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King's Orders

King's Orders

King's Orders is a simplified historical strategy game with an important innovation. You command your armies by sending letters with orders. Messengers with these letters travel the land and can be lost or intercepted. Generals execute orders upon receipt and send you reports the same dangerous way.

Released Oct 25, 2024 Developer AFTERLIFE👻 Publisher Games Operators Platforms Windows MilitaryTacticalWarStrategySimulation
View on Steam ↗ $5.69 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

70.7%positive270 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“So I got it on sale for 6$, i think thats about right for the price of the game. At that price it gets a thumbs up, barley. For a long time I've wanted a medieval strategy game that has delayed orders, so you dont have perfect control. More like it was in real life. This game…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Hands down the most realistic campaign movement and command logistics I’ve seen in a medieval strategy game. Instead of playing as an omniscient god with instant map updates, you're forced to make high-stakes decisions using delayed, spotty, and unreliable information—capturing…”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“it should've been smaller scale, with retinues and forts, not cities and armies”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

126all-time peak
0 10 20 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 19 avg · Nov 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.

40achievements
8.7%median completion
0.1%rarest: Pro Rege et Patria
65.1% of players 24.8% of players 22.4% of players 18.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.3% of players 15.5% of players 15.3% of players 14.0% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.1% of players 12.0% of players 11.4% of players 11.3% of players 10.8% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 8.7% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.5% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 3.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.1% of players 65.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.1%Veni, Vidi, Vici — Militarily capture the capital of an enemy region.
24.8%Dux Bellorum — Win all battles in a scenario, participating in at least 5 clashes.
22.4%Ad Unum Omnes — Recruit at least 10,000 units in one campaign.
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Pro Rege et Patria — Be the last country standing in the scenario.
0.4%Per Aspera ad Astra — Win a scenario with 3 golden medals.
1.6%Victoria Concordia Crescit — Win a scenario with 3 silver medals or higher.

Latest official news

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

Apr 04, 2025
Chronicles of Battle DLC is now available on Steam!

Greetings, My King! We are happy to announce that the new DLC is now available on Steam! For a limited time, the DLC is now available with a 10% launch discount . Get Chronicles of Battles DLC here: h

Mar 13, 2025
Major Update #3 - University and Research Tree, Army's Cost Rebalance

Greetings, My King! Long time no see! When the Major Update #1 was released, we also published a Survey in the game, which heavily focused on the game's future development. One of the questions was ab

Dec 17, 2024
Major Update #2 - Reduced Time Speed, new Drag and Drop Feature

Greetings, My King! A new Major Update #2 has just been published on the Default branch of the game. We continue listening to your feedback. This time we have reduced the base game time speed by 50% a

Nov 28, 2024
Nominate Us: Most Innovative Gameplay

Greetings, My King! The Steam Autumn Sale has started and we are happy to announce that you can buy King's Orders with a 20% discount now! As the Steam Awards nominations have launched at the same tim

Nov 19, 2024
Major Update #1 - New Diplomacy Button, Reduced Ally Retaliation, New Capitals

Greetings, My King! A new Major Update is ready for you to play on the Default branch of the game. It includes the latest changes from the open_beta branch and some new changes, including a new Diplom

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsMilitary · Tactical · War · Strategy · Simulation · Grand Strategy · RTS · Political Sim · Real Time Tactics · Wargame · Realistic · Historical (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Polish *
Achievements40
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Core i3 3.1 GHz or AMD Phenom II X3 2/8 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX560 or Radeon HD6870 with 1GB VRAM Storage: 2 GB available space