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Castle Story
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I really liked this game when i was younger. When i found out that Sauropod Studios didn't just stop working on the game but Disbanded i decided to revisit the game. I can only imagine a world where this studio did not shut down and created more games just like this, even just…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played“Castle Story is a creative and slow-paced strategy and building game that focuses on managing a group of little builders called Bricktrons. You dig, mine, craft, and build your own castle while defending it from constant attacks by invading creatures. It mixes sandbox creativity…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“Castle Story has a genuinely charming concept — watching your little Bricktrons haul materials and piece together your fortress brick by brick scratches a creative itch that few games manage to hit. The building system feels surprisingly satisfying, and the conquest mode in…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:44 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.
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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.
Quick Building Challenge: RESULTS!
Hey Bricktrons! Here are the results of the latest Quick Building Challenge, in video format! Woo-hoo! Enjoy :)
The results are in! Frosty Resort building challenge!
Hello Bricktrons! We received a bunch of amazing submissions and decided to make a video to show them off in their glory! Congratulations to the winners who win themselves some Saurogoodies. Yes, I ju
Building Challenge - The Frosty Resort!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Don't post your submission as a comment to this event! You have to post your submissions on this Steam Discussion: https://steamcommunity.com/app/227860/discussions/0/16420526128596774
Fan-Made Short: The Chronicles of Castle Story!
Hey everyone! Hope your week's been wonderful so far. :D If you're an active member of the Castle Story Discord , you may have seen this useful tutorial teaching you how to enable the secret Movie & E
Hotfix 1.1.10a
Howdy folks! We just released a hotfix to the Winter Update. Fixed date in latest news. Added decorative blocks to the pie menu. Fixed inverted plant icons in the World Editor. Updated winter terrain
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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 | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Colony Sim · Strategy · Building · Sandbox · Multiplayer · Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Indie · Singleplayer · Tower Defense · Open World · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English, French |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://castlestory.net |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 7 and newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel or AMD Dual-Core, 2.2 GHz+ Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 440 512MB, Radeon HD 4450 512MB, Intel HD 3000 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1700 MB available space Additional Notes: Playing on large, player-made maps might affect performance.