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9 Kings

Sad Socket · Hooded Horse · 2025-05-23

SteamGOG

RPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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).

1,061
playing now
93%
positive of 23k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
58
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 15h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,061 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,061 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 5% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 456k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 22,809 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 114 of 166 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

1.3k5872026-08-07 00:00 — 911 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 716 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1,097 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 935 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 788 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 1,166 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1,009 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 837 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 1,294 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 968 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 653 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 1,106 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 906 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 608 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 589 players2026-08-13 14:00 — 978 players2026-08-14 22:00 — 931 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 712 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 857 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 936 players2026-08-20 04:00 — 627 players2026-08-21 12:00 — 727 players2026-08-22 19:00 — 1,143 players2026-08-24 03:00 — 880 players2026-08-25 11:00 — 835 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 1,269 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 874 players2026-08-29 10:00 — 995 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 1,061 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.742025-05-232026-08-302025-05-23 — best price $8.442025-06-06 — best price $12.992025-06-30 — best price $9.162025-07-15 — best price $9.742025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-13 — best price $14.992025-08-30 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $12.992025-09-23 — best price $10.002025-10-09 — best price $8.992025-10-29 — best price $14.992025-11-12 — best price $14.992025-11-27 — best price $6.742025-12-12 — best price $10.002026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-01-14 — best price $14.992026-01-28 — best price $14.992026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-02-21 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $9.992026-03-20 — best price $8.962026-04-01 — best price $9.992026-04-10 — best price $8.992026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-04-29 — best price $9.402026-05-05 — best price $7.492026-05-13 — best price $14.992026-05-22 — best price $9.992026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-06-19 — best price $9.002026-07-14 — best price $19.992026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-08-11 — best price $7.492026-08-26 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

127132026-05-13 — 38 pageviews2026-05-16 — 33 pageviews2026-05-19 — 35 pageviews2026-05-22 — 34 pageviews2026-05-25 — 91 pageviews2026-05-28 — 91 pageviews2026-05-31 — 60 pageviews2026-06-03 — 42 pageviews2026-06-06 — 44 pageviews2026-06-09 — 55 pageviews2026-06-12 — 37 pageviews2026-06-15 — 44 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-21 — 27 pageviews2026-06-24 — 22 pageviews2026-06-27 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-06 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 36 pageviews2026-07-12 — 40 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-18 — 30 pageviews2026-07-21 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 37 pageviews2026-08-02 — 47 pageviews2026-08-05 — 42 pageviews2026-08-08 — 51 pageviews2026-08-11 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 41 pageviews2026-08-17 — 30 pageviews2026-08-20 — 23 pageviews2026-08-23 — 49 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5802026-08-26 19:15 — 8 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 58 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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