--- title: "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for castle.xyz" url: https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz description: "castle.xyz: a followed link from it is worth $38 by BV 2.9 (link type C). Not yet audited. Hosted on Amazon AWS (US). Domain registered 2018." site: mxverify generated: 2026-10-30T15:51:18.619Z --- mxverify · valued # Backlink value and traffic report for castle.xyz **In short:** A new followed link from castle.xyz is worth about $38 to rankings by BV 2.9 (level C, Site Strength 55 of 100); BV is an estimate, not a price anyone charges. It gets about 579.4K visits a month, 51% from organic search, up 83% since Jul 2026. No link placed on it has been audited. First recorded 30 October 2026 · Last updated 30 October 2026 · [Visit castle.xyz](https://castle.xyz/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) [Compare](https://mxverify.uk/compare/castle.xyz#add) Show castle.xyz's BV badge on your site The badge shows what a link from castle.xyz is worth, as this report does, and updates by itself. It links to this report. Embed code (HTML) Copied Paste it where the badge should appear. ## Backlink value · what one new followed link from castle.xyz is worth to rankings [BV **$38** per link · level C · strength 55](https://bklink.uk/methodology?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report#bv) reading confidence **Fair, 46 out of 100** Reading confidence 46 / 100 - What we read 53 - Our model's certainty 95 - Its view of the pages 64 2 of 10 pages read had text · 30 links to other sites seen How much of castle.xyz we read, and how sure our model was about the kind of link it gives. Never higher than what we read. [The full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#reading) **Relevance to the linked site moves it** **$19** unrelated ×0.5 **$47** same topic ×1.25 **By the kind of link it gives** - A editorial $331 - B guest, sponsored $165 - C neutralised $33 - D network $17 Priced on a blend of link types: B 4% · C 96% → ×0.11. [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#bv-detail) · BV 2.9 · not a price anyone charges **[579.4K](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#traffic)** monthly visits +83% since Jul 2026 **[296.5K](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#traffic)** from organic search 51% of visits **[#57,837](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#traffic)** global rank **[2018](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2010s)** domain registered expires Aug 2032 **[2.4 s](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#tech)** page load for real users (LCP) passes Core Web Vitals **[0%](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#reading)** of its own links nofollow in the articles we read ## In its own words > Castle is a free platform for making and playing games, all on your phone. Games (called "decks") are built in the Castle app's visual editor with no coding required, posted to a community feed, and instantly playable in any web browser at castle.xyz — no download or account needed to play. From castle.xyz's [llms.txt](https://castle.xyz/llms.txt?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report), the file a site publishes to describe itself to AI assistants, fetched 30 October 2026. The words are the site's own; mxverify has not checked them. Its file lists 5 sections: Start here, Playing games, Making games, Community, Optional. More like it: [Forum, profile and PR backlink sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/level/c) · [Backlink sites worth $10 to $49 a link](https://mxverify.uk/publications/value/10-49) · [Gaming blogs and game sites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/gaming) · [Next.js websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/nextjs) · [2010s websites](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2010s) **Monthly visits** Jul 2026: 315.9K visits; Aug 2026: 351K visits; Sept 2026: 579.4K visits **Where visitors come from** Organic search 51%, Direct 37%, Social 8.8%, Referrals 2.5%, AI assistants 0.3% - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) **51%** - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) **37%** - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) **8.8%** - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) **2.5%** - AI assistants **0.3%** Organic search, in green, is the traffic BV prices on. **Top countries** - [United States](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/united-states) 23% - [Peru](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/peru) 12% - [Vietnam](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/vietnam) 7.9% - [Brazil](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/brazil) 5.6% - [Philippines](https://mxverify.uk/publications/audience/philippines) 4.3% - Other countries 47% ## Links to this site Link counts for castle.xyz are fetched at the next daily update, usually by 05:00 UTC, and shown here from then. ## Links placed here No link placed on castle.xyz has been audited yet. [An audit on bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) checks each one — still there, followed or not, where it sits — and marks this report audited. This report's link to castle.xyz is nofollow. It is followed when the site's owner audits castle.xyz's own