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Chaolys · Published by Chaolys · Official site ↗
Mostly Positive — 72% positive (29 reviews) · 32 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
In this real time strategy game, defeat your friends by destroying their castle. The last player with their castle still standing wins! Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.
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Action, Indie, Free To Play, Strategy, Casual · 2023 · More free games
Manage your economy and build defenses as you clash with friends in Castle War. This action-packed indie game challenges you to keep your castle standing while upgrading units and managing resources.
About this game
In this real time strategy game, defeat your friends by destroying their castle. The last player with their castle still standing wins!
Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.
Build:
-House: generates money
-Forge: generates iron and upgrades your army's armor (3 different armor types: blunt, piercing, and slashing)
-Pillar: generates magic and enchants targeted unit, so that they bypass enemy non-magic armor.
-Barracks: recruit and upgrade soldier soldier
-Archery range: recruits and upgrades archers
-Foundry: recruits and upgrades canons
-Wizard tower: recruits and upgrades wizards.
-Defensive Tower: shoots 3 arrows at enemies in the vicinity.
-Walls: blocks unit movement.
-Gate: A wall that can let units go through
Produce your army from a range of 4 different units:
-Archer: attacks from afar with piercing damage but are more accurate at close range.
-Soldier: attacks with slashing damage, have higher HP and armor and can change their weapon type to counter their opponent's armor-type
-Canon: attacks from a long range causing blunt damage, effective at taking down enemy defenses.
-Wizard: attacks from medium-range, causing blunt damage and can cast powerful fireballs and defensive shields at the cost of MP.
Upgrade your army: -There are 3 types of armor upgrades (blunt, piercing, slashing) available to your army, try to upgrade the right ones to counter your opponent's army.
-You can also level up your army's units, which will improve their attack power and max health
-the cost of upgrades depends on the number of units you own.
Players must manage their economy, build their base and defenses, while producing and upgrading their units.
Build:
-House: generates money
-Forge: generates iron and upgrades your army's armor (3 different armor types: blunt, piercing, and slashing)
-Pillar: generates magic and enchants targeted unit, so that they bypass enemy non-magic armor.
-Barracks: recruit and upgrade soldier soldier
-Archery range: recruits and upgrades archers
-Foundry: recruits and upgrades canons
-Wizard tower: recruits and upgrades wizards.
-Defensive Tower: shoots 3 arrows at enemies in the vicinity.
-Walls: blocks unit movement.
-Gate: A wall that can let units go through
Produce your army from a range of 4 different units:
-Archer: attacks from afar with piercing damage but are more accurate at close range.
-Soldier: attacks with slashing damage, have higher HP and armor and can change their weapon type to counter their opponent's armor-type
-Canon: attacks from a long range causing blunt damage, effective at taking down enemy defenses.
-Wizard: attacks from medium-range, causing blunt damage and can cast powerful fireballs and defensive shields at the cost of MP.
Upgrade your army: -There are 3 types of armor upgrades (blunt, piercing, slashing) available to your army, try to upgrade the right ones to counter your opponent's army.
-You can also level up your army's units, which will improve their attack power and max health
-the cost of upgrades depends on the number of units you own.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Window
- Processor: Intel Core i3-7100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit, Version 1909 or Newer
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, Intel Core i7-4770K
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon 470 (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4 GB), NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti (4 GB)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Major update
After some downtime, we’ve poured fresh energy and care into our free RTS project. Castle War began as a practice experiment, but it has grown thanks to the support of players like you.If you enjoy the game or want to help a small indie studio take the next step, please consider adding our first commercial title, Nemorsys, to your Steam wishlist. Your support means the world to us and helps us keep creating.New Game Mode: Solo SurvivalSolo mode now features endless enemy spawns.The longer you survive, the higher your placement on the final leaderboard.Your leaderboard rank is revealed upon death—how long can you last?New FeaturesBase Healing: Units can now be healed near the main base for 50 Magick Points.Cannon Upgrade: Cannons can now fire their Grape Shot ability freely, unleashing devastating close-range attacks.AI ImprovementsUnits will now attack walls when no valid path is available, adding strategic depth to defenses.Quality of Life EnhancementsWall snapping is now more intuitive—walls connect more smoothly with one another.The last wall orientation is now remembered when closing the build window.You can now place walls over forest terrain, making construction easier in dense areas.Steam AchievementsWe've added over 20 new Steam achievements! Challenge yourself and claim them all.Leaderboard ExpansionCompare your survival run with players from around the world.Rankings are shown after each solo session to see where you stand.Bug FixesFixed a major bug that prevented players from selecting units.Addressed screen resolution issues on certain setups.Resolved crash bugs that occurred when trying to return to the main menu.Read full article on Community Announcements (Mith)Patch NotesOfficial
Update
Minimap Arrow to show incoming waves direction (solo player) Bug fix : - Fix camera starting position (Multiplayer) - Unit keep attacking after attack target has been set - Building placement no longer require to keep the left mouse button pushedRead full article on Community Announcements (Mith)AnnouncementsOfficial
Solo Player Added
Player can now play alone vs waves of enemies Bug fix : -Fix a bug with units stop autoattacking when they had a target. - The mouse overlay now displays if a unit will attack or move Added a cancel button to cancel unit productionRead full article on Community Announcements (Mith)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug Fix
Bug fix : -fix a bug where the mouse size was affected by the screen resolution -fix a bug where the movement and attack icon appeared for one forame before it was moved -bug fix attempt to prevent all unit to stay selected on some computer/ screen resolution -unit movement now stop more fluidly -fix a bug where the canon death animation wasn't playing properlyRead full article on Community Announcements (Mith)Patch NotesOfficial
Bug Fix and middle map reward
Bug fixe: -Fix a bug were players couldn't select their units on some screen resolution. Features: - A Jack Pot is now located in the middle of the map to give an insentive to occupy and compete for the center of the mapRead full article on Community Announcements (Mith)
