Vertical Kingdom

Farlight Games Industry · indie.io · 2024-04-15

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 15, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!

78%

positive of 137 reviews

Mostly Positive

steam rating

pending

deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

$11.99

steam price (US)

Vertical Kingdom is set in a world devastated by a war that lasted for an entire generation. The once great Empire is in shambles and it's up to the Great Architect to rebuild toward its former glory brick by brick. Travel the land, embark on randomized, roguelite-style expeditions, and build new cities with a fresh card-based building system combined with an intricate resource economy.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet

· 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
· Review velocity down 68% vs the prior 8 weeks.
· Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61 reviews).
· Top 54% of 20,529 Indie games in the census by review count.

Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)

$11.99

-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.45 at GameBillet (2026-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 141 of 184 observed days · $0.44 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative

Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

achievements tracked

33.8%

earned "First step"

7.7%

median achievement earned by

· 33.8% of players earned First step
· 7.7% of players earned Scorpion region
· 2% of players earned City Progress Level 5

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2D Cozy Retro Building Strategy Survival Card Game Management Rogue-lite City Builder

Census log

2024-04-01First review activity on record (week of 2024-04-01).
2024-04-01Biggest review week on record: 61 reviews (week of 2024-04-01).

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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