Castle Arena is a strategy game about building, not micromanaging. You never give orders to a soldier. Instead you raise buildings in your territory, and each one trains troops on its own, on its own rhythm. They march down the lanes around the woods in the middle of the field and attack whatever they meet. Your job is to decide what to build, when to build it and where to spend your gold.
How a match goes
- Each side has a castle and a worker, the builder. The worker walks only inside your territory, can't be attacked, raises your buildings and carries your items.
- Every building trains one kind of troop. Mix them well: every attack type is strong against some armors and weak against others.
- Gold comes in every few seconds as income. The more you invest in troop buildings, the more you earn. Idle gold earns nothing.
- When a building can be upgraded, a golden arrow appears over it. Upgrades swap its troop for a stronger one.
- Once per match you can call the Rescue, which wipes out every enemy troop in a large area. Timing is everything.
- Destroy the enemy castle to win. If the time limit comes first, the side with more Rescues saved wins; if that's a tie, the higher income wins.
What's in the game
- Fourteen factions, each with its own buildings, troops, upgrade paths and abilities. See them all in the Library.
- Six arenas with weather, storms, day and night, and rare events.
- Single player against the AI, and a training of five short lessons that teaches by playing.
- Online through Steam, from 1v1 duels to team battles up to 4v4 (eight players), with rematch, reconnection and spectators.
- Replays and Highlights, a profile with your match history, and a coat of arms you design yourself.
- Full controller support, colorblind-safe team colors, captions for sounds and options to reduce motion and flashes.
- Seven languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
New here? The Game Guide explains everything step by step, and the Devlog tells how the game is being made.
— The Castle Arena team