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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 39386430
Last Record Update 1 October 2026 – 14:18:25 UTC ()
Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
😎 86.28%
10k reviews
410
In-Game
👻 Roguelike 🏠 Base Building 🏰 Tower Defense 🌐 RTS 🧝 Dark 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
DLCAvailableOnStore 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/hypnohead
https://space.bilibili.com/3493139348195347
https://weibo.com/u/7827772836
https://x.com/TKIWGame
https://www.youtube.com/@tinyBuildGAMES
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 21 July 2025 – 09:50:45 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 September 2026 – 13:29:07 UTC () (1790083747)
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schinese王之凝视 (The King is Watching)
review_score 8
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Detected Technologies GameMaker Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 2
  • test_timestamp: 1 October 2026 – 12:46:25 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 25395981
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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

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

Categories

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

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last_modified22 September 2026 – 13:29:29 UTC
timestamp22 September 2026 – 13:29:29 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 410 players right now
  • 564 24-hour peak
  • 17,988 all-time peak 27 July 2025
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  • 27 24-hour peak
  • 30,820 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 86.28% SteamDB Rating
  • 9,462 88.7% positive reviews
  • 1,211 11.3% 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 410 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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