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Castle Crashers Remastered

The Behemoth · Sep 9, 2015

PS4 · Xbox One · Switch

Everyone10+

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Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this Remastered edition of the popular 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth! At 60FPS, Castle Crashers Remastered delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you've ever seen before. Up to four friends can play locally or online and save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles!  

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PlayStation 4

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 9.5

Xbox One

Critic 8.0 (5 critics) · Gamer 8.9

8.0

Nintendo Switch

No critic reviews yet · Gamer 7.6

Critic reviews

  • Push Square

    Stephen Tailby · Sep 27, 2019

    7.0
    Movement can feel a little stunted; you drop like a stone from jumps, losing any speed, and this is a game screaming for a dodge roll. These issues are more of a problem when playing online, where some severe input lag is present. Hopefully this is smoothed out, as it makes this portion of the game pretty unpleasant to play. Fortunately, local co-op is a blast with friends. Whether playing for the first time or picking it up for old time's sake, Castle Crashers is still capable of providing simple, senseless fun.
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  • Way Too Many Games

    Todd Eggleston · Sep 27, 2019

    8.5
    Castle Crashers Remastered is as delightful as I remember from my Summer of Arcade days. If you enjoyed it then, you’ll love it now. The HD visuals of the hand drawn cartoon style graphics improve greatly what has already aged extremely well, also running at a smooth 60fps. I had a blast playing it eleven years ago with my children, and I am having a blast playing it with them again… for the very first time.
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  • Nintendo Insider

    Ryan Janes · Sep 27, 2019

    7.0
    In spite of its repetition, Castle Crashers Remastered is an enjoyable and mindless romp that’s best experienced with four players. While it might not hold up as well against my initial 2008 playthrough there’s enough content and fun still to be had that made revisiting Castle Crashers a nostalgic journey worth taking.
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  • NintendoLife

    Mitch Vogel · Sep 22, 2019

    8.0
    As far as beat ‘em up brawlers go on the Switch, Castle Crashers Remastered is one of the finest titles available for the platform. Tight controls, many multiplayer modes, a great art direction and a wealth of replayable content make this an easy “ol’ reliable” game that you’ll surely be revisiting with friends for years to come. All the same, it’s also far from a perfect experience, as the repetitive nature of combat and the reliance on damage-sponges to pad out the runtime make for a title that can tend to overstay its welcome in extended sessions.
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  • Nintendo World Report

    Matthew Zawodniak · Sep 20, 2019

    7.5
    Despite the game starting to feel a little shallow over ten years later, Castle Crashers is still an absolute riot when played with friends. I can’t recommend it as a solo experience, meaning its appeal on a hybrid console like the Switch may be a little limited. I can however highly recommend it for sitting down and having a good time with a group of friends. If you’ve got other game consoles then you can probably already play this game at its best, but it’s always a good time to jump in and have fun crashing through some castles.
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  • Video Chums

    A.J. Maciejewski · Oct 01, 2019

    8.0
    Castle Crashers Remastered takes an already great game and makes it even better by improving its performance and adding a new mini-game. It may not go as far as some remasters but it's still worth purchasing, especially if you haven't played it before.
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Gamer reviews

  • Craig Desmond

    Jan 17, 2021 · PS4

    7.0

    Castle crashers is purely old school beat em up fun wrapped up in the old newgrounds style of early to late 2000's. As someone who grew up in this period and was obsessed with this game as a kid, playing this game again with a friend was hard to let it pass me by. While the game isn't quite as good as I remembered it to be it still provided me hours of fun in multiplayer (which is a must for me to recommend this game) looking at the artstyle of a bygone era and occasionally smiling at the games surprisingly crass humour. The game plays as you expect you a light and heavy attack, the ability to block and jump allowing more combos to be created. Castle crashers magic system as what sets it apart. each character has their own magic style such as poison or electricity. This creates different opportunities in combat depending on who you play. Some of the unlockable characters have even more varied magic such as bombs and metal blades. The game has a huge of variety of weapons to unlock as well as animal orbs which are creatures that can give you unique perks such as double exp and finding hidden items for you. The game is short clocking in about 5 hrs per playthrough but finishing the game with each character unlocks another character of the whooping 31 character roster. The game has plenty of replay value for those who want it and if you can get a group of friends together and are craving some beat em up action there is not many better than castle crashers.

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  • Matt Hutson

    Apr 28, 2020 · Xbox One

    10

    Best Co-Op game on console

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