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To Be A King - Volume 1

IT Roy · 2022-09-30

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Be a newly appointed royal minister fresh out of the army, evade or contribute to the court drama. Alliances are breaking but you can make the difference. Choose who to bed or wed. Compete or consolidate with your foes. Only you have what it takes to be a king.

86%
positive of 249 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (46 reviews).
  • · Top 27% of 28,482 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 249 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.79 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 26 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
434320222026Week of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$7.792022-09-302026-10-082022-09-30 — best price $11.042022-12-23 — best price $10.392023-06-23 — best price $10.392023-07-24 — best price $10.392023-08-28 — best price $9.742023-10-25 — best price $9.742023-11-28 — best price $12.992024-01-04 — best price $12.992024-01-25 — best price $9.742024-02-22 — best price $12.992024-03-14 — best price $11.042024-04-11 — best price $12.992024-05-15 — best price $12.992024-06-27 — best price $10.392024-07-31 — best price $12.992024-09-18 — best price $11.042024-10-16 — best price $10.392024-11-12 — best price $10.392024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-24 — best price $10.392025-03-03 — best price $9.742025-03-15 — best price $12.992025-04-16 — best price $9.092025-05-13 — best price $9.092025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-08-07 — best price $9.092025-09-17 — best price $9.092025-10-07 — best price $8.442025-10-28 — best price $8.442025-11-25 — best price $8.442026-01-14 — best price $12.992026-02-12 — best price $9.092026-03-11 — best price $9.092026-05-02 — best price $12.992026-05-23 — best price $12.992026-06-25 — best price $7.792026-08-12 — best price $12.992026-09-24 — best price $7.792026-10-08 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
89.2%
earned "Can I Get Back To War?"
39.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-09-30, latest 2024-03-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16510%66

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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