Castle Crashers®
by The Behemoth · 26 Sep, 2012
105 downloads
About the Game
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this 2D sidescrolling arcade adventure from The Behemoth! Play with up to four friends locally or online to defend the kingdom, save the princesses, and crash some castles!
Key Features
Unlock more than 25 characters and over 40 different weapons!
Level up your character with skill points and adjust Strength, Magic, Defense, and Agility to your liking.
Intuitive magic and combo system: unlock an arsenal of new attacks as your character progresses through the game.
Local or online co-op gameplay: pick up and continue the adventure with your friends at the drop of a helmet!
Collect adorable animal orbs for your companions, each with different abilities to aid you on your journey.
Game Modes
Arena: battle other players in team matches or free-for-all!
Insane Mode: test your skills in the ULTIMATE campaign challenge!
Back Off Barbarian: jump and hop across the level to avoid the enemies in this minigame!
DLC
Enhance the standard gameplay experience with the Blacksmith and Pink Knight character packs, or unlock Paint Junior and custom character capabilities with the new Painter Boss Paradise DLC!
The Painter Boss Paradise DLC also includes:
A custom character template
New art for all official playable characters and weapons!
New map art for fancier adventuring!
Endless knightly possibilities - choose from community characters or preloaded characters created by our team!
Worried about buying the DLC and missing the nostalgic feel of the original art? Have no fear, as you can toggle the Painter Boss Paradise DLC’s functionality on or off from the main menu at any time to experience the classic adventure! Check out the DLC store page linked above to learn more!
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Happy Monday, knights! How have your Painter Boss Paradise adventures been treating you? We hope you’ve been having a grand time playing as Paint Junior, creating custom knight skins for the Steam Workshop, and enjoying all the new art the DLC has to offer!
Today we have a few bug fixes to deploy, including fixes for the double/overlapped body piece and achievement tracking for Custom Characters. We appreciate your patience as we tackle these issues and thank the community members who have reported bugs to our support team!
Fixes
Removed the doubled/overlapped body piece for Custom Characters
Issued a fix for the Hawkster princess fight auto-heal softlock
Fixed "Bomb A" Custom Character magic option to use standard XXXY damage when not replacing Gray Knight
Issued a fix for arena stats achievement tracking in save data for Unique slot Custom Characters
That’s all for now!!! Searching for characters to download? Look no further than The Behemoth's Found Fortunes Vol. 1, a collection of Workshop skins we used on stream last week:
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Why hello there, crashers of castles! Today we’re back with another small Painter Boss Paradise hotfix to address some issues with online matchmaking and properly allow Mac users to upload to the Workshop!
Fixes
1. Issued a fix for Mac users not being able to upload Custom Characters to the Steam Workshop
2. Slayed a Network Goblin causing issues with online matchmaking
We appreciate your patience as we tackle these issues and hope everyone is having an amazing time with the CCPBPDLC so far!
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Good evening all knights and painters! We have a quick hotfix for two issues we ran into during today’s Painter Boss Paradise DLC launch. Our team appreciates everyone who has sent in bug reports for the following issues and hope they didn’t interfere with your DLC gameplay too much!
Fixes
1. Issued a fix for the “Game is no longer available” error in online games when no custom characters are present
2. Issued a fix for when a player character appears as someone else’s Custom Character when in an online game
How are you enjoying the new Painter Boss Paradise DLC? Have you played as Princess Herbert yet? What about Pipistrello??? Let us know below, and happy castle crashing to all!
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Welcome back to the realm for a quick fix!
- We've updated the game to use Steam's DirectX installation feature. This will help new users who are having DirectX installation issues with Win10 and Win11.
May your Castles be Crashed, but not because of this bug in particular. Thanks to all you knights and princesses and penguins for sending in the reports that helped us in catching and fixing this.
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- Fixed a bug causing the Arena Leaderboard to crash.
- Fixed a bug on macOS where the game would boot to a black screen. This should now help with Big Sur (macOS 11) systems and later.
As always, thanks for reporting these issues to our team, and happy crashing to all!
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Last Steam update Nov 25, 2025 — check SteamDB
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System Requirements
How to Install
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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