backlinks on bklink.uk, chooses to publish it and proves the site is theirs (for 90 days from each audit), or once a one-time payment of $9 is made for it. [When a link here is followed](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#followed-links) ## How it links out **100%** of its links followed **30** links to other sites **10** articles read Followed 100% Strong sample Read 30 Oct 2026 · [the full reading](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#reading) ## Tech stack - [Built onNext.js](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cms/nextjs) ### Page speed Chrome users, 28 days to 28 Oct 2026: LCP 2.4 s · INP 151 ms · CLS 0.00 — passes Core Web Vitals. Data from the Chrome UX Report (Google), CC BY 4.0. Devices: 64% phone · 18% desktop · 18% tablet — share of Chrome page loads, same 28 days. ## Domain and hosting - **Domain registered**: [18 August 2018](https://mxverify.uk/publications/registered/2010s) - **Registration expires**: 18 August 2032 - **Content category**: [gaming](https://mxverify.uk/publications/category/gaming) - **Server address**: 75.2.29.101 - **Hosting network**: Amazon AWS · AS16509 · US How to use this report 3 ways to use these figures - **Price check.** BV puts one new followed link from castle.xyz at $38 (level C), priced on a blend of link types (B 4% · C 96%): $19 to an unrelated site (×0.5), $47 to a same-topic site (×1.25). A followed editorial link (level A) would be worth up to $331 before relevance. A quote far above $41 for a level C link pays for what BV does not measure. · [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#value) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#use) - **Qualification and risk.** Its Site Strength is 55 / 100; the link it usually gives is mostly level C — usually neutralised (a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link). In the 10 articles we read, 0% of the links to other sites are nofollow, sponsored or ugc. · [How BV is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#bv-detail) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#levels) - **Traffic reality check.** Set any traffic claim beside the Sept 2026 estimate: 579.4K monthly visits, 51% from organic search (296.5K). Visits rose 83% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. Its top keyword by Visits (est.) is “castle”, about 15.4K a month; the ad value beside it is the whole market's. · [Traffic in detail](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#traffic) · [what this means](https://mxverify.uk/guide#traffic) What each figure means, and what it cannot tell you: [How to read a site report](https://mxverify.uk/guide). Quick answers about castle.xyz 8 questions answered ### What is a link from castle.xyz worth? BV, mxverify's backlink value, is an estimate of what one new followed link from a site is worth to rankings: by BV 2.9, a new followed link from castle.xyz is worth about $38 (level C). Relevance moves it: $19 to an unrelated site, $47 to a same-topic site. In short: a link from castle.xyz is worth about $38 to rankings, up to $47 on the same topic. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### Is a link from castle.xyz worth placing? That depends on the kind of link: by BV 2.9, a link from castle.xyz is worth $331 as an editorial citation (level A), $165 as a guest, sponsored or listed link (level B), $33 as a press-release, syndicated, profile or forum link (level C), $17 as a network link (level D), before relevance. A price far above $41 for a level C link pays for something BV does not measure, such as the site's own readers. Source: [mxverify BV 2.9 methodology](https://mxverify.uk/methodology) ### How does castle.xyz's BV compare with other sites? At about $38 a link, castle.xyz is in the “$10 to $49” value band, with 989 of the 3,911 sites valued on mxverify. 787 sites are in a higher band. In short: 787 of the 3,911 valued sites sit in a higher value band than castle.xyz. Source: mxverify's own directory, counted at the last daily update ### How much traffic does castle.xyz get? castle.xyz gets about 579.4K visits a month (Sept 2026), by a modelled estimate of all its visitors, not analytics measured on the site. 51% of them (296.5K) come from organic search. Visits rose 83% from Jul 2026 to Sept 2026. In short: castle.xyz draws about 579.4K visits a month, up 83% since Jul 2026. Source: [third-party traffic estimate, Sept 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#evidence) ### Does castle.xyz pass Core Web Vitals? Yes: real Chrome users see castle.xyz's largest content load in 2.4 s (LCP), and every vital reported for it is at Google's good level. The figures are from the Chrome UX Report (CC BY 4.0), the 75th percentile of real visits. Core Web Vitals describe how a page feels to its visitors; BV does not use them. In short: castle.xyz passes Core Web Vitals on real-user data. Source: [Chrome UX Report, 28 days to 28 Oct 2026](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/crux); [web.dev: Web Vitals](https://web.dev/articles/vitals) ### Does castle.xyz link out with nofollow? In the 10 articles we read, castle.xyz made 30 links to other sites, and 0% of them were nofollow, sponsored or ugc; the other 100% were followed. BV prices a nofollow link at level C (×0.1), whatever the site is otherwise worth. Source: [mxverify's