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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 30274670
Last Record Update 27 July 2025 – 19:13:27 UTC ()
Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
😏 79.04%
2k reviews
11,945
In-Game

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 25 July 2025 – 08:56:14 UTC () (1753433774)
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schinese王之凝视 (The King is Watching)
review_score 8
review_percentage 82
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
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-9.0-4RC
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 22 December 2023 – 07:54:27 UTC (), in changelist #21642985

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes

Tags

🌐 RTS 🧝 Dark Fantasy 👻 Roguelike 🏠 Base Building 🎭 Fantasy 💡 Strategy 📊 Resource Management 🏰 Tower Defense 🏙️ City Builder 🤔 Tactical 🏰 Medieval 🎴 Deckbuilding 👻 Roguelite 🔄 Replay Value 👾 Pixel Graphics ⚔️ Combat 🧼 Auto Battler 🏠 Building 🧘 Relaxing 🏽 2D

Categories

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

Assets

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