Castle Crashers® — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Nominate Castle Crashers for Steam’s Labor of Love Award! | 2025-11-24 | This year, the big chicken asks you to consider nominating Castle Crashers for the honor of Steam's Labor of Love Award! Interested in learning some quick history about all the love we've poured into our second-ever game baby? Read on! Where it all began: the Castle Crashers demo at Comic Con 2005!We first shared a playable demo of Castle Crashers at San Diego Comic Con back in 2005! Running on a GameCube dev kit, this early version had slightly different designs for our four brave champions and was codenamed “Ye Olde Sidescroller.” After three years of hard work, Castle Crashers was officially released for the Xbox Live Arcade in August 2008 |
| Painter Boss Paradise Patch 3.1 – The CheekFix | 2025-11-03 | Happy November, knights! Can you believe it’s been three months since the release of Painter Boss Paradise? We hope you had an amazing Halloween, but it’s time to move on to a VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT we’re sure you’ve all been excitedly anticipating. Cheeks. Are. Back!!!!! You heard that right. Alien Hominid’s butt cheeks are BACK in today’s patch, along with a myriad of updates and bug fixes for both the Global version of Castle Crashers and the Painter Boss Paradise DLC! Let's get right into it, shall we? MacFixed an issue with text getting cut off in the Manager menuFixed an issue with vibration/rumble for controllers on MacFixed an is |
| Enter The Behemoth's annual Halloween art contest! 🎃 | 2025-10-16 | Chick-or-treat! We’re back with our annual Behemoth Halloween Art Contest, Painter Boss Paradise edition! This year, you’ll need to choose ANY character from our games, then dress them up in a costume found in the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC Steam Workshop.For example, you could dress up Hatty Hattington as a BOTTLE OF RANCH, or Red Knight as a GREEN KNIGHT PLUSHIE! Three (3) winners located in the USA will receive a Skeleton Figurine and Necromancer Plushie! Winners outside of the United States will receive a Steam gift card. Entries are accepted until the end of Monday, October 27th.For full details on how to enter, visit our |
| Castle Crashers turns 13 on Steam! 🎂 | 2025-09-26 | A lucky 13 years ago today, Castle Crashers landed on Steam! 🍰This game baby of ours has seen a lot over the years, like a remaster through the Barbarian Makeover Update back in 2015, to a new DLC in 2025! Thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy (or more), told a friend about it, or left a review over the years; it truly means a lot to our small but Behemoth team and it helps us continue to Make Games!Here's what the menu looked like way back when for a little dose of nostalgia:Much love,The Behemoth Team |
| Painter Boss Paradise Hotfix 3 | 2025-08-18 | Happy Monday, knights! How have your Painter Boss Paradise adventures been treating you? We hope you’ve been having a grand time playing as Paint Junior, creating custom knight skins for the Steam Workshop, and enjoying all the new art the DLC has to offer!Today we have a few bug fixes to deploy, including fixes for the double/overlapped body piece and achievement tracking for Custom Characters. We appreciate your patience as we tackle these issues and thank the community members who have reported bugs to our support team!FixesRemoved the doubled/overlapped body piece for Custom CharactersIssued a fix for the Hawkster princess fight auto-heal |
| Join us for a Painter Boss Paradise stream tomorrow! | 2025-08-13 | Join us for a Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC stream tomorrow, August 14th, at 2:00 PM PDT on YouTube and Twitch! We'll be playing as custom characters made by YOU, the community that makes it all possible for this big chicken! See you there!!! |
| Painter Boss Paradise Hotfix 2 | 2025-08-08 | Why hello there, crashers of castles! Today we’re back with another small Painter Boss Paradise hotfix to address some issues with online matchmaking and properly allow Mac users to upload to the Workshop!Fixes1. Issued a fix for Mac users not being able to upload Custom Characters to the Steam Workshop 2. Slayed a Network Goblin causing issues with online matchmakingWe appreciate your patience as we tackle these issues and hope everyone is having an amazing time with the CCPBPDLC so far! |
