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The Castle Doctrine

Jason Rohrer · 2014

The Castle Doctrine

PuzzleStrategyIndieIGDB 59Steam 49%

Session Respect Score

AI estimate · 0/5 votes
0.0/ 10

"Asynchronous multiplayer burglary with permanent consequences."

Best session: 15-30 minutes

Minimum session

10 min

Pausability

No pause

Resume friendliness

Some reorientation

FOMO pressure

High FOMO

Focus required

Intense

Session structure

Open-ended

Plan heists carefully beforehand to minimize active playtime commitment.

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About

The Castle Doctrine is a massively-multiplayer game of burglary and home defense. It's 1991, and things are bad. You're a guy with a house and family. Other players are coming to take what's yours. Build security to stop them. Study their houses, buy tools, and break in to take what's theirs. Everything you do is permanent

MultiplayerMassively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

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Context Tags

No sound needed? One-handed? Good for commutes? Players vote.

🔇No sound OK
🤚One-handed
🎵Background game
🚇Commute friendly
✈️Plane friendly
💤Suspend & resume
Quick to boot
☁️Cloud save
👶Kid can watch
🛋️Couch co-op
🎤No voice chat needed
🌙Solo after bedtime
🎙️Podcast game
🧘Zen mode
🥱Brain off
🔁Satisfying grind
🧒Kid co-op

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Platform Notes

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Where to play

Steam

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Platforms

PC / Windows, macOS

The Castle Doctrine — Session FAQ

How long does a session of The Castle Doctrine take?
The minimum meaningful session for The Castle Doctrine is approximately 10 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
Can you pause The Castle Doctrine?
The Castle Doctrine cannot be paused mid-session (it runs in real-time or is multiplayer). Plan for a full session window before starting.
Does The Castle Doctrine pressure you to keep playing?
The Castle Doctrine has high FOMO. The game may use cliffhangers, timed missions, online leaderboards, or live events that create pressure to keep playing.
What is The Castle Doctrine's Session Respect Score?
The Castle Doctrine has a Session Respect Score of 4.9/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.

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