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Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster

INTI CREATES CO., LTD. · 2026-04-23

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 23, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Apr 23, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

A kingdom-rebuilding adventure filled with action and strategy! Kingdom's Return is an action RPG where you'll adventure to restore your fallen kingdom. Collect materials in 2D side-scrolling adventure stages, then use them in the strategy part to rebuild your kingdom and power up your characters!

Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is an Action and RPG game released in 2026, priced at $14.99, with a Mixed sentiment (51% of 97 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

50%
positive of 96 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
74/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (101 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 90% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 28,373 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2026-09-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620262026Week of 2026-04-24: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$11.242026-05-082026-08-062026-05-08 — best price $14.992026-06-10 — best price $11.992026-06-23 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $11.242026-08-06 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-04-24, latest 2026-05-14 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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