The King is Watching
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
- Price:$14.99
- Release Date:7/21/2025
- Franchise:tinyBuild
- Developer:Hypnohead
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:9/11/2025
- Steam App Id:2753900
The King is Watching
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The King is Watching has 1,695 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 91% lower than its previous all-time peak of 17,988 players achieved on 7/27/2025.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The King is Watching. It has received a total of 5,614 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 83 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The King is Watching and its growth over time. It currently has 30,650 followers on its community page.
The King is Watching Price
The King is Watching costs $14.99 in the Steam store as of 9/11/2025. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like Kings of Roguelite, Crown & Duchy, The Wandering Village + The King Is Watching, The King is Coming, Backpack Battles + The King is Watching, Loop Hero x The King is Watching, or The King is Watching + Drill Core which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for The King is Watching.
About The King is Watching
The King is Watching is an Indie, and Strategy game developed by Hypnohead. On 7/21/2025, it was released on the Steam Store by Hypnohead, and tinyBuild.
Players have rated The King is Watching as "Very Positive" out of 5,614 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 4,818 positive reviews and 796 negative reviews — an overall 86% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play The King is Watching on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, German, Spanish (Spain), Russian, and Chinese (Simplified). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, The King is Watching supports the following features:
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
- Steam Leaderboards
From the Steam community, The King is Watching has been tagged with the following user tags:
- City Builder
- Roguelike
- Fantasy
- Roguelite
- Tactical
- Medieval
- Deckbuilding
- Pixel Graphics
- Real Time Tactics
- RTS
- RPG
- Replay Value
- Tower Defense
- Combat
- Base Building
- Time Management
- Resource Management
- Dark Fantasy
- Automation
- Strategy
- Relaxing
- Auto Battler
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Building
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The King is Watching and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
The King is Watching is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The King is Watching Soundtrack | Music | 9/3/2025 | View |
Related Bundles
The King is Watching is included in 7 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kings of Roguelite | 2 | 2 | $31.48 | View |
 | Crown & Duchy | 2 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
 | The Wandering Village + The King Is Watching | 2 | 2 | $29.68 | View |
 | The King is Coming | 2 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
 | Backpack Battles + The King is Watching | 1 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
 | Loop Hero x The King is Watching | 2 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
 | The King is Watching + Drill Core | 2 | 2 | $31.48 | View |
Related Packages
The King is Watching is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The King is Watching | $13.49 | View |
Supported Languages
The King is Watching is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | No |
| German | Yes | No | No |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | No |
| Russian | Yes | No | No |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | No |
| French | Yes | No | No |
| Japanese | Yes | No | No |
| Korean | Yes | No | No |
| Polish | Yes | No | No |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | No |
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Soures & References
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The King is Watching data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, September 11). The King is Watching on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753900
- Valve Corporation. (2025, September 11). The King is Watching. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/2753900