Review Grammaring 4/5 · Jan 8, 2025
This is a nostalgia review, please disregard. I liked it though.
Castle Crashers (2008)
Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360
3.67 from 4410 ratings
9991 members have it in their collection · 260 playing now · 2008 backlogged · 413 wish listed
How long? Main story 10h · with extras 15h (from 26 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- The Behemoth
- Publishers
- The Behemoth
- Genres
- Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Action, Comedy
- Series
- Castle Crashers
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Aug 27, 2008 (Worldwide) Xbox 360
- Aug 31, 2010 (Worldwide) PlayStation 3
- Aug 31, 2010 (North_America) PlayStation 3
- Nov 03, 2010 (Europe) PlayStation 3
- Nov 25, 2010 (Japan) PlayStation 3
- Sep 26, 2012 (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Also available on
- Castle Crashers Remastered (2015) · NSW, PS4, XONE
Related
Bundled in
- Castle Crashers & Pit People Bundle (Mar 2018) · XONE
DLC
- Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise (Aug 2025) · PC
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
802
4 stars
1719
3 stars
1556
2 stars
284
1 star
49
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review cagebox 4/5 · Feb 22, 2024
Fun Co-op, Classic Xbox Live Arcade Game
There are very few Xbox Live Arcade games from the 360 era that I fondly remember these day aside from Castle Crashers. The game is definitely meant for co-op (couch or online) but can be enjoyed solo if you want. The fighting is fun and the artwork/animation style is perfectly fitting for the game. The boss fights are unique and …
Read moreThere are very few Xbox Live Arcade games from the 360 era that I fondly remember these day aside from Castle Crashers. The game is definitely meant for co-op (couch or online) but can be enjoyed solo if you want. The fighting is fun and the artwork/animation style is perfectly fitting for the game. The boss fights are unique and hunting down and unlocked all the weapons and characters kept the game interesting even after beating the main story.
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Status Inc Jul 8, 2023
Day 22: Castle Crashers may be one of the first Xbox Live games I played a lot with friends online. It was a blast. Lots of memorable moments including listening to this bop while avoiding giant river catfish fur balls.
There are even better tracks than this, but this is the one that sticks in my head for some reason.
Review Saiyajin 3/5 · Oct 16, 2021
Brief Final Thoughts
I love the art style in this game, what looks like quite a basic layout brims with personality. I played this with friends and had a blast overall, some great humour meshed with tight controls and plenty of boss fights which I always welcome. The awesome soundtrack is one that will be etched into my brain for the rest of …
I love the art style in this game, what looks like quite a basic layout brims with personality. I played this with friends and had a blast overall, some great humour meshed with tight controls and plenty of boss fights which I always welcome. The awesome soundtrack is one that will be etched into my brain for the rest of my life.
Status Octjillery Oct 9, 2021
The bazillion times I've played through this game and I just found something I'm pretty sure I never knew:
I got to the ridiculous Corn Boss with the Icekimo, and I saw the two peasants just standing there uselessly in the corner. "These two assholes. Maybe I can make the corn hit them for watching me fight alone." When I …
The bazillion times I've played through this game and I just found something I'm pretty sure I never knew:
I got to the ridiculous Corn Boss with the Icekimo, and I saw the two peasants just standing there uselessly in the corner. "These two assholes. Maybe I can make the corn hit them for watching me fight alone." When I led the boss over there, him hitting them made them help me fight, hahaha.
Review Octjillery 4/5 · Oct 8, 2021
Memories of crashing castles with friends...
[Review works for both the XBox 360 version that I originally played, and the Switch version]
I picked this back up last weekend (solo) while hanging out with friends who were doing their D&D campaign. Played a bit last night, and I feel like I'm probably gonna get sucked into this for a while again, at least until I get …
[Review works for both the XBox 360 version that I originally played, and the Switch version]
I picked this back up last weekend (solo) while hanging out with friends who were doing their D&D campaign. Played a bit last night, and I feel like I'm probably gonna get sucked into this for a while again, at least until I get burnt out/frustrated.
I played the shit out of this game with friends in high school, and it really is, unfortunately, one of those games that just isn't as good when you play solo. It's still enjoyable in a lot of the same ways, but it's much more of a slog. When I first bought the remaster, I solo'd as the Pink Knight. I had to grind a ton to get through the game on my own. All of the enemies (including bosses) have the same stats (as far as I can tell) as when you play multiplayer, so you're trying to do the job of two-four people on your own because nothing is scaled down to a solo character's abilities. This means a looooot of replaying levels, which gets old. I think my level was somewhere in the 40s or 50s with the Pink Knight, whereas you can easily beat the game in the mid-20s if you're playing as a group.
The exp in this game is also something I wish they'd fixed with the remaster. 1 hit = 1xp. I enjoy the magic, so essentially, I put a lot of points into magic and not into strength, and do a lot of physical attacking throughout the game to get in more hits and use magic whenever. Low strength = more hits to kill stuff = more exp. This is frustrating because you basically have to use more of the skill that you don't put points into in order to level (meaning you could do the opposite of what I do and put more into strength and use weak magic). I always use the giraffe animal orb to get extra exp as well, and it's still slow. Take multiple people playing into account and you then have even less exp to go around because the number of enemies and the number of hits that they take to kill is the same. It's just a frustrating system that was probably put into place to limit people being dicks when playing online, but ended up just punishing the couch co-op and solo players (who are probably the majority).
