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Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit cover art

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit

Tag of Joy · Headup · 2022-05-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 06, 2022 (Linux), May 06, 2022 (Mac), May 06, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 27, 2025 (Xbox One), Feb 27, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Legends of the past come back to life in this charming point-and-click adventure. Pack your bags and journey with Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit through modern day Europe to uncover the conspiracy behind a cursed relic and the secrets of the King who was never crowned.

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 480 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
81%
positive of 484 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (56 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Tag of Joy and published by Thunderful Publishing via Headup Games. Players investigate a mystery involving Lithuanian history.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (112 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 484 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-85%
GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at GamersGate (2024-09-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 108 of 156 observed days · $1.49 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720222026Week of 2022-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992022-05-062026-10-142022-05-06 — best price $14.932022-06-27 — best price $19.992022-08-12 — best price $19.992022-11-09 — best price $19.992022-12-12 — best price $11.992023-02-02 — best price $13.992023-03-13 — best price $11.192023-04-28 — best price $13.992023-06-17 — best price $10.992023-08-11 — best price $19.992023-10-09 — best price $9.592023-11-21 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $9.992024-03-15 — best price $8.792024-04-22 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $8.992024-07-16 — best price $8.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992025-01-07 — best price $7.992025-03-01 — best price $7.992025-04-14 — best price $6.402025-05-23 — best price $19.992025-07-17 — best price $5.992025-08-19 — best price $19.992025-09-26 — best price $19.992025-11-04 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-03-27 — best price $4.992026-05-01 — best price $4.992026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-07-21 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $4.992026-09-14 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2612026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-24 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 6 pageviews2026-09-02 — 15 pageviews2026-09-06 — 13 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-18 — 2 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews2026-10-12 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "And so it Begins"
45.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4049%31
PS5 (PlayStation)4443%32
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3119%31

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

Player tags

2DCasualPuzzleMysteryCartoonyColorfulAdventureDetectiveHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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