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9 Kings

9 Kings

A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.

Released May 23, 2025 Developer Sad Socket Publisher Hooded Horse, Sidekick Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyRogue-likeRPGFantasyRoguelike Deckbuilder
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.7%positive5,252 reviews
Recommended · 16 found this helpful

“This is a neutral review, but given that Steam doesn't allow neutral, I've flopped positive. There’s always something a little bit odd about playing a game that, fifteen minutes in, you recognise you do not like, but which you can nevertheless recognise is doing well at what it…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Keeping the old review text for posterity, but the developer responding and making patches to the quest system/overall balance is a huge plus, and fixes the major issue I had with the game. As I mentioned before, the base game is a lot of fun. In normal gameplay there are a lot…”

— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“It's far from a perfect experience, but I recommend 9 Kings to those who enjoy "choose between three things" roguelike deckbuilder gameplay with auto battler elements. For context, I'm writing this review after just over 110 hours of play and with all of the Steam achievements…”

— a player, Steam review · 110 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

1,279playing at last check
1,33124-hour peak
13,850all-time peak
0 5k 10k 2026 8.5k avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

54achievements
17.0%median completion
2.0%rarest: Wall Street
94.5% of players 73.3% of players 71.6% of players 68.3% of players 63.4% of players 63.4% of players 62.7% of players 62.6% of players 58.4% of players 51.0% of players 49.7% of players 49.7% of players 42.5% of players 39.8% of players 31.8% of players 30.8% of players 29.7% of players 29.4% of players 27.2% of players 25.5% of players 24.8% of players 23.5% of players 23.1% of players 22.0% of players 21.1% of players 20.3% of players 20.0% of players 17.0% of players 16.6% of players 16.3% of players 16.1% of players 14.9% of players 13.1% of players 12.9% of players 12.4% of players 9.9% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 8.3% of players 7.4% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.4% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 94.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
94.5%His Winningness — Win one game.
73.3%Toxic Relationship — Declare war and peace with the same king in a run.
71.6%Like Sardines — Get 99 units in a plot.
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Wall Street — Have Vaults on all your unlocked plots except for your base.
2.1%The Spire Slays — Have 9 Spires in your kingdom
2.7%Your Grindness — Get all the 9 kings to level 9.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK17.99 GBP
Australia29.95 AUD
Canada19.99 CAD
Japan1,980 JPY
Brazil39.99 BRL
China59.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$7.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 09, 2026
Save 50% on 9 Kings

9 Kings is on sale at 50% off during the Hooded Horse July Publisher Sale. 9 Kings is a fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. B

Jul 02, 2026
9 Kings News Roundup at the Hooded Horse Summer Sale

Hey everybody! The 9 Kings devs have been hard at work launching two new patches since the last Round Up, bringing new content to the game, focusing on the multiplayer experience, reworking systems, a

Jun 26, 2026
Patch #28: Decree Reworks, Huge QoL improvements, Mac Fixes

In this patch, we're introducing several QoL and balancing improvements. We've been taking notes of all the suggestions you've been giving us and we're stoked to be able to share some of them with you

Jun 25, 2026
Save 50% on 9 Kings

9 Kings is on sale at 50% off during the Hooded Horse Summer Sale. 9 Kings is a fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the

Jun 05, 2026
Patch #27: Sabotage! Rainbow Content! Casual mode! New Rankings!

Very exciting patch today! Not only is patch 27 a multiple of 9, but we're also adding big new multiplayer features, new cards, and fixes throughout the entire game.Update 0.9.2:Sabotage!Assassinate o

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsStrategy · Rogue-like · RPG · Fantasy · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Rogue-lite · Card Game · Deckbuilding · Replay Value · Difficult · 2D · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option
LanguagesEnglish, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish,…
ControllerFull support
Achievements54
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.sadsocket.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-750 (quad-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6670 (2 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space