- The ENDLESS KNIGHTS major update is here! - 17 September 2026
Our next major Castle Doombad update is here... The ENDLESS KNIGHTS update! 🔥 Slay the days away... endlessly! This nefarious new mode includes several dozen new castle layouts across three treacherous themes, brand new loot to unlock, and epic new hero variants! Plus, activate the new SKULL MODIFIERS 💀 feature to customize your gameplay however your villainous heart desires! Make yourself more powerful and the game easier... OR ramp up the challenge to earn better rewards and scores! Also, the Summer of Screams ☀️ event is back (a little late, but hey, it still feels like summer here in Arizona!) with all of last year's unlockables returning, plus several new reward to obtain! This is a BIG BAD update, and we hope you enjoy! Check out the trailer, here: Full Build notes follow below: CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.6.0 - 9/17/26 Greetings, Minions! It's been awhile... but we're back with a…
- February 2026 Maintenance and Bugfix Patch - 20 February 2026
Greetings, Villains! We hope your 2026 has been off to a wickedly wonderful start! Today's update includes various gamewide bugfixes and improvements, while we continue to work on our next content update, coming soonish! Read on for more, and thank you for playing Castle Doombad! BALANCE CHANGES: - The lightsaber-wielding Space Hero will no longer deflect projectiles while running on a treadmill BUGFIXES: - Space Heroes will no longer deflect projectiles with their lightsaber in the moment before fully entering the castle (which caused them to sometimes get stuck and soft lock waves) - The Doom-a-rang now behaves properly when deflected by the Space Hero. Also fixed an issue where it could sometimes lose its hitbox and stop hitting heroes - The final "fireball" upgrade for the Pirate Cannon now works/spawns properly - Fixed a bug where Loomkins could sometimes run outside of the castle…
- 1.5.1 "Holislay" Event Calendar Fix - 3 January 2026
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.5.1 - 1/2/26 Hello and Happy New Year! With the changing of the new year, we unfortunately experienced a calendar issue that caused the Holislay Event to end prematurely. This has now been resolved, and we’ve also extended the Holislay Event by an additional two weeks to compensate for the lost time. In addition, the error sadly caused Holislay Event Quest and Event Stage completion progress to be reset. (Note: your Event Unlocks and Event Currency were not affected by this, and both are retained). We realize how unfortunate this is, and to help make up for this, we've added a freebie Doomcookie Currency gift in the Event Shop tab. Though regrettable, please note that the completion of Event Quests and Event Stages has no effect on any aspect of the game outside of the event, and finishing them only results in the earning of Event Currency. Still, we’re very so…
- HOLIDAY UPDATE with NEW TRAP and NEW STAGES! - 19 December 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.5.0 - 12/19/25 Happy Holislays to one and all! Our holiday winter event is here, plus as a bonus, we've also introduced a treacherous NEW TRAP: the Doom-a-rang! Read on for more dreadful details! WHAT'S NEW: The Doom-a-rang flings onto the scene! This new Auto Trap flies through heroes and back, dealing damage both ways! Much more reliable than real-life boomerags. (Seriously, have you tried one before?)Our Happy Holislays Event is here! Included are SIX brand new Event Stages, dozens of new holiday-themed items and rewards to collect, Event Quests, and more! Available for a limited time, access it through the "Events" button on the Main Menu.Five new Baddie Bonuses have been added with the holiday event: Frostflame, Owvalanche, Fortunate Freezer, Frostbit Crits, and Iced Out Snap a stylish pic of your decked-out Control Room in our new Photo Mode! Access via t…
