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Crown Gambit

WILD WITS GAMES · Serenity Forge · 2025-06-18

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 18, 2025 (Mac), Jun 18, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!

95%
positive of 453 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

The kingdom of Meodred's tenuous balance of power is being shaken to its core by a terrible political crisis, while mystical forces appear to be pulling strings from the darkness. Each pretender to the throne is rallying their troops to seize the crown, as the commoners forment a revolt and the tide rises still... At the heart of this turmoil, you play as three novice relic-wielding paladins of the crown forced to make difficult decisions to ensure the kingdom doesn't descend into chaos. Refine your paladins' personalities through dreadful choices along the story and stay true to your own pri(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 42% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.1k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 453 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
676720252026Week of 2025-06-18: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$10.792025-06-182026-08-162025-06-18 — best price $16.192025-07-02 — best price $17.992025-08-04 — best price $12.592025-08-11 — best price $17.992025-09-29 — best price $14.392025-10-06 — best price $17.992025-12-18 — best price $10.792026-01-05 — best price $17.992026-02-02 — best price $10.792026-02-09 — best price $17.992026-03-19 — best price $10.792026-03-26 — best price $17.992026-04-20 — best price $10.792026-04-27 — best price $17.992026-06-11 — best price $10.792026-07-09 — best price $17.992026-08-02 — best price $10.792026-08-16 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.8%
earned "Kind Soul"
28.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1302%62

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

Census log

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

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