# Castle: The Detective Card Game

Castle: The Detective Card Game is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 25 minutes and is meant for ages 15 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 25 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 15+
- **Complexity:** 1.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Card Game, Movies / TV / Radio theme, Murder / Mystery
- **Mechanics:** Variable Player Powers, Set Collection
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 5
- **Unique players:** 3

**Designers:** Matt Hyra

**Publishers:** Cryptozoic Entertainment

## Expansions

- [Castle: The Detective Card Game – Murder Board Promo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/castle-the-detective-card-game-murder-board-promo)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/castle-the-detective-card-game)
- [Castle: The Detective Card Game in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/castle-the-detective-card-game)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/131389)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._