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Little King's Story cover art

Little King's Story

Marvelous, Inc. · XSEED Games · 2016-08-05

SteamGOG

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 21, 2009 (Wii), Aug 05, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Once upon a time, a little boy from our world found himself in another, more mystical world where a magical crown made him ruler over a floundering kingdom called Alpoko. You are this little boy, and it's your duty to make Alpoko great...so you can then expand its dominion and take over the world!

Little King's Story is an RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 480 reviews).

1
playing now
62%
positive of 480 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
18h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Little King's Story is a real-time strategy life simulation role-playing video game co-developed by Cing and Town Factory for the Nintendo Wii. The game was published by Rising Star Games in Australia on April 22, 2009, and Europe on April 24, 2009, by Xseed Games in North America on July 21, 2009, and by Marvelous Entertainment in Japan on September 3, 2009.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 13,938 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 480 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2024-02-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 62 of 92 observed days · $11.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172026Week of 2017-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.492016-08-052026-10-152016-08-05 — best price $22.492017-03-30 — best price $14.992017-09-11 — best price $24.992018-02-15 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $5.002018-12-19 — best price $4.982019-03-16 — best price $4.992019-06-21 — best price $14.992019-11-14 — best price $14.992020-01-22 — best price $4.492020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-11-27 — best price $4.492021-03-22 — best price $4.492021-09-06 — best price $14.992022-01-08 — best price $14.992022-05-06 — best price $4.492022-08-20 — best price $14.992022-11-22 — best price $4.492023-01-07 — best price $14.992023-03-11 — best price $14.992023-05-12 — best price $4.492023-08-25 — best price $4.492023-11-22 — best price $4.492024-02-07 — best price $4.492024-03-27 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-09-21 — best price $14.992024-12-07 — best price $14.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-05-21 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $4.492026-04-03 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-01 — best price $4.492026-09-13 — best price $4.492026-09-25 — best price $4.492026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80262026-05-30 — 42 pageviews2026-06-03 — 43 pageviews2026-06-07 — 27 pageviews2026-06-11 — 54 pageviews2026-06-15 — 60 pageviews2026-06-19 — 52 pageviews2026-06-23 — 39 pageviews2026-06-27 — 66 pageviews2026-07-01 — 63 pageviews2026-07-05 — 54 pageviews2026-07-09 — 49 pageviews2026-07-13 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 44 pageviews2026-07-21 — 45 pageviews2026-07-25 — 36 pageviews2026-07-29 — 41 pageviews2026-08-02 — 53 pageviews2026-08-06 — 42 pageviews2026-08-10 — 56 pageviews2026-08-14 — 43 pageviews2026-08-18 — 53 pageviews2026-08-22 — 44 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 pageviews2026-08-30 — 45 pageviews2026-09-03 — 69 pageviews2026-09-07 — 56 pageviews2026-09-11 — 54 pageviews2026-09-15 — 49 pageviews2026-09-19 — 54 pageviews2026-09-23 — 53 pageviews2026-09-27 — 49 pageviews2026-10-01 — 36 pageviews2026-10-05 — 43 pageviews2026-10-09 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
68.2%
earned "Hot Spring Founder I"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6980%41

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

Player tags

RPGRTSCuteAnimeClassicFantasyStrategyAdventureSimulationSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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