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Long Live The Queen

Hanako Games · 2013-11-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Jul 15, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jul 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jul 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 15, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 02, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.

Long Live The Queen is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 7160 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (65 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Long Live the Queen is a simulation role-playing video game developed by Hanako Games and Spiky Caterpillar, published by Hanako Games. The story of the game follows a young princess who is training to become queen after the death of her mother. The objective of the game is to keep the princess alive for 40 weeks until she turns 15 and is crowned. The game was released on June 2, 2012 for Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The game uses anime-style graphics and is written in English.

Trailer

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Long Live The Queen

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 89 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,476 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 287k–574k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,169 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2015-06-13) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 70 of 92 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1422026-09-14 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2246Nov 2013Aug 2026Nov 2013 — avg 224 · peak 672Mar 2014 — avg 34 · peak 80Jul 2014 — avg 89 · peak 389Nov 2014 — avg 36 · peak 117Mar 2015 — avg 51 · peak 117Jul 2015 — avg 46 · peak 90Nov 2015 — avg 30 · peak 83Mar 2016 — avg 33 · peak 76Jul 2016 — avg 31 · peak 82Nov 2016 — avg 22 · peak 72Mar 2017 — avg 23 · peak 52Jul 2017 — avg 26 · peak 76Nov 2017 — avg 21 · peak 53Mar 2018 — avg 19 · peak 47Jul 2018 — avg 20 · peak 57Nov 2018 — avg 19 · peak 51Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 45Jul 2019 — avg 16 · peak 36Nov 2019 — avg 15 · peak 42Mar 2020 — avg 16 · peak 39Jul 2020 — avg 17 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Mar 2021 — avg 15 · peak 41Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 19Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 23Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-14 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $6.492016-06-08 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-09-04 — best price $4.992018-03-26 — best price $2.492018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-06-25 — best price $3.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-05-27 — best price $2.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-03-22 — best price $2.992021-09-20 — best price $3.492021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-04-18 — best price $3.492022-08-15 — best price $3.492022-12-12 — best price $3.492023-03-25 — best price $3.492023-08-22 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $2.492024-03-06 — best price $2.492024-06-13 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $3.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-06 — best price $3.992025-05-28 — best price $3.492025-08-11 — best price $9.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-01-21 — best price $9.992026-04-20 — best price $3.492026-07-30 — best price $9.992026-09-01 — best price $3.992026-09-13 — best price $3.992026-09-25 — best price $3.992026-10-07 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

55102026-05-29 — 25 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-14 — 25 pageviews2026-06-18 — 23 pageviews2026-06-22 — 38 pageviews2026-06-26 — 20 pageviews2026-06-30 — 32 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-08 — 34 pageviews2026-07-12 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 23 pageviews2026-07-20 — 27 pageviews2026-07-24 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-08-01 — 28 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 31 pageviews2026-09-02 — 21 pageviews2026-09-06 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 40 pageviews2026-09-18 — 15 pageviews2026-09-22 — 17 pageviews2026-09-26 — 36 pageviews2026-09-30 — 26 pageviews2026-10-04 — 28 pageviews2026-10-07 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
69.7%
earned "Congratulations On Your Recent Demise"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,5146%45
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)26163%13
PS5 (PlayStation)12971%14
PS5 (PlayStation)12371%14
PS4 (PlayStation)10878%14
PS4 (PlayStation)9980%14
Switch (Nintendo)130%0
PS5 (PlayStation)0—14

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

RPGCuteAnimeIndieFantasyMedievalStrategyDifficultSimulationSingleplayer

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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