The Castle Doctrine

The Castle Doctrine

Steam Deck Playable

Jason Rohrer · Indie · Jan 29, 2014

It depends on what you're after.

At $3.99. It has been as low as $1.99.

49%
Mixed
379 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 379 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise60% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
As far as I remember, this is the first game to do something like this, which would later on go to be used in other, usually free games, like The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot (if you even remember that), or maybe even Clash of Clans, if you're willing to make a bit of a stretch.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Although I enjoy this game, and have fun playing it, I do warn the buyer that it's difficulty level can be a vice at times.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Story and characters13 reviews
Difficulty7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay26 reviews
50%
Multiplayer16 reviews
44%
Graphics12 reviews
58%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $3.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $3.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
49%
Mixed
Playing right now
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Average playtime
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