Castle of Secrets

Gothic point-and-click mystery through a castle and the underworld

Serene Questworks Studios · Published by Wandering Wizard · Released May 22, 2025

Reviews: Mixed; 58% of 66
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 0; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Jun 3, 2025

What is Castle of Secrets?

This single-player point-and-click mystery adventure uses 3D environments and hand-drawn 2D characters. As Susan investigates her family’s deaths in a castle and the realm of the dead, you examine and combine objects, solve puzzles, and make choices that can lead to different endings.

For you if...

+you like Gothic mysteries with hand-drawn characters and surreal settings
+you enjoy exploring scenes and combining objects to solve puzzles
+you prefer stories where choices lead to different endings

Not for you if...

−you prefer action over point-and-click puzzle solving
−you avoid dark stories about death and family tragedy

What players say

58% of 66 reviews are positive

Players praise the Gothic art, atmosphere, story, and puzzles. Recent complaints focus on clunky controls, bugs that block progress or force restarts, and frustrating puzzle sequences. Some players also find the story disjointed.

Screenshots and trailer

Castle of Secrets system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7+
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 TI
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 7 GB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 23
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: French, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, German, Traditional Chinese.