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The King is Watching

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The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Defend your castle against ever-challenging waves of enemies.
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About The King is Watching

About this game

Kings order - Drill to the Core!

Sire! There are countless reports of peasants and workers sleeping on the job, not producing the bare minimum for the kingdom to operate! Only your watchful eye can help them understand the importance of working, for the good of the Kingdom!

Your people’s unique… ability to do nothing while unsupervised has one advantage: you have entire control on what’s produced and when:

  • Glance at the wheat fields, and your peasants will start harvesting.

  • Watch the barracks and knights will be training

  • Monitor your mines and forest and workers will finally be gathering stone and wood

Your Royal Skill of balancing resource production, troop training, and magic guild is what will save our kingdom! Avert your attention to other royal matters, and production will stop.

To restock the Royal Reserve with the rarest materials, your Majesty must order the construction of Royal production Chains. This will enable your Kingdom to thrive thanks to bigger, more upgraded buildings and experienced warriors to defend our Royal Walls!

You also shall order to trade those resources and gather ancient magical knowledge to strengthen our Royal Defenses!

Unfortunately, considering the enemies lurking in the shadows surrounding your Royal Kingdom, we will need to Royally improve our defenses. We shall encourage the building of a Royal Mage Guild and start producing spells to help you defend the Castle Royal Walls.

Our Royal Knights and Archers will also need to be trained as well as more …uncommon Royal subjects… Did I mention to thy Majesty the possibility to train Royal Flour Dragons?

Depending on your Royal wishes, playstyle and strategy, we will need to adjust our building deck. There are many ways to defend our Kingdom and Royal Experimentation is key for success!

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
July 21, 2025
Developer:
Hypnohead
Publisher:
tinyBuild
Supported Languages:
English

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11
  • Processor: 2.0 Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Critic Reviews

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Try Hard Guides

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"The King is Watching is a smart, surprisingly deep blend of roguelike systems and city-building mechanics that manages to innovate where many similar titles simply reiterate....

DualShockers

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"Overall, I had an absolute blast with The King is Watching. The main gameplay loop is extremely well thought-out and incredibly engaging, and I can't wait to continue playing...

The Games Machine

85 / 100
"The King is Watching integrates city building, strategy, and resource management into a seamless and incredibly satisfying gameplay loop. A few tweaks would be nice, but it's...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, The King is Watching is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that The King is Watching is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8/8.1, 10, 11
  • Processor: 2.0 Ghz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
80% of critics on Metacritic recommend The King is Watching. The Metascore is 80 out of 100.
The King is Watching was released on July 21, 2025
The King is Watching is published by tinyBuild
The King is Watching was developed by Hypnohead
Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as Roguelike, Base Building, RTS, and Strategy
Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as Dark Fantasy, Pixel Graphics, Tactical, and Medieval
Yes. Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as Roguelike
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as Base Building
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The King is Watching as RTS

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