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9 Kings

Sad Socket · Hooded Horse · 2025-05-23

SteamGOG

RPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2025 (Linux), May 23, 2025 (Mac)

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

9 Kings is a $19.99 RPG, Strategy, Early Access title released in 2025, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (93% of 22809 reviews).

983
playing now
92%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
31
twitch viewers (latest)
15.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
67/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (496 downloads)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

983 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

9 Kings is an upcoming strategy video game developed by Sad Socket and published by Hooded Horse and INSTINCT3. The game was released in early access on May 23, 2025 for Windows and macOS.

Trailer

9 Kings trailer thumbnail

9 Kings - Official Early Access Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 983 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 747 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~93/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,229 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 471k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,572 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.74 at Nuuvem (2025-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 142 of 192 observed days · $3.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20252026Week of 2025-05-23: 2,994 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 235 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 1,938 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 169 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 968 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 496 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 799 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 679 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 541 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 405 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 438 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 2,008 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k5432026-09-15 13:00 — 730 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 1,142 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 738 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1,031 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1,212 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 712 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 758 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,007 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 787 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 764 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 921 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 692 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 550 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 962 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 896 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 675 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 975 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1,030 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 813 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1,345 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 1,452 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 908 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 983 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.5k780May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 8,536 · peak 13,153Jun 2025 — avg 4,247 · peak 13,850Jul 2025 — avg 2,799 · peak 5,487Aug 2025 — avg 1,643 · peak 3,627Sep 2025 — avg 1,253 · peak 2,945Oct 2025 — avg 1,951 · peak 5,355Nov 2025 — avg 1,524 · peak 3,563Dec 2025 — avg 1,684 · peak 2,947Jan 2026 — avg 1,405 · peak 2,436Feb 2026 — avg 965 · peak 1,823Mar 2026 — avg 963 · peak 1,777Apr 2026 — avg 780 · peak 1,512May 2026 — avg 1,069 · peak 3,743Jun 2026 — avg 1,442 · peak 3,171Jul 2026 — avg 1,005 · peak 1,573Aug 2026 — avg 939 · peak 1,559
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
48482026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 48 new positive2026-09-21: 13 new negative2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 12 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 10 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new negative2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 6 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 12 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 7 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 22 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 17 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 15 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 20 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$6.742025-05-232026-10-142025-05-23 — best price $8.442025-06-26 — best price $9.062025-07-13 — best price $14.992025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-19 — best price $12.992025-09-08 — best price $12.992025-09-23 — best price $10.002025-10-16 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992025-11-27 — best price $6.742025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-01-28 — best price $14.992026-02-10 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $9.402026-03-20 — best price $8.962026-04-03 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-04-29 — best price $9.402026-05-07 — best price $10.002026-05-20 — best price $10.002026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-06-26 — best price $9.002026-07-21 — best price $6.742026-08-11 — best price $7.492026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-09-05 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

164192026-05-13 — 38 pageviews2026-05-17 — 33 pageviews2026-05-21 — 28 pageviews2026-05-25 — 91 pageviews2026-05-29 — 69 pageviews2026-06-02 — 68 pageviews2026-06-06 — 44 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 36 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 28 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-05 — 42 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-17 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 42 pageviews2026-08-29 — 31 pageviews2026-09-02 — 38 pageviews2026-09-06 — 24 pageviews2026-09-10 — 22 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 23 pageviews2026-09-22 — 47 pageviews2026-09-26 — 36 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 24 pageviews2026-10-08 — 45 pageviews2026-10-12 — 164 pageviews2026-10-13 — 138 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.2k02026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 2,057 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 31 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
94.5%
earned "His Winningness"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty

30 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,4342%54
Windows (Xbox)2,3522%54

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGCasualFantasyStrategyCard GameDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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