The King is Watching on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

The King is Watching is a roguelike, base building and rts game developed by Hypnohead and published by tinyBuild.
Released on July 21st 2025 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 8,748 reviews of which 7,737 were positive and 1,011 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.74€ on Steam with a 35% discount, but you can find it for 5.41€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The King is Watching into these genres:

Roguelike Base Building RTS Tower Defense Dark Fantasy Fantasy Strategy Resource Management City Builder Roguelite Pixel Graphics Tactical Medieval Real Time Tactics Time Management Replay Value Auto Battler Deckbuilding Combat Automation

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11
Processor: 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2025

Resource management, strategy, timing, careful preparation, clash and RNG. This game is held together by magic and chaos. 10/10

Nov. 2025

EDIT: Its fixed -------------------------------------------------- Just fyi: Most negative reviews are about the lack of a mid-run save feature, and since a run can last up to hours, it is desperately needed. But the developers already mentioned that this feature is their highest priority and they are working on it, so if not having the save feature is a dealbreaker for you, just wait until it is patched in the coming weeks. Overall it is a great game tho and I am looking forward to sink many many hours into it.

July 2025

Super fun game, I'm absolutely in love so far. My only complaint is that the runs take quite a while and there's no save feature.

July 2025

Very enjoyable game! The only thing I'd love to see is a DPS meter to tell which units are pulling their weight — and which ones should be executed for their underperformance.

July 2025

Good Game, as of July 21st 2025 it lacks a mid-run save feature. Considering the existence of an endless mode it is a somewhat big oversight.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The King is Watching is currently priced at 9.74€ on Steam.

The King is Watching is currently available at a 35% discount. You can purchase it for 9.74€ on Steam.

The King is Watching received 7,737 positive votes out of a total of 8,748 achieving a rating of 8.59.

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The King is Watching was developed by Hypnohead and published by tinyBuild.

The King is Watching is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The King is Watching is not playable on MacOS.

The King is Watching is not playable on Linux.

The King is Watching is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for The King is Watching. Explore additional content available for The King is Watching on Steam.

The King is Watching does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The King is Watching does not support Steam Remote Play.

The King is Watching is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The King is Watching.

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Steam reviews	14 March 2026 09:47

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