- 1.4.4 Post Halloween Bugfixes and Improvements - 11 November 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSICv1.4.4 - 11/10/25Tonight's update is another bugfix and improvement patch. Thank you for playing, and please look forward to more new content updates in the coming weeks! BUGFIXES:Fixed rare occasions in which stages could get stuck and never end due to heroes falling off ladders, down through the castle floor and offscreen Fixed a few of the Halloween Event Daily Quests from not displaying the proper requirements and also not completing correctlyFixed the early game menu tutorials being able to get stuck if the player accidentally tapped the 'Customize" button on the trap shelf Improved the Sparkkin's pathing in the castle and adding more prevention against it being able to get stuck in small rooms/hallways Numerous errors fixed in various parts of the game that should further improve stability against soft locks, incorrect hero and trap behavior, and performance…
- 1.4.3 Post-Halloween Bugfixes and Improvements - 7 November 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.4.3 - 11/6/25We hope you've been enjoying our big "Trap or Treat" update, and we also want to thank everyone who provided helpful feedback! Today's update includes numerous fixes and improvements, which you can read below. Let's keep the spookiness going through November! ADDITIONS AND CHANGES:The speedrun timer in Roguevenge now pauses whenever there's no heroes inside the castle (such as when heroes are spawning or approaching from outside) The movement speed of the Ghost Toaster heroes has been slightly reduced. Elite Ghost Toasters have also had their movement speed and health reduced. The previous update introduced a calculation error for the Giant Boulder of Doom that caused it to unintentionally one-hit-kill more targets than intended (especially high-health targets). In addition to fixing this issue, we have also made several changes to the way the GBOD…
- Halloween Update hotfix patch 2 - 3 November 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSICv1.4.2 Build 7133 - 11/2/25 Today we have another small hotfix patch with incremental fixes and improvements, including: TODAY'S BUG FIXES:- Fixed the "Event Daily Quest Reroll" sometimes not working- Fixed several possible crashes with the game's new content- Fixed several errors that could cause slowdown (we are continuing to look into more performance improvements) We are planning to provide additional fixes and improvements this week. If you encounter any issues, please feel free to let us know either on our steam forums or via the contact info or form on https://www.castledoombad.com Thanks!
- Halloween Update hotfix patch 1 - 2 November 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.4.1 Build 7126 - 11/1/25Thank you to everyone who has already checked out our big new Halloween update and provided helpful feedback! Today we've released a small hotfix patch with a few quick fixes. We are continuing to look at all reports closely and investigating other issues, and will provide another fix and improvement patch next week. TODAY'S BUG FIXES:Fixed the Space Madness chapter suddenly being inaccessible,In Classic Mode, fixed the chapter headers on the Chapter Select Screen sometimes being mismatched,Fixed the background/environment art having its position shifted unintentionally on Summer Slaycation and Space MadnessWe'll have more soon. Thanks again for playing!
- TRAP OR TREAT! New Chapter + Halloween Spookiness! - 31 October 2025
It's time to... TRAP OR TREAT! We're excited to announce Castle Doombad's jumbo-sized Halloween update! Featuring...An all-new chapter with 15 new stages -- the first new chapter added to Doombad in over 10 years! Get ready to conquer... Trapsylvania! New heroes, over 30 new rewards, and tons of spooky surprises!For the first time, customize the look of your Trap Shelf! For a full list of changes, please see the in-game News button!Happy Halloween, and we hope you enjoy!
- Minor Unity security vulnerability patch - 4 October 2025
Hey Baddies, We received notice from Unity (the makers of our game engine) that all games built in a specific version of their editor contained a newly discovered security vulnerability. Unity provided developers a patch to correct this vulnerability, and we have included that fix in this minor update. We've also been busy with a large Castle Doombad content update that's coming soon, so please keep an eye out. Stay villainous!
