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Xbox 360: August 27th 2008 | PS3: August 31st 2010 (US) / October 7th 2010 (KOR) / November 25th 2010 (JP) | Steam: September 26th 2012 | Xbox One: September 9th 2015 | Nintendo Switch: September 17th 2019 (Digital) / TBA 2023 (Physical, Pre-Orders start in September 2023) | PS4: September 17th 2019
Multiplayer?: Yes
(All Versions)
What is Castle Crashers about?
You and many others are having a party at the home castle when suddenly a Grey Knight with an arrow in his chest falls down the stairs and dies, the party stops and you go investigate what's happening, it turns out the evil wizard managed to break into the castle and is currently stealing the giant crystal on the king's throne all while the king is cowering in fear, once the evil wizard is gone the king orders you and his other loyal knights to chase after him and do whatever it takes to get the crystal back all while rescuing the kidnapped princesses along the way
What is the game/gameplay like?
It's a 2D beat em up hack n slash where you well beat up and hack n slash enemies and bosses, after each major boss fight (4 in total) you rescue a kidnapped princess and as a reward you get kissed by her, if you're playing multiplayer you and your friend(s) have to fight and kill each other to see who gets said reward, the last one standing is the one that wins (obviously)
there are 31 characters in total that you can play as ranging from the default knights to some of the enemies (and a boss) you encounter throughout the game (Pink Knight, Blacksmith, Necromancer, The King, Open Faced Grey Knight, Cult Minion and Hatty are DLC in some versions of the game but in the Xbox One, Switch and PS4 versions they're all obtainable without any DLC), each character counts as a save file so if you wanna replay through the game from scratch just switch characters or reset a specific character's data
there are also tons of weapons and animal orbs to collect throughout the game whether it's through fighting enemies, buying them at shops etc., weapons are usually based off of actual real life weapons but sometimes there are weird ones like (for example) a giant fish and a giant candle, most weapons change up your stats like for example one might raise your strength stat but lower your magic stat, some weapons also make your chance of getting a crit higher or give you the ability to light enemies on fire/poison enemies, animal orbs are optional but they are little animals shaped like orbs that have different skills like raising some of your stats, give you food/health items that are hidden or sitting on the floor, being able to attack the enemies out right by biting them, ramming into them etc.
When you beat the game the character you beat the game with (unless you deleted their data) will have a regular white skull on the corner of their portrait on the character select screen and you'll also unlock insane mode and the insane store for that specific character, insane mode is the same story, levels etc. but with much harder difficulty and is definitely recommended for multiplayer with REALLY skilled and high level players, if you beat insane mode said character will instead get a gold skull on the corner of their portrait (images below), the insane store has new weapons, animal orbs and a new character for you to buy (if you're on Xbox One, Switch or PS4 anyway)
If you're tired of the main game there are minigames for you to play, in every version of the game there is an arena mode which is just you (and your friends if playing multiplayer) fighting to the death to see who wins, arenas are also in the main game as they unlock some characters, on the Xbox 360 version there is a speed eating minigame called All You Can Quaff, on the PS3 version there is a volleyball minigame and on the Xbox One, Steam (at least as of September 9th 2015), Switch and PS4 versions of the game there is a minigame called Back off Barbarian (which is the worst one if you ask me, the song is a banger though)