Indie · October 21, 2015

Kingdom: Classic (2015)

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Wise Rulers know their kingdom will fall, Brave Rulers do not despair. Great Rulers know their riches can rule, And spend every coin with great care. In Kingdom, each coin spent can tip the balance between prosperity and decay. Attend to your domain, border to border, or venture into the wild to discover its wonders and its threats. Master the land, build your defenses, and when the darkness comes, stand with your people, crown on your head, until the very end. Gameplay 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.

Indie releases from 2015

32 Indie titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume22.1k Steam reviewsTop 13% in Indie
Positive rating91% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 46%
Metacritic74/100Genre average 77 — top 68% of Indie titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 81% for session depth among Indie

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Free to Play · 907
  • Strategy · 854
  • Singleplayer · 854
  • Simulation · 840
  • Base-Building · 563
  • Building · 532
  • 2D · 526
  • Management · 517
  • Resource Management · 515
  • RPG · 512
  • Pixel Graphics · 510
  • Fantasy · 506
  • Survival · 504
  • Casual · 501
  • Adventure · 490

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Swedish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

91%Very Positive · 22.1k reviews

20.1k positive · 2.0k negative

Metacritic

74/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

5.9k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Press Quotes

“Kingdom is a fantastic example of what can be accomplished with minimalism.” IGN

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 21, 2015
DeveloperNoio, Licorice
PublisherRaw Fury
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

Achievements

34

Steam unlocks available