The King is Watching

The King is Watching has sold an estimated 172.8k copies on Steam, based on 3,456 reviews. How we estimate

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Estimated Sales

172.8k

Estimated total copies sold using review-based models.

Est. Revenue

2.6M

Rough gross revenue = price × estimated sales.
Overview

Developer: Hypnohead

Publisher: tinyBuild

Release Date: 21 Jul, 2025

Price: $14.99

Genres: Indie, Strategy

Tags: Roguelike, Base Building, Tower Defense, RTS, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Strategy, Resource Management, City Builder, Roguelite, Pixel Graphics, Medieval, Tactical, RPG, Real Time Tactics

Description: 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

Wishlists
MonthEst. wishlists
Jul 2025237,556
Jun 2025203,007
May 2025195,548
Apr 2025183,872
Mar 2025173,867
Feb 2025126,997
Jan 202596,037
Dec 202480,177
Nov 202462,729
Oct 202442,966
Sep 202435,226
Game News
The King is Watching: First 24 Hours and What’s Next!
Community Announcements · 2025-07-22 14:05:59
New roguelike The King is Watching puts a brutal twist on the city builder genre
PCGamesN · 2025-07-21 18:31:58
More Languages Coming Soon! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-07-21 12:16:00
The King is Watching is Out Now, Time to Rule Your Kingdom! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-07-21 10:00:16
The King is Watching Global Release Map
Community Announcements · 2025-07-20 10:52:15
Your Kingdom starts on July 21st with The King is Watching's Release!
Community Announcements · 2025-06-30 14:04:58
tB Connect New Trailer & Release Date
Community Announcements · 2025-05-27 17:09:09
Q&A with The King is Watching Devs!
Community Announcements · 2025-04-14 14:00:11
The King is Watching: Release Plans & What’s Coming Next! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-03-24 16:11:47
New Demo Results & What’s Next for The King is Watching! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-03-11 16:00:11
A Royal Success for our New Demo
Community Announcements · 2025-03-05 10:04:21
Another Kingdom joins the Next Fest!
Community Announcements · 2025-02-26 16:16:48
We’re Taking Part in Steam Next Fest! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-02-24 18:11:42
The King is Watching New Demo is Here! 👑
Community Announcements · 2025-02-21 16:47:09
While you're waiting for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, try this free Steam demo of a roguelike kingdom-builder where your peasants won't work unless you're looking directly at them
PC Gamer · 2025-02-03 23:30:59
A New The King is Watching Demo is Coming + Idler Fest!
Community Announcements · 2025-02-03 18:00:35
100K Wishlist, thank you!
Community Announcements · 2025-01-30 16:18:22
New Bosses Sneak Peak + Feudal Fest!
Community Announcements · 2025-01-28 18:00:25
The King Invites You to Join the Real Time Strategy Fest!
Community Announcements · 2025-01-21 09:01:31
Demo Patch 0.56: New Languages!
Community Announcements · 2024-11-27 12:41:42
Thank you for 60,000 Wishlists!
Community Announcements · 2024-11-13 10:11:54
Demo Patch 0.5.5
Community Announcements · 2024-11-12 03:12:51
Demo Patch 0.5.4
Community Announcements · 2024-11-11 00:17:35
Demo Patch 0.5.3
Community Announcements · 2024-11-08 18:35:06
Demo Patch 0.5.2
Community Announcements · 2024-11-07 02:09:34
Demo Patch 0.5.1
Community Announcements · 2024-11-06 11:40:56
The King Is Watching New Demo Announcement
Community Announcements · 2024-11-05 16:05:03
Roguelike city builder The King is Watching has a new demo, and I'm hooked
PCGamesN · 2024-11-05 12:24:39
New Roguelite Trailer
Community Announcements · 2024-09-26 20:13:42
The King Is Watching’s free demo turns city building into a brilliant balancing act of feudal surveillance
Rock, Paper, Shotgun · 2024-07-10 08:24:22
New Demo localizations!
Community Announcements · 2024-06-10 14:57:56
Play The King is Watching Demo Now
Community Announcements · 2024-05-21 17:06:41
Game Videos
Destroying A World That Doesn't Exist 12,248,772 A game where people only work if you are watching... 2,095,424 A Game Where Things Only Work If You LOOK - The King Is Watching 447,796 If I look away, they stop working... 316,347 Рогалик про ИМПЕРИЮ - The King is watching 291,630 I CONTROLLED The Perfect Kingdom in The King Is Watching 286,258 A Kingdom That Only Works When You Look At It 237,420 THE KING IS WATCHING: Nagelneuer Banger auf Steam 225,085 I LOVE GRIDS! I LOVE TILES! I LOVE PICKING BETWEEN 3 UPGRADES! (The King is Watching) 216,386 A Dystopian Strategy Roguelite That's Hard to Put Down! - The King Is Watching 175,280 The King is Watching, A Roguelike Base-Building Wave Defense Game 148,916 Your Kingdom Only Survives If You LOOK - The King Is Watching 140,627