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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 31656351
Last Record Update 14 October 2025 – 07:15:17 UTC ()
Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
😎 83.94%
6k reviews
425
In-Game
🌐 RTS 👻 Roguelike 🏠 Base Building 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🎭 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

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Additional Information

Developer Hypnohead
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher tinyBuild
Store Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:58 UTC ()
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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)
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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
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  • 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

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

Tags

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

Categories

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

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