reading of 10 articles, 30 Oct 2026](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#reading); [Google Search Central: qualify your outbound links](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/qualify-outbound-links) ### How old is castle.xyz? The domain castle.xyz was registered in 2018, 8 years ago. Source: the public registration record; [RFC 9083: RDAP JSON responses](https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9083/) ### Has castle.xyz been audited? No link placed on castle.xyz has been audited yet, so this report shows no rates for how its links behave. Its backlink value comes from site-level figures (its authority rating, traffic and our reading of its articles), not from audited placements. In short: castle.xyz's report is valued, not audited. How BV is worked out Site Strength 55 / 100 · level C · each factor and link type A followed editorial link from castle.xyz would be worth up to $331 under BV 2.9, before relevance: its Site Strength is 55 out of 100. The link it usually gives is level C, worth about $38 — and relevance to the site it points to moves that between $19 and $47. - **Site Strength**: **55** / 100 ([how Site Strength is worked out](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)). Traffic: 296.5K estimated monthly organic visits, as of 30 October 2026. - **Worth up to**: $331 · before relevance — [how it is calculated](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value#how) - **Usual link type**: Mostly level C — usually neutralised · B 4%, C 96% → ×0.11 (each level's factor below, weighted by those shares) Read by Jev from our own reading of castle.xyz's homepage and 10 articles. No link placed here has been audited yet. - **Relevance to your site**: ×1 · neutral here ([range in an audit](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) - **BV score**: **$38** per link - **Domain registered**: 18 August 2018 · shown for context ([how age is used](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report)) ### A link from castle.xyz, by link type A link from castle.xyz at each level. [What each level means](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#link-levels). | Level | Factor | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | A — Counted | ×1 | $331 | | B — May be discounted | ×0.5 | $165 | | C — Usually neutralised | ×0.1 | $33 | | D — Network | ×0.05 | $17 | How castle.xyz links out: the full reading 10 articles read · each link counted Read by mxverify on 30 October 2026: the homepage and 10 articles (10 from across its sitemap). This is our own reading of the site, not a vendor's figure, and it is what places a new link on the A–D scale until links placed here are audited. Strong sample 30 links to other sites across 10 articles. Strong takes six or more articles and thirty or more links, spread over at least two months where the articles are dated. **Links its articles make to other sites** - Followed 100% - Nofollow 0% - Sponsored 0% - User-generated (ugc) 0% 30 links to other sites across 10 articles, share buttons left out. **What its homepage offers** No guest-post, sponsored-post or advertising pages linked from the homepage. Runs on Next.js. ### Articles read | Article | Words | Links out | Followed | Says | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [I made a 3D game - Play Free Online by @playernomal \| Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/N7LsQSRwHn--?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 49 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Dandy's World: Draw Dandy World Faces! - Play Free Online](https://castle.xyz/d/NkYX--rx7eOV?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 139 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Play Skateboard dude on a skateboarding part2 by @Nostalgi on Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/qRn--49prjly?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 159 | 3 | 3 | — | | [bro barely anyone knows this song... - by @one_th1ngbackkkkkkk on Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/-wTDeVeMj-6c?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 62 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Play I added a beach to this by @shayneisgood on Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/wI6tmI-7-Apw?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 31 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Clock - Play Free Online by @veergaming \| Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/6B-GzTXuz-Tn?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 118 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Mukbang - Play Free Online by @Cheese_341 \| Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/f6iHp8zCs-h-?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 323 | 3 | 3 | — | | [FNF: I lwk forgot about this one - Play Free Online \| Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/WJ-rW4ZMUNh-?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 147 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Play very physcal difficulty button simulator by @cubedcubed on Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/kaiFl5Fy-7--?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 72 | 3 | 3 | — | | [Super bear adventure - Play Free Online \| Castle](https://castle.xyz/d/Tt-XTBTmKY-t?