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Lord of the Dark Castle

Lord of the Dark Castle

Lord of the Dark Castle is a casual turn-based retro style roguelike dungeon crawler with elements of strategy. Randomized levels, lots of skills without dependencies and lots of spells to cast. Challenging Monster AI - play it smart or die. Remember: Death is Permanent!

Released Aug 13, 2015 Developer Craze Creative Studios Publisher Conglomerate 5 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGTurn-BasedActionDungeon CrawlerStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-05-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

76.0%positive183 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Rating: 7.8/10 Lord of the Dark Castle is a retro-inspired dungeon crawler that focuses on exploration, combat, and surviving the dangers hidden inside a dark and mysterious castle. Players take control of a hero who must explore dangerous rooms, fight various enemies, collect…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I like it.”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

7,121all-time peak
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

25achievements
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Almost everyone has
0.9%Crusher — Destroy at least 10 enemy armor pieces during a game.
0.9%RoyalArmorer — Gain at least 20 protection during a game.
0.9%Skilled — Get at least 10 skills during a game.
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Wind Runner — Complete the game in less than 3000 turns.
0.8%Tricky Thief — Get the following skills during a game: Stinging Poison, Detect Traps, Pick Locks, Steal, Sneak
0.8%Treasure Hunter — Collect at least 10,000 gold during a game.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 26, 2025
Brotherhood – OUT NOW!

Hey everyone! Today is a big day for us - Brotherhood is officially out! We've spent a long time working on the game, listening to your feedback, tweaking the mechanics and polishing the atmosphere, a

Nov 26, 2025
Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord – Playtest Sign-Ups Now Open! Exclusive Reward Awaits!

Greetings, dear players! We are thrilled to announce that playtest sign-ups for Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord are now officially open! You can register right now by clicking the button on the store pag

Nov 12, 2025
Decadent Heir – Playtest Sign-Ups Now Open! Exclusive Reward Awaits!

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/44355443/59eefb9e477a69b81d4dc62bc71e1882538e3442.jpg Hello, dear players! We’re excited to announce that Decadent Heir is now open for playtest registration

Sep 05, 2025
Heads Will Roll: Reforged - Sins of the Floating City — Now Available!

https://clan.fastly.steamstatic.com/images/35094948/7bf0f72feda243af1df42f81d5973459d413e37b.jpg The fourth major expansion for Heads Will Roll: Reforged has been released! https://store.steampowered.

Apr 24, 2015
The game is Live in the Steam Store!

Finally the day of release is here - April 24, 2015! Thank you all who contributed with Steam Greenlight votes, encouraging and constructive ideas and comments and thank you for your patience! The gam

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Turn-Based · Action · Dungeon Crawler · Strategy · Casual · Adventure · Indie · Rogue-like · Point & Click · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements25
Official sitehttp://craze.se/lotdc/lotdc.php
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: XP/ Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 350 MB available space Additional Notes: JRE is bundled with the game. Steam Achievements only supported for 64 bit systems.