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For The King

IronOak Games · Curve Games · 2018-04-19

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AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

For The King is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 43,776 reviews).

250
playing now
88%
positive of 44k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (82 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (24k downloads)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (2,454 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 59% recommend · from 22 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

250 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

For The King trailer thumbnail

For The King - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 250 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 1% of 28,945 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 43,900 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.05-85%
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 161 of 201 observed days · $2.41 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

1.5k2152026-09-15 11:00 — 303 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 344 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 269 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 590 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 699 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 349 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 353 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 648 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 338 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 865 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 907 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 324 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 612 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,341 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 670 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 477 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,046 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 405 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 330 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 715 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 627 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 272 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 296 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 250 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.4k1Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 184 · peak 433Jul 2017 — avg 607 · peak 1,466Oct 2017 — avg 126 · peak 349Jan 2018 — avg 360 · peak 1,115Apr 2018 — avg 815 · peak 3,562Jul 2018 — avg 545 · peak 1,221Oct 2018 — avg 305 · peak 1,094Jan 2019 — avg 724 · peak 1,693Apr 2019 — avg 459 · peak 1,082Jul 2019 — avg 704 · peak 1,526Oct 2019 — avg 578 · peak 1,534Jan 2020 — avg 868 · peak 2,365Apr 2020 — avg 1,562 · peak 4,127Jul 2020 — avg 764 · peak 1,870Oct 2020 — avg 669 · peak 1,754Jan 2021 — avg 1,299 · peak 3,752Apr 2021 — avg 1,559 · peak 3,708Jul 2021 — avg 1,562 · peak 3,809Oct 2021 — avg 1,749 · peak 5,274Jan 2022 — avg 1,362 · peak 2,863Apr 2022 — avg 1,834 · peak 9,376Jul 2022 — avg 1,412 · peak 3,339Oct 2022 — avg 1,153 · peak 2,657Jan 2023 — avg 1,827 · peak 4,205Apr 2023 — avg 1,959 · peak 4,286Jul 2023 — avg 1,734 · peak 3,702Oct 2023 — avg 1,639 · peak 4,751Jan 2024 — avg 1,069 · peak 2,830Apr 2024 — avg 781 · peak 2,088Jul 2024 — avg 1,004 · peak 2,583Oct 2024 — avg 720 · peak 1,918Jan 2025 — avg 794 · peak 2,360Apr 2025 — avg 584 · peak 1,479Jul 2025 — avg 641 · peak 1,702Oct 2025 — avg 615 · peak 1,974Jan 2026 — avg 749 · peak 1,837Apr 2026 — avg 421 · peak 1,075Jul 2026 — avg 459 · peak 1,229Aug 2026 — avg 555 · peak 1,693
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.992017-02-282026-10-152017-02-28 — best price $12.742018-05-28 — best price $19.992018-09-06 — best price $11.992018-11-21 — best price $7.992019-02-14 — best price $6.992019-05-23 — best price $19.992019-09-06 — best price $19.992019-12-12 — best price $7.192020-02-23 — best price $19.992020-04-30 — best price $4.002020-07-26 — best price $6.452020-10-06 — best price $7.252020-12-08 — best price $19.982021-02-26 — best price $15.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-07-26 — best price $6.792021-10-25 — best price $1.992022-01-31 — best price $15.992022-04-23 — best price $5.122022-08-07 — best price $5.602022-12-03 — best price $15.892023-03-18 — best price $19.992023-07-01 — best price $15.992023-10-30 — best price $16.892024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-06-10 — best price $2.712024-09-25 — best price $3.802025-02-26 — best price $15.892025-07-29 — best price $14.692025-11-22 — best price $3.792026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-06-15 — best price $4.002026-08-27 — best price $2.962026-10-15 — best price $4.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

149112026-05-29 — 35 pageviews2026-06-02 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 47 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 37 pageviews2026-06-18 — 21 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-30 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 53 pageviews2026-07-08 — 101 pageviews2026-07-12 — 71 pageviews2026-07-16 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 48 pageviews2026-07-24 — 29 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-08-01 — 46 pageviews2026-08-05 — 44 pageviews2026-08-09 — 40 pageviews2026-08-13 — 54 pageviews2026-08-17 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 pageviews2026-09-02 — 27 pageviews2026-09-06 — 30 pageviews2026-09-10 — 23 pageviews2026-09-14 — 31 pageviews2026-09-18 — 26 pageviews2026-09-22 — 35 pageviews2026-09-26 — 34 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 26 pageviews2026-10-07 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19302026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 0 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

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2018-04-19, latest 2024-09-20 (Steam store data)

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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