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Unlock The King

Minimol Games · 2019-11-20

SteamEpic Games Store

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 05, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 20, 2019 (Mac)

An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.

Unlock The King is a $0.99 Casual and Strategy game released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 404 reviews).

1
playing now
95%
positive of 404 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 81% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 404 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.44 at Epic Game Store (2025-09-04) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120192026Week of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.442019-11-202026-01-082019-11-20 — best price $0.692020-03-16 — best price $0.692020-06-25 — best price $0.592020-09-28 — best price $0.592020-10-29 — best price $0.592020-11-25 — best price $0.592021-01-18 — best price $0.592021-03-08 — best price $0.592021-05-10 — best price $0.992021-09-06 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-01-17 — best price $0.992022-04-04 — best price $0.592022-07-10 — best price $0.992022-09-19 — best price $0.992022-11-29 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-16 — best price $0.792023-05-22 — best price $0.542023-07-24 — best price $0.542023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-11 — best price $0.592024-01-29 — best price $0.492024-04-22 — best price $0.542024-06-10 — best price $0.992024-08-01 — best price $0.992024-09-23 — best price $0.992024-11-04 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.842025-01-20 — best price $0.992025-03-04 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-08-24 — best price $0.992026-01-08 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
87.5%
earned "MLK is free!"
35.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)90148%10
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

ChessLogicCasualPuzzleSci-fiSokobanStrategyTabletopDifficultBoard Game

Census log

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

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