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King's Bounty: The Legend

Katauri Interactive · Fulqrum Publishing · 2009-05-01

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 23, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2012 (Mac)

King’s Bounty: The Legend is a fan-favorite classic fantasy adventure and an early entry into the modern King’s Bounty era, built around tough battles, smart decisions, and turn-based tactics.

King's Bounty: The Legend is a $1.04 RPG and Strategy game released in 2009, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 4031 reviews).

146
playing now
91%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (2.4k downloads)
43h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 75h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.04
steam price (US)

146 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

King's Bounty: The Legend is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Russian studio Katauri Interactive and published by 1C Company for Microsoft Windows in 2008 and Mac OS X in 2012. The game is based upon the King's Bounty property released by New World Computing in 1990, and blends elements of the original game with a modernized interface and gameplay elements. The game's story sees players taking on the role of a special treasure hunter for a king, who soon becomes embroiled on a quest to save their daughter and prevent their world from being destroyed.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 146 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 411 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity up 84% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 13,917 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 161k–322k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,031 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.04-85%
Steam$1.04-85%
GOG$1.05-85%
GreenManGaming$1.05-85%
GOG$1.05-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 170 of 214 observed days · $0.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

241442026-09-15 14:00 — 172 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 98 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 74 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 206 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 175 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 50 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 143 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 205 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 68 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 205 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 198 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 44 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 100 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 211 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 73 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 117 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 183 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 74 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 92 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 241 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 127 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 58 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 146 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31335Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 77 · peak 260Dec 2012 — avg 66 · peak 207May 2013 — avg 41 · peak 99Oct 2013 — avg 116 · peak 289Mar 2014 — avg 50 · peak 116Aug 2014 — avg 91 · peak 234Jan 2015 — avg 125 · peak 355Jun 2015 — avg 74 · peak 167Nov 2015 — avg 59 · peak 151Apr 2016 — avg 102 · peak 371Sep 2016 — avg 98 · peak 276Feb 2017 — avg 76 · peak 164Jul 2017 — avg 106 · peak 244Dec 2017 — avg 93 · peak 210May 2018 — avg 91 · peak 194Oct 2018 — avg 72 · peak 157Mar 2019 — avg 83 · peak 173Aug 2019 — avg 90 · peak 209Jan 2020 — avg 101 · peak 225Jun 2020 — avg 99 · peak 199Nov 2020 — avg 95 · peak 243Apr 2021 — avg 94 · peak 191Sep 2021 — avg 197 · peak 491Feb 2022 — avg 94 · peak 198Jul 2022 — avg 103 · peak 230Dec 2022 — avg 88 · peak 186May 2023 — avg 77 · peak 164Oct 2023 — avg 74 · peak 151Mar 2024 — avg 99 · peak 219Aug 2024 — avg 87 · peak 201Jan 2025 — avg 102 · peak 247Jun 2025 — avg 108 · peak 293Nov 2025 — avg 103 · peak 224Apr 2026 — avg 203 · peak 427Aug 2026 — avg 195 · peak 398
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.832015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.392015-05-27 — best price $6.342015-10-16 — best price $7.992016-04-07 — best price $6.992016-10-17 — best price $2.392017-05-05 — best price $1.742018-01-01 — best price $6.992018-06-20 — best price $1.742018-12-01 — best price $6.992019-04-30 — best price $6.992019-09-12 — best price $6.992019-12-11 — best price $1.492020-03-16 — best price $1.492020-07-03 — best price $1.742020-10-26 — best price $1.492021-01-22 — best price $1.462021-04-30 — best price $1.742021-08-18 — best price $1.722021-11-22 — best price $1.462022-03-01 — best price $6.682022-06-10 — best price $1.542022-09-26 — best price $6.992023-01-16 — best price $1.462023-04-27 — best price $1.742023-08-14 — best price $1.402023-12-15 — best price $1.402024-04-04 — best price $1.182024-07-18 — best price $1.042024-11-02 — best price $6.992025-02-04 — best price $1.052025-05-19 — best price $0.872025-08-09 — best price $6.992025-10-29 — best price $1.102026-01-23 — best price $1.042026-04-28 — best price $5.502026-07-31 — best price $0.842026-09-18 — best price $1.052026-10-14 — best price $1.04
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128162026-05-17 — 37 pageviews2026-05-21 — 33 pageviews2026-05-25 — 29 pageviews2026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 38 pageviews2026-06-14 — 49 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 24 pageviews2026-06-26 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 42 pageviews2026-07-04 — 32 pageviews2026-07-08 — 38 pageviews2026-07-12 — 28 pageviews2026-07-16 — 30 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-24 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 32 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 40 pageviews2026-08-13 — 36 pageviews2026-08-17 — 43 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-25 — 40 pageviews2026-08-29 — 30 pageviews2026-09-02 — 39 pageviews2026-09-06 — 31 pageviews2026-09-10 — 29 pageviews2026-09-14 — 36 pageviews2026-09-18 — 44 pageviews2026-09-22 — 28 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 23 pageviews2026-10-04 — 25 pageviews2026-10-08 — 26 pageviews2026-10-12 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
5.6%
earned "Final Trial"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-06-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8722%64

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

RPGClassicFantasyHex GridStrategyTacticalAdventureOpen WorldTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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