I do love the variety of characters, but there are many I've always wanted to use that require me to beat the game with one or more other characters first, and I usually get burnt out before I finish a playthrough, or immediately after. I do wish they had made a number of changes to the remaster regarding these aspects of the game, because otherwise, it's a cozy favorite to go back to
Status Piohm Feb 1, 2021
Humor is ok in little doses. Lots of poop jokes.
Air combos are essential, but the timing is very difficult. Zero tutorial for this. No practice zone.
XP system is flawed. 1 hit = 1 XP. I understand devs implemented that to prevent iddle XP grind in online multiplayer, but it sucks for everything else. The end panel of a …
Humor is ok in little doses. Lots of poop jokes.
Air combos are essential, but the timing is very difficult. Zero tutorial for this. No practice zone.
XP system is flawed. 1 hit = 1 XP. I understand devs implemented that to prevent iddle XP grind in online multiplayer, but it sucks for everything else. The end panel of a chapter is misleading: it shows the number of kills.*
If you play it casually (with children), you have to XP grind. Very boring. You basically get stuck because one character does all the work, therefore gets all the exp, then the other players are under-leveled and keep dying and dying.
Hitboxes are narrow. Getting stunned for days is boring. Getting perma-arrowed is boring.
Do you want strategy? Make easier air-combos. You don't want strategy? Make easier opponents. The game is trying to do both, and it's very clunky.
There are a billion of playable characters. Only the main ones have magic (except DLC ones...). Can't see their stats without loading the game.
Review DirtyMidnighter 4/5 · Jul 17, 2020
The Princess Bride
Castle Crashers is one of the most uproariously entertaining co-op multiplayer games I've ever played. I love the humorous art style, the frantic beat-em-up gameplay and the epic music. The game is a tad on the short side and not particularly challenging but it's a rip-roaring good time for the couple of hours it will take you and some friends …
Read moreCastle Crashers is one of the most uproariously entertaining co-op multiplayer games I've ever played. I love the humorous art style, the frantic beat-em-up gameplay and the epic music. The game is a tad on the short side and not particularly challenging but it's a rip-roaring good time for the couple of hours it will take you and some friends to get through it. Also, there's tons of characters and weapons to unlock if you want to wring even more entertainment out of it. This game is also the first "digital only" game I ever played and along with games like Braid and Geometry Wars, signaled a new era of gaming where independent developers could get smaller games into the hands of more people using the POWER OF THE INTERNET! WOW! Cool stuff.
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Status plasmasnake Jun 21, 2020
Mostly fun but now stuck mid way through- seems like a lot of grinding is going to be required to build up characters more to get further, or missing something else. Probably will pick it up again.
Review schmittafk 4/5 · Sep 5, 2019
Play With a Control
Very fun. I played it very much with my brother and I must have finished 10x this game. I haven't had so much fun playing a beat'em up since Final Fight and I absolutely love the soundtrack and artistic style that Behemoth puts on their games. And Castle Crashers easily gets very cheap on Steam, I think it's worth the …
Read moreVery fun. I played it very much with my brother and I must have finished 10x this game. I haven't had so much fun playing a beat'em up since Final Fight and I absolutely love the soundtrack and artistic style that Behemoth puts on their games. And Castle Crashers easily gets very cheap on Steam, I think it's worth the 4/5h of gameplay it offers if you'll only play once.
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Status Octjillery Jul 2, 2019
Has anyone seen an actual date--and not just "Summer 2019"--for Castle Crashers Remastered on Switch/PS4? Like...it IS summer 2019...
I played the hell out of it on 360 with friends in high school/early college (and I have it on PC but don't really have anyone to play with on there), but I'm all about getting it for Switch.
Review anarchistica 1/5 · May 27, 2018
Uninteresting slog
Castle Crashers is a boring simplstic brawler that lacks enemy variety. After 15-20 minutes of pressing A/W/S near the exact same enemies over and over again i just wanted it to be over. What's worse is that you may accidentally click the wrong game in the menu and end up playing some shitty dodging game instead - without any explanation …
Read moreCastle Crashers is a boring simplstic brawler that lacks enemy variety. After 15-20 minutes of pressing A/W/S near the exact same enemies over and over again i just wanted it to be over. What's worse is that you may accidentally click the wrong game in the menu and end up playing some shitty dodging game instead - without any explanation whatsoever.
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Review whalee 3/5 · Apr 15, 2017
Enjoyable but repetitive.
The game is rather enjoyable and has fun mechanics, however the gameplay does not change much throughout and can feel a bit repetitive.
Supports couch co-op which is great when friends are around, and that fun within that company can help push past the repetitive feeling.
Review YntoCCabile 4/5 · Jun 21, 2014
Really nice 2D side-scrolling RPG smashing game. The Co-op mode is multiplying the gameplay experience and gives you tons of funny moments. The cartoon graphic is highlighting the humor of this game. I recommend it more for multiplayer, but single play gives funny time and challenges battles as well.