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A druid who summons ravens to attack enemies automatically.
These crossbow weapons orbit your character and fire bolts automatically.
Repeating Crossbow
Golden Crossbow
The Repeating Crossbow can also be Enchanted with Hunter Bow, causing Hunter Bow arrows to ricochet once after hitting a wall.
All attacks now have a chance to land a critical hit and deal greater damage. To support this new attribute, we have added the new passive Evil Eye, as well as the Ultimate Passive Ritual Dagger, which increases Critical Damage.
Added Ultimate Passive: Arcane Bracer, which greatly increases Knockback.
Reworked Ultimate Passive: Gabriel's Wings. Hold the jump button to fly briefly.
Added Codex Upgrade: Critical Chance.
Added Codex Upgrade: Knockback.
Added a new enemy: Pixie. Defeating one drops a large amount of Gold and experience.
Improved Gold drops: Gold can now drop as Copper Coins, Silver Coins, Gold, and more valuable Diamonds.
Improved level-up prompts: upgrade choices now show whether they can be Enchanted or synthesized with your current weapons or passives.
Improved system options: added an Attack Toward Mouse option, disabled by default.
Increased the base Health of Spiked Slimes.
Reduced the effectiveness of Yggdrasil Leaf's Health Recovery.
Reduced the effect of the Codex Health Recovery upgrade.
Improved behavior logic for certain enemies.
Reduced the memory usage of weapon effects.
Improved enemy and map generation performance.
Improved Remote Multiplayer stability.
Castleborne Survivors is now officially available in Steam Early Access! Jump into a satisfying side-scrolling survivors action experience and mow down endless hordes of enemies!
4 uniquely playable characters
3 distinct stages
Local co-op for up to 2 players, Steam Friends online play, and LAN multiplayer
To celebrate the launch, Castleborne Survivors will be 10% off for the first 7 days. Head over to the Steam Store page to purchase and start playing!
This Early Access launch is not the end—it is the beginning of Castleborne Survivors’ journey with all of you. We will continue improving the current experience, fixing issues, and introducing more content based on our development plans and community feedback.
Join the adventure, and feel free to share your thoughts with us through the Steam Community, discussion forums, or our Discord server. Every piece of feedback will help us make Castleborne Survivors even better.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing you in Castleborne Survivors!
Hello, everyone!
We are excited to announce that Castleborne Survivors will launch in Steam Early Access on July 20, 2026, at 00:00 AM PDT!
Castleborne Survivors is a pixel-art game that combines side-scrolling action with survivors-like gameplay. Choose your character, enter a dark gothic castle, fight through endless waves of monsters, collect experience, upgrade and evolve your weapons, and face the powerful enemies waiting deep within the castle.
The Early Access version will include:
Multiple playable characters with distinct combat styles
Weapon upgrades, evolutions, and character-specific enchantments
Action-focused jumping, dodging, and melee combat
A variety of enemies, elite monsters, and boss battles
Local two-player co-op
Permanent progression and additional unlockable content
The core gameplay and major systems are now in place, but we still want to use the Early Access period to listen to player feedback and continue improving the game’s difficulty, balance, and overall variety.
Thank you to everyone who has played the demo, added the game to their wishlist, and shared feedback with us. Your support has given us the confidence to keep improving the game.
Castleborne Survivors will enter Steam Early Access on July 19, 2026, at 11:29 PM PDT.
Add the game to your wishlist and get ready to enter the castle for your first side-scrolling survivors adventure!
Thank you for your support. We will see you in the castle!
The demo for Castleborne Survivors is now available!
This is a pixel-art game that combines side-scrolling action with survivors-like gameplay. Choose your character, enter the dark castle, collect experience amid waves of monsters, upgrade your weapons, synthesize more powerful abilities, and challenge increasingly dangerous enemies.
The demo is now free to download—welcome to try it out and add the game to your wishlist!
Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/sgeV5UAmAH
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