- New Patch! Menu Scaling, Adjustments, and Bug Fixes - 11 September 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.3.2.6225 - 9/11/25 Today's patch brings some small visual and stability improvements to the game. Please read below to see the changes, and keep an eye out for some big surprises coming soon! WHAT'S NEW:We have decreased the scaling of the game's menus and GUI on both tablets and the Steam version, as they appeared overly large on bigger screens. On the Steam version, we have also added a setting where you can change the menu and interface scaling yourself.We have zoomed out the in-game camera somewhat on tablets and the Steam version, so that you can now see more of the castle at once while playing on bigger screens.BUG FIXES:The "More Roomkin" Baddie Bonus now stacks properly when two or more Spoils with it are equipped at the same timeFixed being able to see underneath the ground/game world in Chapter 1 when using the Giant Boulder of DoomEvilstein now respo…
- NEW TRAP: The Axe-o-Matic is here! - 27 August 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.3.0 Build 6138 - 8/27/25 We hope you enjoy our newest trap: the Axe-o-Matic! Read on to learn more about it and the other changes in this update, and as always: thank you for playing Castle Doombad! WHAT'S NEW: The Axe-o-Matic has arrived! This new trap is our first "Hybrid" trap. It can be manually-aimed after placement, but then proceeds to fire automatically. This is the game's 32nd tarp, and you'll find it in the Auto Traps section. New Reskins have also been added for the Axe-o-Matic. Added our 40th achievement: "Axpertise"New unique "Day 7" Daily Login Rewards have been added after Login Week 4!We have updated the look of Hero and Trap health bars in the game, and for the first time we've added health bars for Hero Shields. New options to toggle these off have also been added ot the settings screen.Updated the "Mental Reset" Baddie Bonus fx and audio to b…
- More Summer Event Improvements and Fixes - 13 August 2025
Castle Doombad Classic v1.2.4 Build 5999 - 8/12/25 The Summer of Screams continues! Today's patch includes several improvements and fixes. Check them out, and be sure to keep an eye out for some new surprises coming soon! WHAT'S NEW: New Evil Schemes added to Roguevenge that allow the unlocking of an additional Blackstone and Whitestone. Greenstones can now also appear as rewards via new repeatable Daily Schemes. Added a new song to the Summer Event's Beach Radio Spoil (in preparation for the next trap coming soon to the game!) We've performed several notable performance improvement measures including a game engine update and key asset optimization. Players on lower-end devices should experience a general performance boost. BALANCE CHANGES: The "Basic Badness" Baddie Bonus now increases damage by 3% instead of 2%, and "Basic Badness II" now increases damage by 6% instead of 3% "Scareosc…
- Summer Event Hotfix Patch - 30 July 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.2.1 - 7/30/25 We hope you've been enjoying the new Summer of Screams event! Below you'll find patch notes for today's small bugfix and improvement update. BALANCE CHANGES: - The Spinning Fireball Thingie's impact damage has been increased - The Shrink Ray's Usage Duration and Hero Shrink Duration have both been increased - "Lit Crits" Baddie Bonus now has a 25% chance to trigger instead of a 50% chance. Its description has also been updated to clarify that it can be stacked. BUGFIXES: - Fixed the "Complete today's Daily Scheme with only Summer Spoils Equipped" Daily Event Quest sometimes not completing properly - Fixed an issue in the mobile version where Optional Reward Ads would sometimes get stuck loading forever on some devices - Applied several small stability improvements and error preventions
- The Summer of Screams Event! - 25 July 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.2.0 - 7/25/25 Welcome to Castle Doombad's "Summer of Screams" Event! We hope you enjoy this scorchingly sinister update! NEW IN THE SUMMER EVENT: Summer has come to Castle Doombad! Tap the orange EVENT button on the Main Menu to enter the event and get your summer on! This event is available until September 22ndThe Summer Event comes with special new event activities! New daily REWARDS, daily QUESTS, and full-event quests are available. All event quests can be completed in any game mode!6 NEW STAGES have been added as part of the Summer Event! Access them from the event's "Stages "tab. And yes, they're crownable!Over 30 new Summer Event rewards have been added, available for a limited time! The newly added Spoils also include new Baddie Bonus types. OTHER ADDITIONS: Introducing: Roguevenge Stones! Equip Roguevenge Stones to your traps to manipulate their chance…
