Castlestorm

Critic reviews

• GameSpace.com

  William Murphy · Sep 21, 2018

  8.3

  Castlestorm is a light-hearted, fairly in-depth Tower defense game that offers some unique mechanics, quirky story, and fairly solid controls. It is hampered a bit by the Switch analog sticks and repetitiveness due to the nature of the genre, however overall it's a fun title and if it's one you’ve never picked up, I would recommend picking it up on the Switch. It's a great title to play on the go.

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• GameSpew

  Stan Cohen · Aug 31, 2018

  8.0

  The campaign may only last for a few hours, but the additional multiplayer is good for days of fun. CastleStorm will challenge you, make you laugh, and keep you on your toes. Plus it will turn you into a castle building expert (if you don’t make the mistakes I did). For its price, CastleStorm is a gem, and a very noble addition to the Switch’s library indeed.

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• COGconnected

  Jackson Bostian · Aug 20, 2018

  7.6

  CastleStorm does a good job of combining polished mechanics from other games with a decent script to form an entertaining game. It’s nothing spectacular, but it’s certainly fun. I sat down with it for about five hours the first day I played it and found myself eager to continue playing it the following day. That’s enough for me to give it a recommendation.

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• Nintendo World Report

  Jordan Rudek · Aug 15, 2018

  8.0

  CastleStorm is a light-hearted and charming take on a genre made popular on PC, tablets, and mobile, and this particular effort from Zen Studios finds a worthwhile home on Switch. The colorful, cartoon aesthetic mixes well with the tried-but-true story of an adventurer charged by his king to reclaim a stolen relic. There is a sizable amount of content on offer here, and the gameplay can get pretty addicting in its simplicity.

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• NintendoLife

  Mitch Vogel · Aug 15, 2018

  8.0

  CastleStorm is a wonderfully well-rounded package that offers up enjoyable RTS gameplay in an approachable fashion, with a high skill ceiling that caters to players of all skill and interest levels. Although we do wish the control scheme was better thought out, the addictive gameplay, appealing art style, and hefty amount of playable content make this an easy recommendation for anybody looking for a solid strategy game on their Switch.

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• ZTGD

  Drew Leachman · Sep 30, 2014

  5.5

  CastleStorm has a ton of things to handle while playing, and while it’s never a bad game, it feels like I was having to juggle too much at one time and ended up fumbling with the controller more times than not. Multiplayer is the standout of the entire package, and even then, it is a frantic melee that can result in the same confusing session I had with the single player.

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