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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 3,921 reviews of which 3,556 were positive and 365 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 2.29€ on Gamivo.

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 Atmospheric Fantasy Cartoony Cute

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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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May 2025
I'll be honest, I bought this mistakenly thinking it was Kingdom Hearts before the Kingdom Hearts series came to Steam, but it was a pleasant surprise to play. You can tell it is an older game especially with its graphics and controls, but even then it was a fun puzzle side scroller that sometimes surprises you with the switch-up of genre. Honestly, consider buying it, only takes a couple hours at most even if you are achievement hunting, but definitely get it on sale.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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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Frequently Asked Questions

Castle of Illusion is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam.

Castle of Illusion is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.99€ on Steam.

Castle of Illusion received 3,556 positive votes out of a total of 3,921 achieving a rating of 8.73.
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Castle of Illusion was developed by SEGA Studios Australia and published by SEGA.

Castle of Illusion is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Castle of Illusion is not playable on MacOS.

Castle of Illusion is not playable on Linux.

Castle of Illusion is a single-player game.

Castle of Illusion does not currently offer any DLC.

Castle of Illusion does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Castle of Illusion does not support Steam Remote Play.

Castle of Illusion is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Castle of Illusion
12.99€ -83% 12.99€ 2.29€ -75% 12.99€ 3.25€
8.7
3,556
365
Game modes
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Online players
17
Developer
SEGA Studios Australia
Publisher
SEGA
Release 04 Sep 2013
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