- The Sparkkin Doomkin zaps onto the scene! - 13 June 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v1.1.4 6/13/2025 Thank you for playing Castle Doombad Classic! We're back with another content & improvements update, and we also have more exciting updates planned for the near future! So stay tuned... and stay evil!! WHAT'S NEW: The Sparkkin zaps onto the scene! Unlock your sparky Doomkin friend from the Trap Select Screen, and don't forget to check out its new reskins too! You can now turn on a Speed Timer clock in Roguevenge mode! Enable it from the game settings screen In Roguevenge, your fastest Night 1 Clear time is now saved as a record, and faster runs will now grant additional points towards your grade Added a new achievement: Tight Dreadline! Can you clear Roguevenge Night 1 in 11 minutes or less? 5 New Daily Challenges have been added, including challenges involving the Sparkkin Added 3 New Loomkin Reskins and 1 New Spoil (for Pride Month!) BUGFIXES: F…
- Updates to Spoils Screen, Spoils Favoriting, Fixes, and more! - 22 May 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC v0.9.4968 - 5/22/25 Hello, villains! Today we have an update that brings some Quality of Life improvements to the game. Read on to find out more, and thanks as always for playing Castle Doombad! WHAT'S NEW The Spoils Screen has received numerous updates and improvements, including a new "Active Baddie Bonuses" dynamic list (which you can also tap to shortcut to associated Spoils), Baddie Bonuses now show their Muahaha Slot requirement even when disabled, improvements to the feel of the scroller menu, and several visual organizational changes have also been applied. You can now "favorite" your Spoils with the Black Heart button, located in the top right corner of their description. Favorited Spoils can be accessed with a new filter option on the Spoils Screen. You can now see any trap's complete upgrade list with the new "i" button on the Trap Select Screen, found…
- Medkin, Daily Challenges, and Localization Update! - 7 May 2025
Hey Steam Villains! We know it's been awhile, but we're happy to say: we're BACK with a BIG BAD UPDATE for Castle Doombad Classic! This one is packed full of devious delights, including a brand new trap, new control options, new daily challenge mode, localization into 14 different languages, and much more! Read on for full details: WICKED NEW FEATURES!: You can now pan the camera vertically with your mouse scroll wheel! (A sensitivity setting is also available in the settings screen) The number keys on the keyboard can now be used as a secondary method for selecting traps from the trap shelf New Trap Added: Return of the Medkin (Medic Doomkin)! Keep your other traps and minions healed with the power of... evil love? Daily Challenges are here! Try your evil hand at daily special gameplay modes like Trap Randomizer, Protect the Doomkin, and many more! Daily Login Rewards have also been ad…
- Castle Doombad Classic v0.9.3526 (Minor bugfix patch 3) - 7 January 2025
CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC - Minor Bugfix Patch 3 v0.9.3526 - 1/7/25 We hope you had a nice holiday and a happy new year! A new patch is now available for Steam players. Please read below for details: ADDITIONS & CHANGES: 7 Brand new Achievements have been added, mostly centered around Roguevenge and the new Spoils system When the Princess is released from the Scream Chamber in Classic Mode, you can now retrieve her with the flying monkey by using the Evilness resource and a button at the top of the screen (this can only be activated once per stage). This feature was previously present in the original game BUGFIXES: Fixed a handful of achievements not working/triggering, and all achievements should now be working properly Fixed an issue where the Hunky Knight would become invisible if afflicted by the "chill" status effect before jumping up a ladder Fixed the "Neat Freak" Baddie Bonus on th…
- Castle Doombad "Christmas HoliSLAY" Update - 23 December 2024
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Castle Doombad Team! We hope you enjoy our Mini Holiday Update. Please read below for details: CASTLE DOOMBAD CLASSIC - "HoliSLAY Event Update" v0.9.3483 - 12/23/24 ADDITIONS & CHANGES: 7 new themed Spoils and 1 new Doomkin reskin have been added as part of our "HoliSLAY Update!", includes a free Spoil that will unlock just for playing the game during the next two weeks! (Ends January 6th) A new Event Scheme is available in Roguevenge Mode, which is also available until January 6th. It also unlocks a new Holislay Spoil The new Spoils include all-new Baddie Bonus perks to unlock and equip BUGFIXES: The "Chilly" slowdown effect now affects hero climbing speed correctly Fixed the Pirate Cannon not dimming on cooldown Fixed a typo on the Space Throne spoil that stated it required 60 Roguevenge runs to be revealed, when it really required 70 Severa…
