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King's Bounty II

Fulqrum Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2021-08-24

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AdventureRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Aug 24, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 24, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.

18
playing now
62%
positive of 5.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

King's Bounty II is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed by 1C Entertainment and published by Prime Matter that was released for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on August 24, 2021. It is a direct sequel to the first King's Bounty game released in 1990 and follows the 2008 spin-off title King's Bounty: The Legend, developed by Katauri Interactive.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,044 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 111k–249k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,525 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-90%
Humble Store$3.99-90%
GOG$3.99-90%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2024-08-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $47.88 · on sale 99 of 223 observed days · $2.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 1,168 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 876 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 528 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5402026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 46 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 53 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 29 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 54 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 43 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 44 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$58.09$1.592021-06-022026-08-302021-06-02 — best price $49.992021-10-12 — best price $49.992021-12-01 — best price $41.992022-03-25 — best price $45.172022-07-07 — best price $49.992022-08-26 — best price $19.992022-11-18 — best price $19.992023-01-03 — best price $39.992023-03-06 — best price $12.492023-05-02 — best price $11.502023-06-15 — best price $39.992023-08-07 — best price $8.992023-10-16 — best price $49.992023-11-29 — best price $5.992024-02-06 — best price $39.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-06-17 — best price $3.492024-08-19 — best price $39.992024-11-04 — best price $39.992025-01-05 — best price $1.592025-03-21 — best price $1.592025-06-03 — best price $1.592025-08-11 — best price $39.992025-10-08 — best price $39.992025-11-21 — best price $3.992025-12-12 — best price $46.912026-01-06 — best price $46.822026-01-23 — best price $3.992026-02-12 — best price $47.482026-03-05 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-04-17 — best price $47.182026-05-07 — best price $3.992026-05-27 — best price $46.542026-06-18 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-28 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
90.5%
earned "Freedom"
13.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8693%49
Xbox One (Xbox)9562%49
PS4 (PlayStation)90611%50
PS5 (PlayStation)4699%50
Switch (Nintendo)280%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

RPGFantasyHex GridMedievalStrategyTacticalAdventureStory RichTurn-BasedSingleplayer

Census log

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

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