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Kingdoms and Castles
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
81 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“This game is awesome. A nice combination of city building, resource management and tower defense. It's core is relatively simple, but the combination of all the mechanic gives it a nice depth without artificial…”
“The game is a chill city builder, kind of like slowly drawing the prettiest city possible but without the boredom of sandbox/creative games”
“not all that complex of a city builder but it has the sauce to be engaging and fun to play”
17 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“This game is awesome. A nice combination of city building, resource management and tower defense. It's core is relatively simple, but the combination of all the mechanic gives it a nice depth without artificial…”
“A lovely city builder, with the quirks and joys of a medieval/fantasy world. Its a simple but sweet art style and the game is clearly cared for my the creators who continuously add depth to the game whilst listening to…”
“A cute and wholeseome game to pass the time on a weekend. Nothing too complicated, mechanics are simple and the game is very reliable. Dragon update is particularly cool - perhaps I'd like to see an update with harder…”
16 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“One of my favorites medieval city building games! compared to others it might seem arcady but it is still great! You can play with no ai and just the viking invasions or viceversa, or if you are new you can just play…”
“A nice little sandbox city builder game that let's you build upon medieval theme and castle life. It has simple mechanics and catalog of build and depending on difficulty and map generated, can make your runs differ.…”
“9.5/10, wanted to play this for years and when I could I was not disappointed. The game is more fun and balanced then anything made in the last like 3-5 years. My only real complaint is the map generation, I want…”
12 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“This game is a gem and is worth every moment of your time”
“A cute and wholeseome game to pass the time on a weekend. Nothing too complicated, mechanics are simple and the game is very reliable. Dragon update is particularly cool - perhaps I'd like to see an update with harder…”
“I would absolutely recommend this game to anyone looking for the very best kingdom builder and manager game I have seen. The new dragon taming update is the best. Buy this game, i promise it will be worth it.”
12 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“This game is awesome. A nice combination of city building, resource management and tower defense. It's core is relatively simple, but the combination of all the mechanic gives it a nice depth without artificial…”
“This is a fun game. Each new game you learn to better optimize your city to adapt and plan ahead for whats coming. I only wish I could have that first playthrough experience all over again. I greatly appreciate the beta…”
“A nice little sandbox city builder game that let's you build upon medieval theme and castle life. It has simple mechanics and catalog of build and depending on difficulty and map generated, can make your runs differ.…”
14 of the 106 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I love this game, I love it's art style and how awesome it is to watch the massive fights or sieges and how you can go to different Islands to inhabit them before other kingdoms can. A few things I would love to see is…”
“A fun game with an enjoyable gameplay loop- it lacks solid support for the steam deck. Diplomacy with the AI Leaders is frustrating at best and game breaking at worst, often forcing me to either force quit or exit the…”
“The game is fun, maybe a little bit overpriced. The only major complaint I have is that it gets a bit stale because the gameplay doesn't deviate much. You build a city, and fight minor, slightly underwhelming raids…”
9 of the 106 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall it's a very good city builder, however I think it would be better to have larger range of difficulties / game modes. But overall 8/10”
“The game is fun, maybe a little bit overpriced. The only major complaint I have is that it gets a bit stale because the gameplay doesn't deviate much. You build a city, and fight minor, slightly underwhelming raids…”
“This game is really fun, super nice game with basically no stress. It is a little too laid back for my taste, but still scratched the niche I was looking for.”
5 of the 106 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Really fun, hoping they add more & expand on the game in the future.”
“The game is fun, maybe a little bit overpriced. The only major complaint I have is that it gets a bit stale because the gameplay doesn't deviate much. You build a city, and fight minor, slightly underwhelming raids…”
“Fun game, has a good variety of things to do even if you are more skilled, definitely better with mods and I kinda wish there was a bit more things to do late game (year 200+ or so) but yeah great game”
4 of the 106 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is fun, maybe a little bit overpriced. The only major complaint I have is that it gets a bit stale because the gameplay doesn't deviate much. You build a city, and fight minor, slightly underwhelming raids…”
“Fun game, has a good variety of things to do even if you are more skilled, definitely better with mods and I kinda wish there was a bit more things to do late game (year 200+ or so) but yeah great game”
“Fun little game, the end game is kind of a bog once you've defeated your rivals, but I had a pretty good time getting there.”
3 of the 106 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“A competent little city builder game that I've spent many hours on. Does a good job of balancing complex9ty and simplicity. The task list is a little awkward, but very easy to get started with and much easier to manage…”
Counted across 106 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I'm not super into city builders but to me it felt pretty simplistic. A limited number of buildings and not many ways for things to spiral out of control kept me feeling like I was always firmly on top of things. I didn't try the survival mode so perhaps the game is more…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“Good game. Lil basic but you can get lost in it. I bought this game years ago. I didn't like it at first but just tried again recently. I enjoyed it more now then back then.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“You may say this game is a little bit fun”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Beta Available - Larger Maps Update
Hi Everyone!Update Beta AvailableWe've got the beta version ready to try out for our upcoming Larger Maps Update. The main features in this update:'Extra Large' map sizeMany optimizations (many coming
Hotpatch - version 123r6
Fixes Fixed issue where the game could get in a bad state after evicting a dragon that was not at a building Fixed a load/save issue
Hotpatch - version 123r5
Quick Hotpatch Fixes/Improvements Increase dragon damage vs NPC kingdoms Fix DLC not working on mac
Dragon Taming Update - Now Available!
Hi Everyone, We're excited to announce the big new update - Dragon Taming - is now available! This has been a popular community suggestion for a long time and we're happy to get it in the game. You ca
Dragon Taming - Beta Update
Hi Everyone, Quick update for you today, the beta version of our upcoming Dragon Taming Update has been available for testing for a little while now and we've been hard at work incorporating your feed
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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.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · Medieval · Building · Simulation · Sandbox · Resource Management · Base-Building · Singleplayer · Survival · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English, German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://kingdomsandcastles.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 2.5GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space