Castle Crashers
Castle Crashers is a 2D side-scrolling hack-and-slash video game developed by The Behemoth. The Xbox 360 version was released on August 27, 2008, via Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade. The PlayStation 3 version was released in North America on August 31, 2010, and November 3, 2010, in Europe via the PlayStation Network. A Microsoft Windows version, exclusive to Steam, was released on September 26, 2012. The game is set in a fictional medieval universe in which a dark wizard steals a mystical crystal and captures four princesses. Four knights are charged by the king to rescue the princesses, recover the crystal, and bring the wizard to justice. The game includes music created by members of Newgrounds.
| Castle Crashers | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | The Behemoth |
| Publisher(s) | The Behemoth (Win, Switch) Microsoft Game Studios (360) Sony Computer Entertainment (PS3) |
| Designer(s) | Dan Paladin Tom Fulp |
| Composer(s) | Matthew Harwood |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 |
| Release | Xbox 360 August 27, 2008 PlayStation 3
September 26, 2012 Xbox One September 9, 2015 Switch, PS4 September 17, 2019 |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
On June 15, 2015, The Behemoth announced Castle Crashers Remastered for Xbox One, while the Steam version received it in the form of a free update. The remastered version features higher quality textures, uncapped frame-rate, performance improvements, and an additional mini-game. This version later released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on September 17, 2019.