The King is Watching

The King is Watching

Steam Deck Playable

Hypnohead · Roguelike · Jul 21, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $8.99.

89%
Very Positive
10k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 121 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 10k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise38% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It has waves like tower defense, tiles like a deck builder, a 5x5 grid like a puzzle game, troops like an RTS, auto-battler combat, land to develop like a city builder, and roguelite elements that add replayability, variety, and progression to your runs.
121 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+ Stunning pixel graphics
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The music is pleasant, and the sound effects are generally good, though some are occasionally distracting.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I mostly play it on the Steam deck, it runs quite well there.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay121 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty57 reviews
82%
Story and characters27 reviews
85%
Combat14 reviews
79%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes11 reviews
82%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
47
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.