Castles, an indie action puzzle game, is launching on Xbox One digitally on Oct. 5. From publisher Badland Games and developer WhootGames, Castles features three modes, including Story mode with over 50 levels of gameplay. You can check out a trailer for Castles below:
Castles’ light, fun plot is summarized as follows:
“One evening, King Harold was reading a travel magazine about the ‘Wonders of the World’ and marveled at how various monuments brought glory to different kingdoms. With elections coming up, King Harold needed something big to keep the throne. Inspired by the magazine’s monuments, he summoned the kingdom’s best builders to construct the tallest tower anyone has ever seen and it’s your job to control them.”
Players must push and pull construction blocks and match three or more of them in a row to complete level goals. The blocks are either made of building materials or feature construction tools on them. If you take too long pushing the blocks around, the block deliveries will fill up your small grid and put your work to a halt.
Sounds pretty Zen, honestly.
Story mode follows the tale of your mighty tower-builders, who must contend with blocks, bosses and even bad weather. Aside from the 50 levels of Story Mode, you can also play Survival mode and Versus Mode. In Survival Mode, you just try to stay alive as long as possible to build the tallest tower ever. Versus Mode lets you dial a friend and compete against them to build the tallest tower - while ambushing them with more blocks than they might be able to handle. (Do you have that one little cousin always pestering you to play video games? Settle down and play Castles together.)
Castles lets you unlock buildings and character appearances as well as watch the charming village below you thrive. It will be available on Xbox One starting Oct. 5 for $4.99.
