The King is Watching

Buy89%

Very Positive · 11k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Hypnohead · Roguelike · Jul 21, 2025

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$9.74−35%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
47
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio0 of 10
Subtitles0 of 10

Should I buy The King is Watching?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 154 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 11k player reviews · updated

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
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
154 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The unique combination of mechanics and limitations make for a very compelling gameplay loop, which make runs interesting.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The building of difficulty in the threat mechanics, and the opportunity to then build out and challenge yourself further with your own constructed senario in your favourite map, or in the shifting sands, is very welcome and gives a lot of control over the kind of game you play, be it brutal and unforgiving or super chill and relaxing.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
the overall vibe and art style of the game is really cool, which I think is why I played it for this long but I'm over it.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music is pleasant, and the sound effects are generally good, though some are occasionally distracting.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I mostly play it on the Steam deck, it runs quite well there.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay154 reviews
Difficulty68 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Steam Deck12 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
67% still recommend
Monetization
80% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend
Controls
75% still recommend
Players complain
Story
91% still recommend
Crashes
89% still recommend
Performance
25% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$9.74$14.99−35%

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.74

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