| Painter Boss Paradise Launch Hotfix | 2025-08-07 | Good evening all knights and painters! We have a quick hotfix for two issues we ran into during today’s Painter Boss Paradise DLC launch. Our team appreciates everyone who has sent in bug reports for the following issues and hope they didn’t interfere with your DLC gameplay too much! Fixes1. Issued a fix for the “Game is no longer available” error in online games when no custom characters are present 2. Issued a fix for when a player character appears as someone else’s Custom Character when in an online game How are you enjoying the new Painter Boss Paradise DLC? Have you played as Princess Herbert yet? What about Pipistrello??? Let us know b |
| Painter Boss Paradise is now available! | 2025-08-06 | From enemies to fellow artists, today we join the Painter Boss in unleashing a FRESH new version of Castle Crashers for you to enjoy! The Painter Boss Paradise DLC includes updated art for all playable characters and weapons, a brand new official character (complete with a new magic moveset!), new map and main menu art, CUSTOM CHARACTER CAPABILITIES, and even more!!! Shall we consider this to be the Painter’s magnum opus? Only time will tell…Don’t know where to start? Too afraid of your own creations? Have no fear! We’ve preloaded an entire crew of DLC characters created by our art team for you to try on the Steam Workshop RIGHT NOW! Take a l |
| Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise: Global and DLC Updates | 2025-08-06 | The Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC is now available for Steam! Check out the official announcement and trailer here, or read on to learn about all of the updates now in Castle Crashers!Global Updates (Classic + Fresh)The following updates are now present in the base game of Castle Crashers, in addition to the DLC version!1. Main Menu Art8 new background vignettes based on lore from the Castle Crashers universe have been added to the main menu! 2. Video Settings: Borderless Window Mode and Max Framerate Windows users now have access to Borderless Window Mode in Video Settings. Windows and Mac users can now set a Maximum Framerate. 3 |
| Painter Boss Paradise DLC Global Release Chart | 2025-08-05 | Wondering when the Painter Boss Paradise DLC launches in your time zone? Paint Junior marked up a global release chart just for the occasion! Click on the map below to expand the image and get excited for the DLC's launch in less than a day!!!We can't wait to see what you've COOKIN up for the Steam Workshop! See you all tomorrow! |
| The Behemoth Doodle Stream returns with our Publisher Sale! | 2025-07-16 | We’re celebrating Painter Boss AND the big chicken all month long! The Behemoth Publisher Sale has landed with sweet deals on all your favorite arcade adventures, including Castle Crashers for 70% off! It’s your last chance to grab the base game at a steep discount before the DLC drops next month. Deals end July 23rd! We're also going to be streaming this Friday, July 18, at 12PM PDT! Join us as we draw and doodle powerful characters ahead of the Painter Boss Paradise release on August 6. Have questions about how to use the template? Questions about the DLC? Want to know Dan's favorite brand of milk? Tune in on Friday at 12PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT |
| How to Get Started with Painter Boss Paradise | 2025-07-09 | Are you ready to create powerful characters in the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC? Let our video guide walk you through the process – it’s as easy as counting to three (kind of)!Not sure what we’re talking about? Surprised that a 17-year-old game is getting DLC? What is a Painter Boss Paradise? First, gaze upon our handy screen that will greet you when you boot up Castle Crashers. From fresh new art to a brand-new official character, there’s much to discover in the Painter Boss Paradise DLC! You can learn more about the DLC by visiting the store page right now!Now, let’s jump into the juicy details: how to use the template to creat |
| Try the DLC at PAX East! | 2025-05-07 | The DLC is coming this summer–are you ready?! If you’re going to be at PAX East this upcoming May 8 - May 11, you can be one of the first to experience the DLC on one of our shiny new 2-player Painter Boss Paradise arcade cabinets! We’ll be hosting a 1v1v1v1 Arena Tournament on Saturday, May 10, right after the Tom Fulp Meetup finishes! Yes, the Tom Fulp! We understand not everybody can make it to PAX, which is why this year we wanted to bring the show to you as much as we can! Our PAX Live Blog has kicked off ahead of the tradeshow madness, and a Behemoth Birdie told me there might be an online giveaway for a set of Castle Crashers Knight Pl |
