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Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

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Release DateJul 20, 2017
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93% (very positive) Top 15% / 93%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91% Top 3% / 91%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)25.9K  Top 2% / 26.9K  Top 2%
Curators244 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time24.1 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.6 hour  Top 15%
Followers142.1K  Top 1%
Owners± 1.5M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1.4M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 10.5M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Kingdoms and Castles steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Kingdoms and Castles's Steam rating and reviews between July 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 84.4% (July 2017) and 93% (December 2023).

With 26.9K reviews Top 2%, Kingdoms and Castles is an undeniable major AAA level success. There is a peak in November 2019 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Kingdoms and Castles and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Kingdoms and Castles's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (64%), followed by Simplified Chinese (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game has been translated in 18 languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Kingdoms and Castles percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Kingdoms and Castles, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 57 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.3 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 8 hours), it can be a sign that Kingdoms and Castles crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Attractive voxel graphics
  • Simple, but fun gameplay
  • Static defenses such as archer towers and ballista
  • Commandable units through an army
  • Extra strategy required from both land and air units attacking
  • 3 difficulties, with easy having no attacks - so a relaxing city builder, or a more taxing RTS
  • Planned updates already listed so looks like it will only improve in the future
  • Clean artwork that fits well
  • Easy enough to learn
  • Chill, pretty, medieval fantasy city builder
  • Very small maps with odd shapes, a world editor or larger maps would be good
  • Most maps feel very similar (developer has said adding random "unique" things is on the table for an update though!)
  • Eventually you will hit the limit for what you can do on a map. It certainly has replayability - but it's not endless
  • Very experienced city builders may find the game a little too simple.
  • Optimization was pretty bad considering the small maps; it makes my gaming rig get all hot and is basically unplayable on my lower-end laptop. Now when I have trouble running [i]Stonehearth[/i] or something voxel based, I get it, but I just don't see that kind of complexity when I look at [i]Kingdoms and Castles[/i]
  • The whole thing is just bland. I can hardly finish a play session without starting to yawn and have my mind wander. We've tried this with a group and excitement is high in the beginning, but quickly fades
  • Eventually it becomes repetitive and boring
  • No campaign, no scenarios, no goals
  • All unique buildings can be unlocked in 2 first hours of the game
  • Fighting is unnecessary. You can do not place defenses because vikings and dragons won't kill you.

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 93%  Top 15% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Kingdoms and Castles's review data provided by Steam. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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