Castle In The Darkness
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!
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:2/5/2015
- Developers:
- Publisher:Nicalis, Inc.
- Last Updated:10/22/2025
- Steam App Id:262960
Castle In The Darkness
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Castle In The Darkness has 1 concurrent player online and in-game. This is 88% lower than its previous all-time peak of 8 players achieved on 12/23/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Castle In The Darkness. It has received a total of 1,259 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 73 (Mostly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Castle In The Darkness and its growth over time. It currently has 6,358 followers on its community page.
Castle In The Darkness Price
Castle In The Darkness costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 10/22/2025. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
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About Castle In The Darkness
Castle In The Darkness is an Action, RPG, Adventure, and Indie game developed by Matt Kap, and Nicalis, Inc. On 2/5/2015, it was released on the Steam Store by Nicalis, Inc.
Players have rated Castle In The Darkness as "Mostly Positive" out of 1,259 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 963 positive reviews and 296 negative reviews — an overall 76% positive review rating. Additionally, Castle In The Darkness has earned a metascore of 76 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Castle In The Darkness on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Castle In The Darkness supports the following features:
- Steam Trading Cards
- Partial Controller Support
- Steam Achievements
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
From the Steam community, Castle In The Darkness has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Great Soundtrack
- Platformer
- Pixel Graphics
- RPG
- Metroidvania
- Retro
- Indie
- Action
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
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Related Packages
Castle In The Darkness is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Castle In The Darkness | $9.99 | View |
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Soures & References
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Castle In The Darkness data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, October 22). Castle In The Darkness on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/262960
- Valve Corporation. (2025, October 22). Castle In The Darkness. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/262960
- Metacritic. (2025, October 22). Castle In The Darkness for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/castle-in-the-darkness
- Matt Kap. (2023, July 22). Castle In The Darkness. Castle In The Darkness. http://castleinthedarkness.mattkap.net