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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

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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.

3
playing now
81%
positive of 480 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 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
  • · 3 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 41% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.6k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 480 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.50 at GamersGate (2024-09-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 132 observed days · $3.49 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

702026-08-12 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992022-05-062026-08-302022-05-06 — 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 $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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