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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 ()
😎 83.95%
6k reviews
467
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

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)
review_score 8
review_percentage 86
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

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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Bundles

ID Name Set % Price Created
55089 Crown & Duchy Yes 21 July 2025 – 10:09:01 UTC
55801 Loop Hero x The King is Watching No -10% $26.98 21 July 2025 – 13:00:12 UTC
56141 Kings of Roguelite No -10% 21 July 2025 – 11:29:02 UTC
56811 The King is Watching + Drill Core No -10% $31.48 21 July 2025 – 10:09:01 UTC
57877 The King is Coming No -10% 7 August 2025 – 16:09:02 UTC
57926 Backpack Battles + The King is Watching No -10% $26.98 11 September 2025 – 16:09:02 UTC
58741 The Wandering Village + The King Is Watching No -10% $29.68 at -27% 31 August 2025 – 07:49:01 UTC
59368 Stronghold Crusader + The King is Watching Yes 1 October 2025 – 15:39:02 UTC

Store Packages

SubID Name Price Last Update
984995 The King is Watching $14.99 6 October 2025 – 17:32:47 UTC

Packages

SubID Name Billing Type Last Update
984994 The King is Watching for Beta Testing CD Key 21 October 2024 – 17:10:03 UTC
1361439 Steam Sub 1361439 (Only CN) CD Key 10 July 2025 – 09:34:16 UTC
1361441 Steam Sub 1361441 (Only 23 countries) CD Key 10 July 2025 – 09:34:16 UTC
1361442 Steam Sub 1361442 (Not in 38 countries) CD Key 10 July 2025 – 09:34:16 UTC

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