
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Ah, my glorious kingdom! A land where peasants toil, miners dig, and knights train... but only when I look at them! My gaze is law—progress thrives where I watch, but the moment I turn away? Laziness! Chaos! I must choose wisely: should I focus on the fields for food, the mines for riches, or the barracks for defense? With resources, I can even expand my all-seeing gaze, ensuring my kingdom flourishes… and that no one slacks off under my rule!

Water, wheat, stone, coal, silver—every resource fuels my empire! Farms feed my people, mines fund my ambitions, and workshops forge mighty defenses. Shall I invest in archers, reinforce the walls, or harness magic? Even my castle needs repairs when the enemy strikes! Every decision shapes my reign, and only a well-managed kingdom will survive the storm.
Rulership is no easy task! Each land presents new trials, from cursed cemeteries to infernal depths, forcing me to adapt. Yet every defeat is a lesson! As a true roguelite, my efforts grant permanent upgrades, unlocking new abilities, stronger defenses, and powerful strategies for my next reign. A true king doesn’t just rule—he evolves, forging an unstoppable legacy with each attempt!
Each battlefield hides unpredictable threats—enemies are led by unexpected Generals, demanding unique tactics to defeat. Want to conquer them all? You’ll need multiple runs! But fear not! My royal council aids me with cavalry masters, arcane sages, and cunning strategists. With their wisdom—and my unwavering gaze—victory is inevitable!
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Languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil
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Hours played at review time, across 67 reviews with recorded playtime.
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非常好游戏,如果有创意工坊就更好了 very good game,and it'll be better if there's steam workshop
Great fun!
nice game
I have played this game for over 50 hours in offline mode,beaten every biome threat level 10 each with a different king wihtout guides and I gotta say the game is great 9.5/10 for me. Almost every king except the starting generalist one(6 kings in total,9 with dlc) has a unique strategy and a way to break the game with and insane army or spells or attacking buildings. On the highest difficulties you gotta manage your economy and army very delicately in order to win,especially until the 1st boss. A big variety of artifacts,advisors and events makes runs unique,some of them can alter the way you play inside the run too. The art and music are beautiful too. I had a blast playing,5+ hours in a row at times,testing builds and certain barracks. My two minor complains would be 1) King Leonid has a chance to spawn units from barracks with double HP depending on morale... However his main strength from my experience is stacking insane hp on existing army with his 1st ability,especially well with king's statues,so morale is kinda useless for him. I feel like morale should benefit existing units for king Leonid. 2)It is best to focus on certain 1-3 barracks in a run,10 banish options make it easily possible for levy and elite barracks. However there are ~19 veteran barracks,making it difficult to search the ones you want. So I feel like there needs to be an advisor(for example:+10 banish options. Reroll costs 5 less.) or more banish option upgrades in meta progression. Other than that.thank you,developers for one of the most enjoyable roguelites in my lifetime. If this game ever gets another dlc,I will happily get it and have another 20 hours of fun.
Great mix of puzzle, city builder, and auto-battler.
Creative and fresh concept, beautifully delivered. Go indie devs around the world.
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Really fun game and there is a lot of varied content
There is no apparent way to undo upgrade point spending. Since the game has been updated and the upgrade trees and tiers have changed, there is great strategic pressure to reallocate points. My original set of upgrades worked at one point, however now I am stuck with what I have picked, with no way of going back. I wish I could reset the game to play through it all again. Fun the first few plays; frustrated and salty how the devs have approached changing the game.
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