Darkestville Castle is an adventure developed by Epic Llama Games, released 21 September 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android. It currently starts at $3.74 at Steam. The main story takes about 7.5 hrs to finish.
What Darkestville Castle is
Darkestville Castle is an adventure game developed by Epic Llama Games and released in 2017. It was published by Buka Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Buka Entertainment JSC — is one of the oldest Russian video game developers and publishers. Headquartered in Moscow, the company was officially established in 1994. Since 2008, it is a part of the 1C Company.
How it plays
Its themes are comedy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 44 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Darkestville Castle holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.5 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.74, that works out to about $0.50 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or 2 GHz (Dual Core), 2 GB RAM and DirectX 9.0 compatible. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.74 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Darkestville Castle launched on 21 September 2017, within three weeks of Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Destiny 2, Cuphead, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darkestville Castle yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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