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Death Crown
Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Short, simple, and straight to the point. Plus it looks fantastic.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Death Crown, developed and published by 5WORD Team, is a minimalist real-time strategy game that takes the conventions of the genre and reduces them to their absolute core. From the moment it begins, it’s clear that the game is built around subtraction rather than…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“great art, super fun game play”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Death Crown - Small Update
Hello, Death Warriors! We have unexpectedly released a small update for Death Crown. The main change is that you can now switch between the monochrome and color versions of the game directly in the se
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Hear me, Death Warriors. The sixth circle of time has passed, and once again the memory of Death Crown rises. On this day, we, the keepers of the crown, bring you a new gift. Not an illusion, not a je
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Greetings, Death Warriors! Another year has passed, and our ranks continue to grow, which is something that brings us great joy. For five years now, you've been supporting us, and we strive to return
Small update
Greetings, commanders of the undead legions! Following the recent sale, we noticed a boost in player activity and uncovered some bugs. We immediately set to work fixing them so they no longer interfer
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Hello, valiant Death Warriors! Here we are, marking four incredible years of Death Crown. As time has swiftly passed by, what remains constant is the strength and spirit of this community. I'm genuine
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Wargame · Pixel Graphics · Strategy · Tower Defense · Tactical · Difficult · Management · War · Zombies · Fantasy · PvP · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Ukrainian, Serbian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.6 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT/s 4xx or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: You must have a keyboard/mouse+gamepad or two gamepads for playing together and for cooperative play.