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Night Castle

92% positive of 13 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by LHCB.

About the game

A retro-inspired Metroidvania set in a gothic fantasy castle.Your time is limited: conquer the castle within 30 days, or darkness will consume everything.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • 1980s
  • 1990's
  • Platformer
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Choices Matter
  • Action
  • RPG
  • Action RPG
  • 2D Platformer
  • Combat
  • Old School

What players say

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Pretty fun and challenging game. The day/night cycle and 30 day limit work well together to provide tension throughout the game. It encourages you to plan out your routing and optimize accomplishing what you need to do on that day, such as unlocking a door or getting an item, while still getting enough souls to level up yourself or weapons/bibles. The combat is simple but enjoyable. The weapons movesets are simple…

    10 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Looking past the primitive pixel art and some minor jank reveals Night Castle to be a wildly inventive Metroidvania. It’s greatest strength is sure to be its most polarizing: a 30-day time limit to your exploration. I hope that, like Pikmin 1 before it, Night Castle highlights the advantages of strict time limits over the time loop approach. Actions never feel consequential in the latter and the periodic…

    9.8 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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