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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
Released Feb 5, 2015
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Mostly Positive · 76% positive of 1,188 Steam reviews | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | No followers data for this game yet | |
| Regular US price | $9.99 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Twitch peak viewers | 106 | Oct 22, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 4 | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 1 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 25k – 140k | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $180k – $640k before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 1,188 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 22–112 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. How this is estimated
Tag DNA
| Tag | Share of Steam games |
|---|---|
| Metroidvania | 1 in 59 games |
| Great Soundtrack | 1 in 46 games |
| Difficult | 1 in 19 games |
| Platformer | 1 in 11 games |
| Retro | 1 in 10 games |
| Pixel Graphics | 1 in 6 games |
| RPG | 1 in 5 games |
| Action | 1 in 3 games |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Knight | Team Cherry | 88% | Overwhelmingly Positive · 506,589 |
| La-Mulana | NIGORO | 97% | Mostly Positive · 2,084 |
| You Have to Win the Game | Minor Key Games | 93% | Very Positive · 5,729 |
| Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | Moon Studios GmbH | 87% | Very Positive · 63,403 |
| Cathedral | Decemberborn Interactive | 96% | Mostly Positive · 302 |
| Environmental Station Alpha | Arvi Teikari, Roope Mäkinen | 96% | Very Positive · 1,508 |
| Souldiers | Retro Forge | 88% | Mixed · 2,317 |
| Rogue Legacy 2 | Cellar Door Games | 85% | Very Positive · 14,269 |