Crossy Road Castle (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.003.000 – Speedrun Update)

28 August 2025 Lite_Agent Crossy Road Castle, Hipster Whale

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Crossy Road Castle on Nintendo Switch.

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Crossy Road Castle – Ver. 1.003.000 (Speedrun Update)

Release date: August 27th/28th 2025
Patch notes:

Weekly Challenges

An exciting new change to challenge event rewards for regular players!

Hey Crossy Crew. We heard you like new characters – so we’re giving you twelve!

When you play the regular weekly challenge events in Crossy Road Castle, you’ll now have the ability to win one of these new characters as a reward.

These are all characters that didn’t quite make it into the game for each tower, but which we felt were too good to not release. Each is linked to a particular tower – so any time there’s an event for that tower, you’ll have the chance to win its respective character.

Each week you’ll have a chance to win a different new character. But do note that these will naturally be interrupted by special events (like Christmas events, etc).

Speedrun mode

Unlike other challenge modes in Crossy Road Castle, Speedrun can be accessed from the main menu at any time! Just select the image of Chicken with a stopwatch. Speedrun mode has some unique quirks, to help increase the sense of challenge and maintain a seamless fast-paced gameplay experience:

No heart machines to replenish lost lives. We’re living in the fast lane here.

No bosses to encounter – just thousands of different possible level combinations without interruption.

Iron Chicken mode, where you are restricted to just one single heart, can also be chosen…if you’re game.

Unique leaderboards for each mode!

There are two different types of Speedrun challenge to choose from:

TIME ATTACK

Race against the clock and complete as many rooms as you can, within either a 2 minute or 5 minute time limit!

ROOM RUSH

Rush through a set number of rooms as fast as you can! Choose from either a set of 25 rooms, or 50 rooms.

Rooms can be set to fixed or randomised. To activate Iron Chicken mode, simply select the metallic Chicken icon from the Speedrun mode selection menu. Note that like any challenge mode, Speedrun is single player only. To unlock it, you’ll need to have at least finished the in-game tutorial; i.e. played the first tower twice.

Additional notes: none
Source: Hipster Whale / Hipster Whale

Crossy Road Castle – Ver. 1.002.001

Release date: ???
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This is the most recent version of the game.

Additional notes: none
Source: game

Crossy Road Castle – Ver. 1.002.000 (Fall Frenzy Update)

Release date: November 19th/20th 2025
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

Harvest a feast in the Fall Frenzy Challenge Event! Carve through trees, traps, and collect a new turkey friend. Gobble up 20 festive levels in this Thanksgiving themed FREE UPDATE. Scramble through the treehouse as fast as you can! That turkey better be basted quick smart! Fly fast and zipline down tree trunks in your feathery finest.

Additional notes: none
Source: Hipster Whale

Crossy Road Castle – Ver. ??? (Howl-O-Ween Update)

Release date: October 23rd 2024 (North America) / October 24th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

adds Halloween content (event runs until November 4th)

Terrify critters in the Howl-O-Ween Hustle Challenge Event

Collect a Jack-O-Lantern hat to light up your Halloween

Watch out for witches stalking you in the dark cob-web filled darkness.

Use a torch to light the way, avoid horrible horrors and scramble to safety!

Additional notes: none
Source: Hipster Whale (YouTube)

Crossy Road Castle – Ver. ??? (Among Us Update)

Release date: September 23rd 2024 (North America) / September 24th 2024 (Europe, Japan)
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This update brings the following to the game:

adds Among Us collab.

a special 20 level timed event for players to explore and unlock

Additional notes: none
Source: Hipster Whale PR (23/09/2024)

How to download updates for Crossy Road Castle on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Crossy Road Castle, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.