Kingdom
8.1
Platforms
- PCOct 21, 20158.1playscore7.713 Critics8.914.3K Players
13 critic reviews · 6 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Kingdom is a good tough game as the setup of it says that "it's your fault if you lose". There's no unnecessary unbeatable enemies. The concept of protecting your kingdom is as satisfying as the challenge to do so. Learning how the A.I. operates is half the fun of it. The detailed pixel graphics and dynamic visual elements came off as outstanding. My only wish was that there was more variety in this formula.
Nick Monroe · Nov 10, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - When all the arcane is teased out and the seams obvious, not even the beautiful score and gorgeous pixel reflection in the river can encourage me to execute the precise, efficient moves that would lead me to victory. But while I wasn't so interested in mechanically performing the "correct" blueprint of success after I figured it out, the journey towards acquiring that knowledge was still worthwhile.
Steven Hansen · Nov 02, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The moment to moment gameplay is pleasurable in the same way that dragging a rake through a zen garden can be, except the Zen Garden Inspector rolls around later on, kicks dust into your eyes, and tells you to start over without explaining why. There’s tons of fun to be had in Kingdom, but the fun ends where your patience does.
James Davenport · Oct 30, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Kingdom has solid ideas that get lost in its own simplicity. It’s a little too conceptual, and I found that it had a hard time holding my attention after a few in-game days. It has a whole kingdom out there to explore, but it just isn’t varied or interesting enough to warrant the type of commitment it ask of the player.
Willie Clark · Oct 26, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - With elegant simplicity and an eye for charming detail, it got its hooks into me early on, and I embraced the challenge of unraveling the mystery of how its systems worked. However, just a few hours later I had grown tired of long, dull gallops across a vast kingdom, and developed an ironclad strategy that rendered the opposition all but moot. Kingdom is a flash in the pan, but that flash is bright and beautiful while it lasts.
Dan Stapleton · Oct 21, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Ultimately Kingdom is a game that’s easy to love. Combining exploration, micromanagement and strategy in a way that continually feels personal and intimate is no easy task, but it achieves it by forcing you to do everything yourself. While simplicity is the key to the game’s mechanics, keeping everything on a very human scale is probably at the core of how it makes you feel.
Kris Lipscombe · Nov 17, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - In these roguelikes, there’s a compulsory requirement for variety and replayability, and Kingdom fails to deliver in this regard. Kingdom won’t last long in your hard drive given the great array of much richer experiences out in the roguelike Steam catalogue, but the interesting gameplay concepts that it brings to the table makes it a remarkable exploration of roguelike mechanics.
Borja Vilar Martos · Nov 07, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overall, we've enjoyed our time with Kingdom. It features lovely pixel graphics and enchanting sound design (that you'll soon learn to rely on for hints of what is happening off-screen). It's wonderfully addictive and with a bit of patching and tweaking it could be even better.
Bengt Lemne · Nov 02, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Con todo lo que os he contado podemos ver que Kingdom es un juego de estrategia muy interesante que está triunfando de manera notable entre los aficionados al género en ordenador y en un futuro en Xbox One. Es uno de esos títulos en los que el jugador se siente no sólo un estratega, sino que a la vez va explorando el juego y sus sutiles mecánicas a la vez que expande y defiende su reino.
Ramón Nafria · Dec 05, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Kingdom ist ein kleines, überaus charmantes und knifflig böses Aufbauspiel. Auch wenn ich nicht aus dem Fluchen rauskomme, wenn mich eine Monsterwelle erwischt hat und die Krone mal wieder in den Dreck purzelt: Ich versuche es zig mal! Und ich bemerke, dass mir jedes Scheitern eine neue Einsicht in die angenehm rätselhafte Spielmechanik bringt, die mich zum Erkunden und Experimentieren animiert.
Jörg Luibl · Oct 22, 2015 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic. Play the role of a king or queen atop their horse and enter a procedurally generated realm primed to sustain a kingdom, then toss gold to peasants and turn them into your loyal subjects in order to make your kingdom flourish. Protect your domain at night from the greedy creatures looking to steal your coins and crown, and explore the nearby, mysterious forests to discover curious and cryptic artifacts to aid your kingdom.
Developer: Noio