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The Monarch

Citadel Games · 2024-10-02

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 03, 2024 (Mac), Oct 02, 2024 (Linux)

Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

72%
positive of 104 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 27,479 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1k–4.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 104 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.74 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520242026Week of 2024-04-03: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$0.742024-04-032025-10-062024-04-03 — best price $3.992024-04-10 — best price $4.992024-06-09 — best price $1.992024-06-23 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-07-29 — best price $2.492024-08-05 — best price $4.992024-10-03 — best price $2.992024-10-16 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.742025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242025-10-06 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
99.8%
earned "Chicken Chaser"
68.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, Turkish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Player tags

CuteMedievalStrategySurvivalColony SimRogue-likeRogue-liteExplorationStrategy RPGThird Person

Census log

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

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