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King Of The Castle

Tributary Games · Team17 · 2023-03-02

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Mar 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?

King Of The Castle is a 2023 Casual, Indie and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1733 reviews).

2
playing now
88%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (432 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,733 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at WinGameStore (2023-04-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 143 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40040020232026Week of 2023-03-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3212026-09-15 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 32 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 27 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
787Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 78 · peak 304May 2023 — avg 30 · peak 107Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 74Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 68Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 32Jan 2024 — avg 18 · peak 69Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 46May 2024 — avg 29 · peak 111Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 49Sep 2024 — avg 10 · peak 34Nov 2024 — avg 12 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 70Mar 2025 — avg 11 · peak 33May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 40Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 35Sep 2025 — avg 17 · peak 76Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 37Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 54Mar 2026 — avg 8 · peak 33May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 8 · peak 28Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492023-02-152026-09-182023-02-15 — best price $4.992023-05-08 — best price $4.992023-09-07 — best price $9.632023-11-19 — best price $7.442023-12-25 — best price $8.992024-02-08 — best price $6.692024-03-11 — best price $7.192024-04-19 — best price $5.622024-05-21 — best price $9.992024-07-08 — best price $8.692024-08-06 — best price $6.492024-08-26 — best price $4.472024-09-25 — best price $5.782024-11-06 — best price $4.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992024-12-28 — best price $4.582025-01-23 — best price $4.192025-03-21 — best price $4.902025-04-17 — best price $4.312025-06-08 — best price $5.002025-07-13 — best price $8.272025-08-12 — best price $4.442025-09-03 — best price $5.492025-10-02 — best price $4.002025-11-10 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $4.392026-01-31 — best price $8.592026-03-07 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $2.832026-05-06 — best price $9.992026-05-27 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-07 — best price $2.962026-09-18 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
40.6%
earned "Crowning Achievement"
1.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9170%68

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

Player tags

2DCo-opCasualFantasyColorfulMedievalStrategyParty GameStory RichMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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