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For The King cover art

For The King

IronOak Games · Curve Games · 2018-04-19

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AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 19, 2018 (Linux), May 10, 2019 (Xbox One), May 07, 2019 (PlayStation 4), May 09, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 19, 2018 (Mac), Apr 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

384
playing now
88%
positive of 44k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (82 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

384 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

For the King is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Canadian game developer IronOak Games and published by Curve Games. It was released in February 2017 to early access on Steam with a full release in April 2018. Gameplay revolves around exploration, clearing dungeons, and collecting new gear and weapons across the fictional land of Fahrul, with both co-op and single-player modes being available. A sequel, For the King II, was released on November 2, 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 384 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 901 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~113/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.96-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.96-85%
GreenManGaming$3.20-84%
Humble Store$3.99-80%
IndieGala$3.99-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at AllYouPlay (2024-06-21) · bundled 20×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 133 of 178 observed days · $1.37 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 606 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 924 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2662026-08-06 21:00 — 428 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 332 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 847 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 487 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 507 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,017 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 588 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 579 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,080 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 582 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 383 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 1,087 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 450 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 378 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 1,145 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 456 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 369 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,012 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 812 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 458 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 516 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 553 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 483 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 588 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 521 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 349 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 266 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 617 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 384 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-02-282026-08-302017-02-28 — best price $12.742018-05-07 — best price $15.992018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-10-08 — best price $19.992018-12-15 — best price $6.992019-02-28 — best price $19.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-08-21 — best price $8.992019-11-22 — best price $6.802020-01-22 — best price $7.002020-03-17 — best price $17.592020-05-18 — best price $17.592020-07-26 — best price $6.452020-09-21 — best price $6.562020-11-17 — best price $7.992021-01-13 — best price $14.692021-03-24 — best price $19.992021-05-17 — best price $8.002021-07-26 — best price $6.792021-10-07 — best price $6.802021-12-17 — best price $5.242022-03-11 — best price $5.082022-05-25 — best price $5.992022-08-24 — best price $4.972022-12-03 — best price $15.892023-03-06 — best price $4.192023-06-08 — best price $4.992023-09-04 — best price $4.992023-11-27 — best price $3.902024-02-24 — best price $16.992024-06-10 — best price $2.712024-09-04 — best price $15.892025-01-02 — best price $16.962025-05-12 — best price $19.992025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-12-06 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-11 — best price $3.142026-08-30 — best price $2.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

160162026-05-29 — 35 pageviews2026-06-01 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 38 pageviews2026-06-07 — 27 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-13 — 29 pageviews2026-06-16 — 21 pageviews2026-06-19 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-01 — 160 pageviews2026-07-04 — 53 pageviews2026-07-07 — 116 pageviews2026-07-10 — 65 pageviews2026-07-13 — 66 pageviews2026-07-16 — 55 pageviews2026-07-19 — 61 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-25 — 40 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-31 — 39 pageviews2026-08-03 — 50 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 40 pageviews2026-08-12 — 35 pageviews2026-08-15 — 45 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3002026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
79%
earned "Payment please"
34.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements7 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)37,5631%78
Xbox One (Xbox)9,7591%56
PS4 (PlayStation)7,1333%57
Windows (Xbox)4850%72
Switch (Nintendo)1170%0
Switch (Nintendo)60%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

RPGCo-opStrategyTabletopAdventureBoard GameOpen WorldRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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