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72% positive of 66 · Mostly Positive · Live from Steam
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Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.
Build, manage and defend your medieval castle in this crazy sidescroller RTS game. Build walls, towers and traps to protect your fortress from enemy sieges before launching your own. Command powerful siege weapons and design the perfect strategy to take back the empire.
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What changed on Steam for this game since we started following it: prices and sales, builds, name, release date and review score.
Review score: 72% on 2026-11-01 → 72% today (66 reviews)
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Every build released on Steam for this game since we started tracking it, with the developer's patch notes. Updated within minutes of each new build.
Dear Knights and Dames,It's been many years since Open The Gates received a major update. Today I'm back bringing many improvements! Here's the changelog :)!* Added a save & load system. !* Added borderless fullscreen, exclusive fullscreen and windowed mode op…
Second balance patch adressing some more balance related issues. As well as some smaller improvements. Reduced frequency of attacks in level 4 of world 2. Attacks in level 4 of world 2 will now no longer occur just as the player is winning. Should make the lev…
This will be the first in a series of balance patches to address the sometimes crazy balance in the game :) Flying enemy units will now die instead of pile-up near the enemy castle. Should help make long matches more fair. Changed the description for the horse…
Preview Enemy Army! This update adds a new button that allows you to see what enemy army is about to attack you. This should allow you to more easily anticipate the next attack. This feature can be turned off in the options panel if you dislike the additional …
Hey, here is another small update while I am working on a major update. Made level 19 more fair. The game will now try to accomodate players who aren't as quick with building an outpost on another island. Fixed a crash issue reported by a user. Some miscellane…
Right clicking to cancel placement of structure no longer moves selected units. Left clicking to place structure no longer de-selects units. Slightly changed siege timings in level 1 world 3. (This is minor but makes the level slightly more difficult)
Realms of Madness is now available!"Dear Knights and Dames,It is an honour and privilege to welcome you to our once great kingdom of Gyldor! The king invites you to embark on an unforgettable quest into Realms beyond imagination. We shall await your arrival in…
Dear Knights and Dames, After two years of quiet creation, I am thrilled to invite you into a new adventure—Realms of Madness, a mysterious fantasy castlebuilder that pushes beyond the familiar into strange and untamed realms. A free demo is available now, rea…
Dear Knights and Dames, As some of you may have seen, I have been working on a new game called "Realms of Madness". Similar to 'Open The Gates!', it is a sidescroller castlebuilder RTS but this time it will contain more fantasy elements and be generally much b…
Dear Knights and Dames, Word has reached us from another kingdom far away. Portals from strange dimensions have opened and they are looking for someone to enter... Foolish if you ask me! But if you are up to the challenge... I suggest you join. Kind regards, T…
Dear Knights and Dames, Many have embarked on this quest since October 16th. However, many more are needed to vanguish the evil bastards once and for all! That's why the emperor, and I, have decided to reduce the recruitment fee by 40% during the Steam joustin…
The King is looking for your thoughts on this quest. Dear Knights and Dames, The king has requested a kingdom wide audit of all noble warriors recruited to recapture the kingdom. The noble king is curious how many of you actually managed to reclaim his empire.…