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The King is Watching

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App ID 2753900
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher tinyBuild
Franchise tinyBuild
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GameMaker Engine
Last Changenumber 30917732
Last Record Update 3 September 2025 – 09:08:13 UTC ()
Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
😎 83.14%
5k reviews
1,945
In-Game
🌐 RTS 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🏠 Base Building 👻 Roguelike 🎭 Fantasy

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Additional Information

Developer Hypnohead
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher tinyBuild
Store Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:58 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/5ZVbHy36Nw
https://space.bilibili.com/3493139348195347
https://weibo.com/u/7827772836
https://www.youtube.com/@hypnohead449/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 15 August 2025 – 13:42:01 UTC () (1755265321)
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schinese王之凝视 (The King is Watching)
review_score 8
review_percentage 85
Detected Technologies (?) GameMaker Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 12 July 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 19148162
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First seen on SteamDB 22 December 2023 – 07:54:27 UTC (), in changelist #21642985

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
French Yes
Japanese Yes
Korean Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes

Tags

🌐 RTS 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🏠 Base Building 👻 Roguelike 🎭 Fantasy 💡 Strategy 🏰 Tower Defense 📊 Resource Management 🏙️ City Builder 👻 Roguelite 🤔 Tactical 🏰 Medieval 👾 Pixel Graphics ▶️ Real Time Tactics 🕒 Time Management 🔄 Replay Value 🎴 Deckbuilding ⚔️ Combat 🧼 Auto Battler 🤖 Automation

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

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Steam charts

  • 1,945 players right now
  • 2,416 24-hour peak
  • 17,988 all-time peak 27 July 2025
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  • 306 24-hour peak
  • 30,820 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 83.14% SteamDB Rating
  • 4,753 85.8% positive reviews
  • 786 14.2% negative reviews

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How many players are playing The King is Watching right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1945 players live playing The King is Watching on Steam.

The King is Watching had an all-time peak of 17988 concurrent players on 27 July 2025.

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