Becastled

Becastled

Released Oct 2025

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

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Evaluation

Becastled spent several years in Early Access before officially launching as version 1.0 on October 22, 2025. The 1.0 release was a substantial milestone, delivering Roads, Bosses, Achievements, Steam Deck verification, full controller support, a new guided tutorial, and various optimizations. It also marked the game's simultaneous release on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch — facilitated by a new publishing partnership with Pingle Studio. Throughout Early Access (roughly 2021–2025), the developer shipped a strong cadence of major content updates: the Tech Tree Update (June 2021), a content update with new buildings and mechanics (January 2023), the Traps update (June 2023), Hospital and related buildings (September 2023), the Mood mechanic overhaul (November 2023), the Seasons system (December 2023), and the large Combat Update (March 2025). This is seven major content releases across the Early Access period, demonstrating a committed and active development team. Since 1.0 launched, the developer has issued bug-fix patches (most recently Patch 1.0.31 on October 29, 2025) but has made no announcements of further major content, expansions, or DLC. There are no unreleased DLC items on the store — only the soundtrack, which has been available since February 2022. The last developer communication of any kind was October 29, 2025. Given that the 1.0 launch was positioned as the completion of the Early Access journey and no post-launch content roadmap has been communicated, the game appears to have shipped as a complete product.
Evidence
Becastled 1.0 officially launched with Roads, Bosses, Achievements, Steam Deck verification, controller support, and a new tutorial — the culmination of the Early Access development period.
news post · Oct 22, 2025 source content shipped
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1.0 launch announced for October 23 across PC, consoles, and Steam Deck simultaneously, enabled by a new publishing partnership with Pingle Studio.
news post · Aug 14, 2025 source content shipped
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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Feb 2022

Media

Details

Publisher
Mana Potion Studios
Achievements
39
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Becastled is a cozy-meets-challenging strategy game that combines city building with RTS-like tower defense. You are the lord of the Sun Kingdom, leading its final stand against the Moon Beasts.

Design and build your castle, grow a settlement, and prepare your people for the nightly siege. By day, gather resources, place buildings, raise walls, and lay roads, keeping your subjects happy with taverns and decorations. By night, man the battlements, unleash ballistas, and hold the line until dawn.

The siege horns sound at sunset. How long can your fortress hold the dark?

BUILD A CASTLE BY DAY

Transform a humble village into a true medieval city. Lay farms and markets to keep your people fed, gather wood and iron for construction, and raise walls, watchtowers, and gates to protect your keep. Build a fantasy bastion where life flourishes under the sun!

KEEP YOUR PEOPLE HAPPY

Satisfied subjects work harder and fight with greater courage. Sawmills may sour the air, but lively taverns and street decorations lift every spirit. Balance comfort and function to keep your kingdom strong through each long night.

DEFEND AGAINST SIEGES AT NIGHT

At sunset, the Moon Beasts strike with battering rams, siege towers and even dragons. Layer your defenses with walls and iron gates, rain fire with catapults and archers, and withstand ever-stronger assaults until sunrise.

TRAIN AN UNSTOPPABLE ARMY

Forge weapons and armor to prepare your warriors for the siege. Advance from basic infantry to an army with ballistas and trebuchets. Archers, swordsmen, and pikemen will fight to the last if you train and equip them well. If the walls fall, rally every villager to defend their home.

TURN THE LAND TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

Hills, rivers, and forests can be your castle’s best allies, offering natural moats and tactical positions. But shifting seasons can betray you. A river shields you in summer but freezes solid in winter, creating a bridge for your enemy. Adapt your defenses and stockpile resources ahead of time.

BUILD, DEFEND, EXPAND, REPEAT

A strong economy fuels a stronger army. Grow your domain, claim new lands, and mine precious Sunstone to raise buildings and keep your people safe.

As your settlement expands, you will push back the forces of the night. But will you have the strength to end the ancient war between the Sunfolk and the creatures of the Moon?

Last evaluated Jun 15, 2026
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