Kingdoms and Castles

Buy94%

Very Positive · 32k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Lion Shield, LLC · City Builder · Jul 20, 2017

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
18
Full audio0 of 18
Subtitles0 of 18

Should I buy Kingdoms and Castles?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 32k 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
56% of themes are praise22% are divided22% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is a lot of things you can do and build, but not too overwhelmingly much, and the game's mechanics are easy to grasp and enjoy.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style and vibrant colors, I feel works very well for the game (I am usually not a fun of block-style game).
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
But if you want more of a challenge there's other maps that increase the number of enemies that raid you, decreases the fertility of the land, or both, so there's a good variety in difficulty.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A nice city-builder with combat, which comes around a bit too often but is not too hard to fight off.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music cranks the cozy vibes up to 11 - I love the soundtrack and would go as far as to say it's the best aspect of the entire game.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay64 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Difficulty24 reviews
Combat6 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
75% still recommend
Performance
86% 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

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play on Tablet
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $6.79.

12 months agotoday · $19.99

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