The Castle Doctrine

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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.

Game Details

Developer:Jason Rohrer
Release:January 29, 2014
Metacritic:58
Platforms:
PC
IndiePixel Graphics2DDifficult

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