Castle of Illusion on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Mickey Mouse returns to star in Castle of Illusion, a fantastical reimagining of the Sega Genesis classic.

Castle of Illusion is a platformer, adventure and remake game developed by SEGA Studios Australia and published by SEGA.
Released on September 04th 2013 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 3,854 reviews of which 3,497 were positive and 357 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.28€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Castle of Illusion into these genres:

Platformer Adventure Remake Casual Family Friendly Singleplayer Retro Classic Colorful Great Soundtrack 2.5D Short 2D Cartoon 3D Platformer Difficult Fantasy Atmospheric Cartoony Cute

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows Vista SP2+
Processor: 2.8 Ghz Dual Core (minimum)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI 2600/Nvidia 8600 (minimum)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2025

This was a game from my childhood, i do find this game very charming in aesthetics and it's fun for kids and ages above, having decent platforming challenges and a lot of cool setpieces. While this game isn't very challenging (i completed it in about 2.8 hours) it's still such a fun nostalgic romp, good on Sega for making this remake.

Jan. 2025

A great game reviving the nostalgia of the good old days of the Sega Genesis.

Nov. 2024

Once you tweak the config to better suite PC and can then set your resolution and refresh rate to whatever you want this is a phenomenal platform game. It's honestly one of my favorites!

Sept. 2024

I came back to this [after a decade] for my second playthrough and a 100% run before playing Epic Mickey as a warm-up with our favorite mouse. There aren't really many good Disney games on Steam. I think Castle of Illusion works better as a Genesis game, but when I played it as a teenager, I initially thought it was cool—and I still do, just not as much as I used to. Some of the magic got lost in time and perhaps that was inevitable. It's a very simplistic platformer and can easily be finished within 2 hours. It's a faithful remake, but it doesn't go as deep as DuckTales (which is one of my all-time favorite remasters of another classic platformer), even though I know some claim Castle of Illusion is better. I wish both DuckTales 2 and Legends of Illusion would get remakes however. As for Castle of Illusion, it's a game you'd want in your library.

June 2024

Play this game if (1) you need more Mickey Mouse in your life; (2) you need a family friendly game so your little kid can play; or (3) you have a lot of memories with the original 1990 Sega Genesis game, which this game is a remake of. For me it was the third. The original game for me was one of the most memorable games of that era along with games like Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Comix Zone, Aladdin etc. That game had so much imagination and creativity injected into its levels (along with one of the best soundtracks of that era) that it was mind-blowing for a little kid like me. I used to get up in the morning only to play that game. But for this game, it tries as best as it can to be faithful to that game, and I would say that it succeeds in doing do. All the levels, enemies, and music are reminiscent of that amazing game. So the same way that the original game made great childhood memories for millennials like me, this remake can also make great memories for the younger generations.

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