Castle Morihisa

Castle Morihisa

Skip · Roguelike · 2022

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 19, under the fair line, at $14.99.

Length
2.1h
Value
$7.14/hr
Reviews
67% of 454 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews67% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 68% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$7.14/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds3 of 348 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

"Castle Morihisa" is a roguelike featuring strategic deckbuilder. You need to build up your deck through constant battles, acquire powerful talents, and wield the power of the Fallen Heroes to unveil the truth behind the rebellion in Castle Morihisa.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1GB Video Memory, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

50 discounts in the 5 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is pricier than 61 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 87 percent. On the same math LONESTAR ($12.99, scores 73) and Banners of Ruin ($19.99, scores 49) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Castle Morihisa

3 of the 348 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2022 to August 2026.

The drop-off

62% start to 4% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Honestly, one of the best games I own. This appears to be a rogueLIKE not a rogue-LITE so if you're looking for a game you can grind until you're so strong you break the game you're gonna be disappointed. that seems to be a common complaint. This however was exactly what I was looking for. A game with depth of gameplay, deckbuilding, RNG elements which are not unfairly balanced but still random enough to make you...
arbitrary.cognomenRecommendedafter 4.0hDec 2025Read on Steam
2 more reviews
Castle Morihisa, developed by Smokingbear Studio and published by Thermite Games, enters the roguelike deckbuilder space with a striking visual theme rooted in dark Japanese folklore and feudal-era mysticism. From the moment a mysterious rebellion is rumored to have erupted at Castle Morihisa, the player is cast as an undercover agent sent to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of envoys and the feared...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 11hDec 2025Read on Steam
I think people are overly harsh on this game. Its a perfectly fine rogue-like that's similar to StS but it's also different enough to be its own thing. I recommend if you are a fan of the genre.
RaysanXRecommendedafter 11hJun 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Castle Morihisa scores 19/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1608040/castle-morihisa
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSmokingbear Studio
PublisherThermite Games
GenreRoguelike
Released2022
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements33