The Behemoth

Creators of BEHEMOTH, Alien Hominid, Castle Crashers, BattleBlock Theater, Pit People, & Alien Hominid Invasion! 🐔🛸

The Behemoth is an independent game developer that specializes in making memorable experiences that are both fun to play and beautiful to look at. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the Behemoth creates original properties and develops and publishes our award-winning games in-house.

01/22/2025

Draw along with Dan as he talks about some of his techniques for redrawing characters in the upcoming Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise DLC!

01/15/2025

Where is this chicken headed??? (wrong answers only)

01/04/2025

ANOTHER Castle Crashers Discount?? In this economy?! You know it!

PlayStation Knights can nab Castle Crashers for 85% off in North America and Europe until January 17th!

01/02/2025

Calling all European knights!

Castle Crashers Remastered physical edition for Nintendo Switch is now available for purchase in your region from VGP Video Games Plus!

All copies come with a knightly sticker sheet and character unlock guide. Your princess awaits! ⚔️

https://videogamesplus.ca/products/castle-crashers-remastered-nintendo-switch

12/31/2024

Can you believe The Behemoth chicken turned 21 this year? Today, we send a big BAAAWK (thank you) for your support this year (and every year!). With a Castle Crashers DLC, Alien Hominid PlayStation ports, and MORE updates on the horizon, we can’t wait to see how 2025 unfolds! See you next year!

12/30/2024

Nintendo Switch gamers in Europe, the DEALS have reached your CASTLE (eShop). Take 50% off Castle Crashers and 20% off Alien Hominid Invasion AND Alien Hominid HD, now through January 12th! 🌈

12/26/2024

Some Nintendo Switch Behemoth co-op game deals have arrived at the American eShop! Now through January 5th, enjoy 50% off Castle Crashers, in addition to 20% off Alien Hominid Invasion and Alien Hominid HD! 👽🐔⚔️

12/25/2024

Happy holidays, from our chicken coop to yours! 🐔🎁

12/22/2024

12/19/2024

Run, Green Knight, as fast as your little legs will carry your gigantic head, to read The Behemoth’s final blog post of the year! You don’t want to miss it.

https://blog.thebehemoth.com/2024/12/19/sayonara-2024/

12/15/2024

Did you handmake any gifts this holiday season? There's still time! Why not use these festive Castle Crashers knights as inspiration? 🎁

12/11/2024

We are now live on YouTube and Twitch with our last stream of 2024! Join us to see some new Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC art and characters while we chat about what’s to come in 2025! 🌟

Join Dan, Amanda, and Sarah as they play the upcoming Castle Crashers Paradise DLC, chat about what’s to come in 2025, and show off some new in-game art and ...

12/06/2024

We’re hosting The Behemoth’s end of year stream next Wednesday, December 11th, at 2 PM PST on YouTube and Twitch! Join us as we play the upcoming Castle Crashers Paradise DLC, chat about what’s to come in 2025, and show off some new in-game art and characters we’ve created! 🐔

❄️ YouTube: thebehemothgames
❄️ Twitch: thebehemoth

12/06/2024

Looking to spread the love of Behemoth chicken merch this holiday season? Be sure to place your order before our online store closes December 12th through January 2nd! 🐔🎁

https://store.thebehemoth.com/

12/05/2024

Patric Catani's Video Game Music LP is now available for purchase in our online merch store! The vinyl features two different video game soundtracks: Catani's contributions to BattleBlock Theater, our hilarious co-optional platformer, as well as his songs for the zany puzzle game Blox in Space!

store.thebehemoth.com 🐔❤️

12/03/2024

Behemoth Santa has arrived! Have you been naughty or nice? It's time for the big chicken to decide!

11/29/2024

The Golden Whale is here to remind you that our Behemoth GobbleyGoop merch sale lasts through Monday, December 2nd! Just use code GobbleyGoop at checkout for 30% off chicken game merch.*

https://store.thebehemoth.com/

*Some exclusions apply. 🐔❤️

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from us chickens (and turkey)!

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Redrawing Castle Crashers Characters!

Draw along with Dan as he talks about some of his techniques for redrawing characters in the upcoming Castle Crashers: Painter Boss Paradise DLC!

BEHEMOTH has landed on Steam! Our brand-new, “dodge n’ flap” arcade extravaganza is here, along with a 10% launch discount! Become BEHEMOTH as you fly your flock of baby chicks to safety while dodging deadly fruits and peck-ulair obstacles soaring through the sky! Collect candy corn to unlock over 200+ cosmetics, utilize Very Powerful Power-ups™, and compete in DAILY leaderboards to see who reigns BEHEMOTH. 🐔 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3027260/BEHEMOTH/

Chick-or-treat! Introducing BEHEMOTH, our brand-new, “dodge n’ flap” arcade extravaganza, releasing October 31st for Steam! Become THE chicken, secure your flock in the nest, and collect as much candy corn as possible! 🐤🍉🍿 WISHLIST NOW ON STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3027260/BEHEMOTH/

There’s 8 hours of PAX West remaining, so let’s do the funky chicken dance while we’re still here! Got sick moves? Prove it to The Chicken at Booth 1501, and then double down and sign up between 10a-1p to Beat a Dev Chicken at Alien Hominid HD at 3p! Come own us at our own game!

BAPI BAPI BREAK IT DOWN! Patric Catani beamed down to our booth at PAX West to give us an intergalactic performance of his soundtrack hits!

It’s Day 3 of PAX West so here are three things we are grateful for: 🥚you 🥚you 🥚you + chicken feed + indie games Visit us at Booth 1501 for some BattleBlock Theater Ball Game Tournament action at 3pm! Sign-ups from 10am - 1pm, standbys welcome!

THE BEHEMOTH ROADMAP IS HERE! Updates to all of our previous titles are in the works, and we’ve started prototyping for our next game! 🐔❤️🎮 Check out the animated chicken trailer here:

BattleBlock Theater is soon receiving a quality of life update on Steam, oh happy day! Higher resolution, lightning fast frame rates, bug fixes aplenty, and more will be YOURS! To all who've patiently waited, we're also preparing BBT for modern consoles! Which? When? TBA! 🐔❤️

We used to be enemies. We used to destroy the world around us. Now, we create! Introducing… the Castle Crashers Painter Boss Paradise DLC, coming soon to Steam! 🎨

Update 1.1 for Alien Hominid HD is now live on Steam! We bring you audio and visual bug fixes, music restoration, and the new TURBO FIRE! 🔫

We had a blast exhibiting at WASD Live this year! Beaming down thousands of aliens was easy, teaching them how to queue was not, so we brought in Large Lad. See you next time, and thank you for stopping by!

Can YOU beat The Behemoth chicken? Stop by Booth #16061 tomorrow at 3PM to challenge our staff dressed in a (very real) Behemoth chicken suit! Beat the chicken at their own game, win a prize! Sounds easy enough, right? 🐔