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) | 100 | 3 | 3 | — | Jev, the model that judges every link in a bklink audit, reads these pages as a site whose links are mostly level **A** — A 64%, B 11%, C 24%, D 1.0%. Put together with what kind of site it is, how established it is, whether it sells placements and how it links out, a new link here is priced as A 0.0%, B 3.7%, C 96%, D 0.1%. Jev reads it as a platform where users post (78%), small or niche as a source (80%), and not selling guest, sponsored or paid posts (97%). Traffic in detail engagement, top keywords, AI assistants Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, as of 30 October 2026: site-wide, all visitors, not analytics measured on the site itself. - **#57,837** global rank - **#34,206** rank in US - **34%** bounce rate - **8.5** pages per visit - **5m 45s** time on site **Every channel** - [Organic search](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/organic-search) 51% - [Direct](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/direct) 37% - [Referrals](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/referrals) 2.5% - [Social](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/social) 8.8% - AI assistants 0.3% - [Email](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/email) 0.1% - [Paid](https://mxverify.uk/publications/traffic/paid) 0.1% - Affiliate and other 0% Share of all visits. Organic search is highlighted: it is the traffic BV prices on. **Top search keywords** | Keyword | Searches / mo | CPC | Ad value / mo | Visits (est.) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [castle](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/castle) | 254.8K | $0.32 | $81.5K | 15.4K | | [sprunki](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/sprunki) | 296.4K | $0.17 | $50.4K | 4,330 | | [rngdle](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/rngdle) | 447.3K | $1.93 | $863.3K | 2,370 | | [caslte](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/caslte) | 820 | $1.45 | $1,189 | 2,060 | | [castle app](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/castle-app) | 14.3K | $0.11 | $1,577 | 1,660 | Ad value: what a month of the keyword's searches would cost as search ads (searches × cost per click) — what advertisers pay for it, not how hard it is to rank for. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on this site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money. Each keyword opens the list of sites where it is a top search keyword. ### AI assistants AI assistants sent about **1,564** visits in Sept 2026 — 0.3% of all visits. No assistant breakdown reported. Third-party traffic estimates. BV uses only the organic-search figure. Server and network 0 other publications on the server · 476 on the network Its domain was registered in 2018. mxverify looked up castle.xyz's address: no other publication in the directory runs on 75.2.29.101. 476 publications are on the same hosting network (Amazon AWS, AS16509) — a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so that is no sign of a connection. Amazon AWS is a cloud platform hosting millions of unrelated sites, so sharing it says nothing about who runs a site. The count is shown; the sites are not listed. Where each figure comes from 7 figures, their sources and dates | Figure | Source | What it covers | | --- | --- | --- | | [Backlink value](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#value) | BV 2.9 | Site Strength × link type; link type from our reading of the site | | [Links placed here](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#links) | bklink audits | None audited yet | | [How it links out](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#reading) | Read by mxverify | 30 links to other sites in 10 articles; read 30 Oct 2026 Strong sample | | [Traffic](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#traffic) | Third-party estimates | Modelled estimates for Sept 2026, site-wide and for all visitors, as of 30 Oct 2026 | | [Authority](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#value) | Ahrefs Domain Rating | Half of Site Strength, shown in steps of 5, as of 30 Oct 2026; the rating itself is not shown | | [Server and network](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#server) | mxverify's DNS and ASN lookup | 75.2.29.101 · Amazon AWS | | [Domain age](https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz#hosting) | Domain registry (RDAP) | Registered 18 Aug 2018 | Limitations: what this report does not show 2 stated plainly - No link on this publication has been audited yet, so nothing here describes how its links behave. - castle.xyz gives more than one kind of link (B 4% · C 96%), so BV prices a blend of them: an editorial link there would be worth $331 and a guest or sponsored one $165, before relevance. What every report's figures can and cannot tell you: [how to read a report](https://mxverify.uk/methodology#reading-a-report). Compiled from [bklink.uk](https://bklink.uk/?utm_source=mxverify.uk&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=site-report) audits · maintained by [Palash Bagchi](https://mxverify.uk/about) · updated 30 October 2026 --- Source: mxverify, "Backlink Value & Traffic Report for castle.xyz", https://mxverify.uk/publications/castle.xyz (retrieved 2026-10-30). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology