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Kingsvein
Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I'm going to focus on comparing that one to Horizon Gate. From a pure gameplay perspective, I much prefer HG. Kingsvein has a lot less character building options - less classes, less weapons, less weapon types, less armor tiers, just less everything. While I understand this is…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“One of the best strategy games I have ever played. The Developer really knows how to make a game fun. Although the begging is a little stiff, once you find your way around using different spells and combos it becomes a lot more engaging. Protip: Let the knight hit you with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“Kingsvein is the kind of tactical RPG that quietly demands your full attention, not through spectacle or narrative drama, but through the sheer density of its systems. Developed and published by Rad Codex, it follows the studio’s established design philosophy of prioritizing…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedLatest official news
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v1.2.11: Steam cards!
Surprise! Over a year after launch, Kingsvein gets Steam cards and other community items, like little emoticons and profile backgrounds! I commissioned some beautiful artwork from TEOFT for the cards,
v1.2.1: Fangs for playing
Here's a new flail to play with, and lots of fixes to smooth out issues with Fangs, Suplex, and Trigger-like weapons. That, and modders can now add dialog directly to the menu if they choose! CHANGES
v1.2: Anniversary patch! (Ability demos & new passive!)
It's been exactly one year since Kingsvein launched, so let's celebrate with a big new usability feature: ability demos! Now when you look at an ability in your class window, you get to see an example
v1.1.32: Re-Desecrated
Work to improve Kingsvein's balance, engine, and modding continues! Desecrate and Catalyze get a nice visual and mechanical upgrade, and there's a swathe of buffs in store for Vanguard abilities. CHAN
v1.1.22: Big Tooltips
Here's a little update just in time for the Turn-based RPG fest! Gouge is a little weaker when maxed out, dumb enemies are even dumber, and tooltips can be made way bigger (perfect for playing on the
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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 | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | RPG · Tactical RPG · Party-Based RPG · Dark Fantasy · Adventure · Strategy RPG · Exploration · Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Character Customization · Pixel Graphics · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 14 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.radcodex.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 64-bit only Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space