up, you can always come back to it for a good time.”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Yes and me and my friend TiraMesa played it and it was good. We kept stealing food off of each other and I stomped out Necromancer! Troll Mother is easy on insane mode those people saying "Its too hard" are being…”
“Amazing game with lots of content and challenges. 100% recommend.”
“Super fun and challenging game. I had a lot of fun trying to combo the enemies as much as possible. The OST is incredible, the final boss is absolutely insane and drove me and my best friends a little crazy but we…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very fun to play with friends and the mods/DLC is amazing”
“Good beat-up game. Recommend playing with friends. Get the painter boss paradise DLC to get a chance to play other characters and you can create your own, which is pretty cool.”
“its been THE game for me growing up and all I have to say is..... THIS GAME IS STILL GREAT!! We have a DLC for custom characters now and a new paint job! I love this game not just for nostalgia but for how far its come.…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game holds a very special place in my heart; I’ve loved it ever since I was a kid. Its true beauty lies in its simple story that takes you on a fun journey without any complexity, and what makes it even better is…”
“This game is real fun with friends and this game is real trash with friends. Never play with overly competitive people. You'll end up trying to kill each other for real when someone steals that kiss.”
“i adore this game with my whole heart the coop is a bit buggy with long distance but fun to play with friends none the less”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Absolute classic. I didn't grow up with it but I picked it up because it was cheap and I could convince friends to play it. Though the combat gets repetitive on multiple play throughs, I still enjoyed it for a couple of…”
“my favorite game of all time, i love it so much. silly little game where you go around beating up waves of enemies as you progress through the level. lots of fun levels with cool fights and enjoyable jokes, even with…”
“It's a great game, but there are some issues with the enemy and boss AI. Other than that I would absolutely recommend this game, especially with friends. Getting all the characters is not an easy task and it makes 100%…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This game genuinely changed my life. I’m 29. My ex and I share a daughter, and we also adopted a son together. They’re both 7 now. When everything started falling apart between us, I didn’t handle it well. I felt completely lost. Angry, numb, reckless. One night, I stepped…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“had a blast with this one. the problem writing this entry isn’t that I’m struggling to find positives; it’s the opposite. where do you even start? it’s cheap, it’s genuinely fun, and the mechanics are surprisingly well-built. there’s real variety to the combat, distinct classes,…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“This game itchedt my epic fat juicy balls liie no other gtame coukd do reccomemnd for sure it is super epic sauce thank yuo developers”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:52 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.3
Hear ye, hear ye! We’re BACK with yet ANOTHER patch for Castle Crashers and Painter Boss Paradise! Today’s updates include some fixes for bugs reported by the community, quick art patch-ups, and instr
Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.2
Greetings to all knights, young painters, and every Painter Boss Paradise custom character in between! We’re back today with another patch to deploy some fixes for Mac, in addition to fixing some repo
Nominate Castle Crashers for Steam’s Labor of Love Award!
This year, the big chicken asks you to consider nominating Castle Crashers for the honor of Steam's Labor of Love Award! Interested in learning some quick history about all the love we've poured into
Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.1 – The CheekFix
Happy November, knights! Can you believe it’s been three months since the release of Painter Boss Paradise? We hope you had an amazing Halloween, but it’s time to move on to a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEM
Enter The Behemoth's annual Halloween art contest! 🎃
Chick-or-treat! We’re back with our annual Behemoth Halloween Art Contest, Painter Boss Paradise edition! This year, you’ll need to choose ANY character from our games, then dress them up in a costume
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | 2D · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Beat 'em up · Hack and Slash · Funny · Adventure · 4 Player Local · Local Co-Op · Multiplayer · Local Multiplayer · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Languages | English * , German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.thebehemoth.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft® Windows® 10 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz+ or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB RAM DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 512 MB HD space Sound: DirectX compatible Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection Additional: Supports Direct Input compatible controllers Additional: Ultra Graphics Mode requires a 64-bit OS, at least 8GB of RAM, and 2GB VRAM.