| April Fools: Castle Crashers Herbert's Paradise | 2025-04-01 | Castle Crashers Herbert’s Paradise is coming soon to Steam! Every playable character in the game will be Herbert, and there’s nothing you can do about it. In case you actually want a Castle Crashers full of Herberts, be sure to wishlist the Painter Boss Paradise DLC to get notified as soon as it releases this summer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133920/Castle_Crashers__Painter_Boss_Paradise/ |
| Green Knight Art Contest Winners | 2025-03-20 | The Green Knight fandom came out in full force for our art contest! After careful deliberation, we have selected the winners of our Green Knight art contest with a special surprise - SIX total entries have won a Green Knight Prize! That never happens!* *This actually keeps happening because you are all too talented Click on the button below to see all the winning art, the extra honorable mentions handpicked by Dan Paladin, and our Green Knight Gallery! A BEHEMOTH thank you to our community of Green Knight afficionados for filling our inbox with the joy of over THREE HUNDRED contest entries! View the winners! |
| The Steam Spring Sale has sprung with Behemoth game deals! | 2025-03-13 | Spring means that it’s almost time for summer, right? The Painter Boss Paradise DLC lands early this summer, RIGHT? YES! Thank you so much for your patience as we develop the DLC and the rest of our Behemoth Roadmap projects! We can’t wait to get this custom character tool in your hands and create together! If you're looking for a different co-op game to check out before then, may I interest you in some chicken arcade goodness? Now through March 20th, you can grab any of The Behemoth’s co-op titles at a discount thanks to the Steam Spring Sale! Castle Crashers - 70% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/ BattleBlock T |
| A Green Knight Art Contest Appears! | 2025-03-04 | The Behemoth’s here to sprinkle some luck and cheer–when things are otherwise grey and drear! Can you make Green Knight even fresher than THIS? Prove it! 🎨 Happy March, chicken-friends! We’ve been going full-speed on development for the upcoming Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC, but it seemed like an appropriate time to flex our artsy wings. So we’re here to kick off a classic Behemoth art contest with The Face of Castle Crashers: our backflipping, allergic-to-juggling fiend, GREEN KNIGHT. Entries are being accepted now until March 17, 2025, 11:59PM PT. We'll be picking three lucky winners of a Green Knight Figurine! This is him. Ba |
| Wishlist the Painter Boss Paradise DLC today! | 2025-02-13 | The official Steam page for the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC is now live! Go visit it to wishlist the DLC! It’s happening!!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133920/Castle_Crashers__Painters_Boss_Paradise/ Oh, and did we mention it’s happening this summer? That’s right, the Painter Boss Paradise DLC now has an official launch window of Summer 2025! The DLC's price has been set to $3.99, and more information about regional pricing will be available soon. So.. what now? Share your powerful characters with us in the Artwork tab of the Castle Crasher’s Community Hub! We’ll choose a few of our favorites to highlight ahead of the DL |
| Castle Crashers is 90% off, and a DLC development update lands Thursday!!! | 2025-02-10 | Our Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise February development update lands this Thursday, February 13th, at 10:00 AM PST on our YouTube channel!!! That's all we can really say about it without spoiling anything, so... Castle Crashers is 90% off (again!!!) thanks to Steam's Couch Co-op Sale! Grab the game for CHEAP before the Painter Boss Paradise DLC lands this year! https://store.steampowered.com/app/204360/Castle_Crashers/ BattleBlock Theater - 70% off! You can also get BattleBlock for a hefty discount before it receives a major quality of life overhaul! https://store.steampowered.com/app/238460/BattleBlock_Theater/ Pit People - 60% off! M |