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The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king cover art

The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king

Majorariatto · 2022-03-28

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 28, 2022 (Linux), Mar 28, 2022 (Mac), Mar 28, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Are you The Rightful King™ or just a filthy peasant? The sword is waiting for you to lift it, but it gets longer and heavier each time someone else succeeds...

91%
positive of 8.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,738
twitch viewers (latest)
1738.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
44/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
2.4h
to beat · completionist 2.6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Are you the rightful king or just a dirty peasant?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 206 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,525 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 12,713 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.3k3.3k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 3,309 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

2
achievements tracked
25%
earned "Rightful King"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-03-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,75159%2

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

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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